18
Dec
2009
The long-rumored Google Nexus One phone is now a reality with Reuters news agency reporting that the phone will be launched on January 5, 2010.
The Google Phone was initially released to employees who tweeted and otherwise sent out rumors and pictures of the new product. The Wall Street Journal was one of the first major news agencies to report that Google Employees were using a prototype Nexus One.
HTC hardware?
Although much of the information now is still largely unconfirmed, there are reports that the Nexus One will use HTC hardware similar to that found in the HTC Passion. The Google Phone is basically an iPhone like device but even thinner in dimension.
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17
Mar
2009
For a while I have been saying (blogging, speaking, tweeting) that we are in a smartphone boom. Yes its global recession but smart phones are hot properties today. If you asked 5 years back; where is the future growth? The answer would have been Internet, Notebooks etc. However today mobile market is growing faster than PC / notebooks or broadband itself. Mobile internet, smart phones and portables are hence booming.
Recently Google has really magnified its focus on mobile technologies and it certainly looks to tap a big share of the mobile market in near future. Apart from customizing its online services extensively for mobile handhelds, Google also has its own Open Source, mobile OS platform Android. Backed by multiple manufacturers and Google itself, Android has a bright future.
Recently an analyst predicted that in 2012 Android would outpace the Apple iPhone. While Apple is itself the fastest growing co. in the mobile market; Android outpacing iPhone signifies how fast things will move over the past few years for Android. Below are some features that makes Android so special:
Features:
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15
Nov
2008
The basic concept of providing assurance through availability guarantee of 99.9% by Google took about US $50 per year, only for Gmail. Until recently, the entire concept has been changed by the company with the addition of the factor that Google would be now stretching its guarantee for every Google Apps related to business.
This could be considered to be the first major step to appease the people and at the same time, assure them of Google applications reliability after the major Gmail failure for over 24 hours during October. It certainly caused people to raise questions over the reliability of services provided by Google applications.
The incident had caused quite unrest to which the product management director of Google Enterprise, Matthew Glotzbach, said that with a massive operation like Google applications even a minor problem could affect in huge proportions. He assured that all the commitments, which have been made in such cases, are going to be dealt with carefully.
He felt that the announcement was already expected considering other companies making themselves clear regarding any matter, which could have had their customers dissatisfied. For this purpose alone, Google seems to have expanded its arena of reliability guarantee for all its Apps, including Google Docs, Sites, Talk and Calendar.
All this is being provided to you with the same amount that you had to bear earlier. On top of that, no extra charges for the already existing guarantee for the Gmail. Furthermore, Matthew has promised to keep up their reliability and at the same time, he has assured that Google would try to make things pretty simple and transparent through their user groups. This has been considered a welcome move from Google for several individuals, who are sure going to make the best out of it.
8
Nov
2008
After a difficult year, Yahoo! now seems to be moving on its own. Today, Google formally announced that they have ended their advertising agreement with Yahoo! The agreement was announced in June at a time when Yahoo! was facing takeover attempts from Microsoft. At the same time, they also had a proxy battle with Carl Icahn, which was for the control of the company.
Yahoo! & Google had both voluntary agreed for delaying their partnership and it was undergoing a review by U.S. Department of Justice. Government reviewed the deal, as they had anti-trust fears over this partnership.
Amongst the many concerns made by the U.S. Department of Justice, one was that the partnership between Yahoo! & Google would have eventually led to the 2 companies enjoying a combined share in the internet market of around 90%, with Google contributing 70.4% and Yahoo! 19.4% (these figures are based on a statistics submitted by a web-based company in September 2008). Competitors, other then these two, which includes the likes of Ask, AOL and MSN Live don’t even have a double digit contribution in the market. This being said, it was highly unlikely for U.S. Department of Justice approving such a deal of higher proportions over anti-trust concern and without major restriction within their partnership.
In their statement, Google cleared that this move of end partnership with Yahoo! was primarily due to the fact that such agreements have very little chances of taking place without going through lengthy legal battles. It was also reported by current Search Engine Giant that there were some advertisers, who had concerned over their agreement with Yahoo! They felt that with the company moving forward for getting this deal executed properly, it would have only distracted them from carrying out their core mission.
5
Nov
2008
Google is going to roll out the next beta version of Chrome (Google’s web browser) by this week only. Users of Google can know that the new version is available to them by clicking on the wrench icon and then looking at it’s ‘about’ page. The newer release will have 0.3.154.9 as its number.
This latest version of Google Chrome will be coming with top issue fixes, security updates and several other changes that should affect the function of this browser. Here’s a rundown of all the updates that will be available at your helm with Google Chrome 0.3.154.9:
- It’ll be difficult for manipulating the address of the browser, which was previously used to show different addresses for spoofing attack.
- Scrolling the page of the browser will be possible by using the touchpad of your laptop.
- The problems with plug-ins, which had an impact on its popularity, have been sorted out to a large extent. Now, plug-ins, which include QuickTime, WMP, Silverlight and Flash should work better than before.
- Your browser would no longer crash, if you close a tab containing PDF files (another drawback of the previous version).
- All secure-access sites will no longer be stored in the data history of the user.
- If you’re using web proxies, then you are sure to get better performance.
You’ll even be able to identify the modifications in the new Chrome browser, from the view point of user interface. These modifications include changes in the position where new tabs, new windows and new incognito window options will sit. Again, there is news that you’ll find improvement in its spellchecker and the handling of downloaded executable files.
So, wait till the end of the week and see what Google has in store for us with Chrome 0.3.154.9!
4
Nov
2008
Today, When I logged in to my Gmail Account, I Saw a a notification that Google has added few more features to Gmail it looked something like this
When I clicked on it, I came to know that they have added 15 Labs features to it. some of them are-
- Google Calendar and Docs gadgets
- A forgotten attachment detector
- Advanced IMAP controls
- Canned responses to save and send common replies automatically
If you are not aware of it i think there people who don’t know about this you can activate by clicking on settings which, you will find here
There you will find labs tab, from where you can enable the features to have a better experience of Gmail.
3
Sep
2008
Google Chrome, is really so simple with sleek design and technology that there is not need to search each time, just type the word you want in the address bar and there you can see the related searches and web sites 
Even book marking too is made simple in Google Chrome all you have to do just hit the star button in the address bar and that’s it your web page is now bookmarked which you can see in your default web page, that’s not all you can easily create shortcuts for the bookmarks and can be saved anywhere from your pc and the bookmark will open in a single window
Another good thing is there is a option for invisible browsing which is New incognito Window. The pages you view in this window won’t appear in your browser history or search history, and they won’t leave other traces, like cookies, on your computer after you close the incognito window. Any files you download or bookmarks you create will be preserved.
Google Chrome Features:
- Safe browsing
- Application shortcuts
- Simpler downloads
- Crash control
- Incognito mode
- Importing settings
- One box for everything
- Instant bookmarks
- New Tab page
- Dynamic tabs
Watch the 10 Features of Google Chrome below:
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