Category: Google
"Google Me" to rival Facebook?
Google are rumoured to be trying their hand yet again at capturing the lucrative social-networking market. According to Digg's Kevin rose credible sources are claiming that the search giants are readying "Google Me" to compete against the likes of…
YouTube wins case against Viacom
The epic bore-saga that was Viacom's little-more-than-a-nuisance action against Google, owner of YouTube, looks to be over as a San Francisco federal judge granted Google's motion for a summary judgement. He decided that YouTube is protected by the Digital Millennium…
Google Maps gets property search tab
A match seemingly made in heaven, it's surprising they didn't get this working far sooner, but you can now search for properties through Google Maps. Google have finalised a series of deals with property search companies including Zoopla, Zoomf, Ezylet,…
Google News tries out human editors
Google are experimenting with human news editors for their Google News section, an area they have traditionally left in the hands of virtual intelligence. Slate Magazine are currently curating the pick of the Google News site, usually a job kept…
Video: Apple's Steve Jobs on Google at D8
In this clip of Apple's Steve Jobs, interviewed at this weeks D8: All Things Digital conference, the Cupertino maestro discusses rivals Google. Denying that Google services are to be removed from future iPhone models, he does admit to seeing…
Google Chrome OS due for "late fall" 2010 release
Google Chrome OS, the search giant's first stab at an operating system to compete with the Mac OS and Microsoft's Windows 7, will launch in "late fall" of 2010, according to one of the company's vice presidents. Sundar Pichai, Google's…
Google employees stop using Microsoft Windows
Google are encouraging their employees to stop using Microsoft's Windows OS. The move comes after a number of high-profile attacks on the search company were made through Microsoft products. An exploit in the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser led to a…
Pac-Man's 30th birthday celebrated with playable Google doodle!
How cool is this?! To mark retro gaming icon Pac-Man's 30th birthday, Google have not only turned their doodle logo over to the little yellow pill-popper, but have also made it the first ever playable Google doodle. Head on over…
Google to enter cloud music-streaming battle
Google in partnership with streaming pros Simplify Media, are to reveal their own take on music and cloud-based streaming, according to a briefing at the I/O conference in San Francisco. Having recently purchased Simplify Media, Google will use the streaming…
Google showcases Android 2.2 at I/O conference
Google have been showing off their Android 2.2 "Fro-yo" update for their mobile OS at the I/O conference. Adding loads of new functionality, it's looking like a mammoth upgrade over 2.1. With a gentle poke at Apple, Google introduced Flash…