Posts Tagged ‘google’
Google adds pagination to Google Docs
Thursday, April 14, 2011 2:48 No CommentsGoogle Docs users can now finally see page breaks in their documents, thanks to the latest update rolled out yesterday by the search giant. Rather than display your documents as one long compact stream, the new pagination option visually shows each separate page, mimicking the traditional page view long found in Microsoft Word and other [...]
Google unveils Web-free ‘tweeting’ in Egypt move
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 8:06 No CommentsEgyptian demonstrators gather at dusk in Tahrir Square in Cairo. Google, in response to the Internet blockade in Egypt, said Monday that it had created a way to post messages to microblogging service Twitter by making telephone calls. Google, in response to the Internet blockade in Egypt, said Monday that it had created a way [...]
Google updates service tracker amid Egypt shutdown
Saturday, January 29, 2011 5:03 No CommentsAn Internet blockade in Egypt inspired Google on Friday to provide an improved tool for tracking access to the firm’s popular websites. An Internet blockade in Egypt inspired Google on Friday to provide an improved tool for tracking access to the firm’s popular websites. (c) 2011 AFP
Google lets users move numbers to Voice
Saturday, January 29, 2011 2:03 No Comments(AP) — Google’s Voice calling application is adding a long-promised feature: the ability to move a phone number from a cell phone or landline to Google’s service. ©2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Google and Mozilla take ‘Do Not Track’ steps (Update)
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 8:04 No CommentsMozilla and Google on Monday took steps toward giving people more online privacy but each said hurdles remain to creating simple “Do Not Track” buttons for Web browsing software. (c) 2011 AFP
Google gains ground in US search market
Saturday, January 22, 2011 14:06 No CommentsA sign is posted outside of the Google headquarters in California 2010. Market-tracker comScore reported on Friday that Google finished 2010 strong, handling 66 percent of US online queries. Market-tracker comScore reported on Friday that Google finished 2010 strong, handling 66 percent of US online queries. (c) 2011 AFP
Google appeals Spanish demand to take down links
Saturday, January 22, 2011 14:04 No Comments(AP) — Lawyers for Google went to court Wednesday in Madrid to appeal demands by Spanish authorities that the company delete links to websites containing information officials say violates Spaniards’ privacy rights. ©2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Google buys Internet video security firm Widevine
Thursday, December 9, 2010 17:08 No Comments(AP) — Google has agreed to buy a company whose software is used to protect Internet video from piracy and make it play more smoothly. ©2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Google seeking Miramax films for YouTube
Tuesday, November 23, 2010 14:04 No CommentsThe YouTube webpage is seen on a computer screen. Google has been gradually adding professional content to YouTube in a bid to attract advertisers and turn a profit with the site it bought for 1.65 billion dollars four years ago. Google has been gradually adding professional content to YouTube in a bid to attract advertisers [...]
Google mixes local and social reviews in Hotpot
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 11:49 No CommentsIf at first, second, and third you don’t succeed, try, try again. Google is taking another crack at a social service, this time with Hotpot, a tool designed to capture local knowledge and recommend establishments such as restaurants or stores you might want to visit. Google unveiled an early version of Hotpot in a blog [...]