Google Mobile App for Blackberry users can now, not only search through their email and contacts on their device, but according to Google’s mobile blog they can search Google Docs as well. Now with just a few simple clicks, BB users will have access to the cloud and all their information, which I am sure …
Google is said to be preparing to distribute mobile devices to small businesses around the country allowing customers to check-in to these venues. This service is being produced to help Google compete with location-based services already out there like Foursquare, Facebook Places and Yelp. Approximately 8 million of this devices will be distributed says a …
Chief Product Officer at Yahoo! Blake Irving announced on their blog today about some of the new updates Yahoo! users can look forward to this fall. These updates come in an effort to keep up with the trend of socializing and personalizing the user experience on the Web. Users can expect a newer, faster Yahoo …
Gawker reported yesterday that Google dismissed engineer David Barksdale for breeching their internal privacy policies. Barksdale was a Site Reliability Engineer and with that position comes access to some of the company’s most sensitive data. Google SREs have to the ability to log into Gmail and Gtalk accounts in order to determine the source of …
According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, Google CEO Eric Schmidt plans to introduce social-networking elements this fall in “layers” instead a full-on product that has been called Google Me. After it’s not-so-successful Wave project and Orkut’s inability to catch on in the States, the search empire decided to take a new approach …
According to a Nielsen report released today, Bing has surpassed Yahoo to become the number 2 search engine in the U.S. for the first time ever. While Google still holds steady at first position accounting for about 65% of search engine activity, Microsoft’s Bing jumped from 10.7% to 13.9% and Yahoo fell from 14.6% to …
As of yesterday MentorWave Technologies announced on their site that Google has acquired their product, Quicksee, for $12 million. There were rumors of the acquisition over the weekend, but neither party would confirm or deny the transaction. Quicksee is a video tour software that creates 3D videos. It is very similar to Google Street View, …
This week Google announced the introduction of Instant which is a definite revolution in the way we search. Integrating things like prediction, dynamic results, and scroll to search, Google Instant will shave some serious user hours off search. However, it doesn’t seem to be a very new concept. In fact, it seems that last year …
It looks like having to ask for directions from strangers on the street is going to become a thing of the past…if you are an Android user, that is. Google has added a “walking navigation” feature to the latest version of Google Maps for Android. This feature seems to be a combination of turn-by-turn GPS …
Now access to your Google Voice account is quicker than ever if you are using an Android phone. Announced on the Google Voice and Mobile blogs today, you can now download a Google Voice Inbox widget that will show you the most recent text and voice mail messages right to your home screen. Previews of …
