Tag: "Google"
Google adds Bing like picture to search page
We all know Google has the plain white search page and often changing Google logo. In a recent blog post Google is giving users the option to change their background logo on the search page which can be uploaded from the users computer or Picasa Web album. This allows the Google homepage to somewhat resemble […]
Read More | ShareGoogle to stop using Windows OS
Google has reported that they are going to stop using the Windows OS for employees – mainly due to security concerns. Google will is looking to switch to other operations systems such as Mac OS, Linux, and Google’s upcoming Chrome OS in an effort to increase security. However certain Google employees will still be able […]
Read More | ShareGoogle crowns Facebook 1st in page views, Yahoo 2nd
Google has recently released more internet traffic data from their Google Adplanner / DoubleClick system. According to Adplanner, Facebook is visited by 540 million people monthly – which is around 35% of the internet population. Yahoo network is visited by 490 million visitors per month – 31% of the internet population. On Facebook approximately 570 […]
Read More | ShareRUMOR: Google search to be replaced with Bing on iPhone
There have been many rumors amongst tech news publishers that Bing will replace Google as the default search provider on the iPhone once OS4 is rolling out to devices globally. This is kind of expected especially considering that Google’s Android has been stealing market share from the iPhone over the last several months. Apple apparently […]
Read More | ShareGoogle-AdMob Deal Approved
The Federal Trade Commission in the United States has finally approved Google’s purchase of mobile advertising company Ad-Mob. In a blog post Google wrote: ‘We’ll now begin the process of bringing our products and teams together in the best way, and building new products and features together,’ ‘We’re working to make this integration happen as […]
Read More | ShareCommunications Minister not happy with Facebook and Google privacy
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy – Stephen Conroy has expressed his concern about Google’s recent privacy hitch when their Streetview cars were collecting WiFi data from private homes around Australia. Conroy remarked about Google: ‘They consider that they are the appropriate people to make the decisions about people’s privacy data’. Stephen […]
Read More | ShareGoogle Launches Encrypted Search HTTPS
You are now able to run an encrypted search using the Google search engine. Simply goto https://www.google.com The feature brings the same security you experience with online banking or shopping. The encryption makes it incredibly hard for anyone in between your computer and Google’s servers to see what search you are running. Also when clicking […]
Read More | SharePacman 30 year anniversary on Google
Today is the 30 year Anniversary of the game, Pacman – launched in 1980 by Namco Bandai Games Inc. If you goto the front page of Google.com.au or Google.com you can play Pacman. Check it out!
Read More | ShareGoogle Wave opened to public
Google has now made their Google Wave product available to everyone, finishing its closed BETA preview. Google Wave (wave.google.com) is an online space where organisations and individuals can collaborate, share ideas, documents and projects in a live cloud environment.
Read More | ShareGoogle App Engine for Business released
So Google has unveiled their App Engine for Business – the same scalable cloud infrastructure their own business runs on This product has been around for consumers but now Google is looking to the enterprise market. Google will be partnering with VMware for this and will allow companies to build, host and develop applications in […]
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