Tag: Google
Google’s New Features Designed to Speed Web Searches Read
The feature shows search results that change as each letter in a word is typed into the search box. Previously, a search began when a word was typed and the "enter" key was struck. The feature, which requires a user to be enrolled and logged into a Google account, appears in the U.S. and six European countries this week and will be introduced world-wide in coming months, the company said.
Google Takes On Skype! Free video Calls – How to make free calls with Gmail Google Voice!
Google Voice + Gmail = free calls Video on how to use Google Talk
Now you can call phones within Gmail — for free.. — it’s challenging Skype to a barroom brawl… About Time!
The Gmail calling feature is free to phones in the U.S. and Canada. (Sorry Australia ;-( oh man… ) … To use the Gmail calling service, you just click on "Call phone" in the Gmail chat list (the first time, you will need to download a small plug-in for your browser).
How to Invite Gmail User to Chat
Gmail voice and video chat – Video
All you need is a Gmail.com account, sign up for Google Voice and then install the browser plugin and your on your way!
Young people will have to change names to escape ‘cyber past’ warns Google’s Eric Schmidt
The private lives of young people are now so well documented on the internet that many will have to change their names on reaching adulthood, Google’s CEO has claimed.
Eric Schmidt suggested that young people should be entitled to change their identity to escape their misspent youth, which is now recorded in excruciating detail on social networking sites such as Facebook.
Google Harvested What Web Pages You Visit While Mapping Streets
Google Spied on WiFi Traffic
Google Inc. said an internal investigation has discovered that the roving vans the company uses to create its online mapping services were mistakenly collecting data about websites people were visiting over wireless networks.
Top 10 Google Tricks, 10 Simple Examples
10 Simple Google Search Tricks
I am truly always amazed that more people don’t know the little tricks you can use to get more out of a simple Google search. Here are 10 of my and New York Times favorites.
Google Alters Buzz to Tackle Privacy Flaws
Google Alters Buzz to Tackle Privacy Flaws By MIGUEL HELFT Google moved quickly to contain a firestorm of criticism over Buzz, its new social network, taking the unusual step of announcing changes to the product over the weekend to address privacy problems.
Late Saturday, Todd Jackson, product manager for Gmail and Google Buzz, wrote in a blog post that Google had decided to alter one of the most vehemently criticized features in Buzz: the ready-made circle of friends that Buzz gives new users based on their most frequent e-mail and chat contacts. Now, instead of automatically connecting people, Buzz merely suggests to new users a group of people that they may want to follow or want to be followed by.
Google Alters Buzz to Tackle Privacy Flaws – Bits Blog – NYTimes.com
Facebook Killer? Google aims to take on Facebook with new Gmail and Phone social feature called ‘Buzz’
The Internet giant held a press conference at its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters Tuesday to show off "Buzz," which incorporates social media tools such as photo and video sharing and status updates in Gmail. Google Buzz will also be accessible on mobile phones. And Google will launch Buzz for businesses.
Google vice president of product management Bradley Horowitz, vice president of engineering Vic Gundotra, and product manager Todd Jackson were on hand to show it off. The tagline for Google Buzz is "a Google approach to sharing."
The new service has five features, Jackson said. You will automatically follow the people you e-mail and chat with on a regular basis. You will be able to share content from around the Web, including YouTube videos, Flickr photos, site links and others. You will be able to share your thoughts in a public way and in a private way. You will get social updates in your inbox. And Google will help you find only the stuff that matters by recommending popular content. The mobile version of Buzz can figure out where you are and show you nearby buzz posts.
Google Buzz, which launches Tuesday, will also be accessible on mobile phones. And Google will eventually also debut a version of Buzz for businesses.
Google May Pull Out of China, Threatens to UNFILTER RESULTS!
Google launched its Chinese-language search engine Google.cn in 2006
Wide Cyber Attack Is Linked to China
Chinese Hackers possibly used Adobe Reader flaw…
Google said it is "reviewing the feasibility of our business operations in China" and may back out of China entirely and un-filter results! As it disclosed it had been hit with major cyberattacks it believes to have originated from China…
From the Google Blog:
“ These attacks and the surveillance they have uncovered–combined with the attempts over the past year to further limit free speech on the web–have led us to conclude that we should review the feasibility of our business operations in China. We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn, and so over the next few weeks we will be discussing with the Chinese government the basis on which we could operate an unfiltered search engine within the law, if at all. We recognize that this may well mean having to shut down Google.cn, and potentially our offices in China. “ GoogleBlog
Google Censoring Results, Not Good!
What's Islam? Don't Ask Google…
Google’s search engine returns common results to most queries as you type. But the "don’t be evil" company appears to be censoring its results when it comes to Islam.
If one is to go to google and type in islam is,
instant Results for islam is… shows nil
Type "Christianity is" into Google, and a plethora of instant results .
and you’ll get a list of common searches. But as above, google appears
to suppress results for "Islam is."..
Gmail knocked offline for `majority' of users
Google’s Gmail service has been knocked offline for much of the day in many places. Google says a "majority" of users were affected. It’s not immediately clear what caused the disruption.