Google has made it much nicer to view the maps and navigate to businesses and residential locations. On the desktop they have made searching much more intuitive. You can easily navigate to a location, and then from there you will be prompted to explore the area.This is similar on how the app on Android was worked. Their…
Google has developed a new system that will have the ability to eradicate Child Porn from the Internet. This will be the first time that search engines and web firms will be able to swap data about images that portray child pornography, and sex abuse.The Internet Watch Foundation has jumped on board and would like to help…
Pakistan and many other countries around the globe have picked fights with Google in the past but none have went quite as far as Pakistan's new IT and Telecommunications minister Anusha Rahman Khan.Khan made a statement that YouTube, one of the services Google owns, hosts “blasphemous and objectionable material” and stated that unless Google cleans…
Finally the wait is over Google is the company to buy out the popular navigation app that makes driving as fun as Pacman. Waze has finally accepted an offer from Google for 1.2 billion dollars ending the months of speculation on who will purchase Waze.Google has agreed to keep the development of Waze in Israel where it all began.…
Google has just made it easier to make or receive free calls from The United States and Canada. This service was in risk of being lost at the end of 2012, but has been extended through 2013. They are also bragging about cheap rates for International calls.You have been able to make calls through Google…
The French government is beginning to look into charging web companies like Google to pay for the bandwidth they use. They are having trouble keeping up the hardware that the Internet in France runs off of. They are looking for relief from web companies like Google to invest in the networks that carry their traffic.They…
Shortly before Google won its antitrust lawsuit earlier this year Microsoft claimed that its Windows phone devices have been, and continue to be blocked from Google’s popular Maps application.While Google denies that the purposely blocked IE on Windows phone from being blocked from Google’s Maps, they did not deny that the problem exists. Microsoft first…
This case has been a long and tedious one for Google, but after 2 years it is finally over. Google has basically won the case. The punishment equivalence would be a slap on the wrist. This case was based on Google's search results. Regulators wanted fair competition when it came to Google's search results. One of the big reasons…
There are a number of search providers that have recently been accused of funding piracy. Both Google and Yahoo are accused of funding pirate sites. While there is no way to tell that they are actually cutting a check to the individual pirate sites that have their ads on them it certainly does look very…
Google has been slowly attacking Apple on the Smartphone front since Android's release. More recently however Google has been replacing core iPhone apps. In July Google launched Chrome for the iPhone which is made to replace Safari, then Google released Google search for the iPhone which is replacing Siri, and now last month Google has…
We talked about Google Glass many months ago but it appears Google is still pushing forward with their new invention. Google first released a prototype to the public in June this past year. Google Glass showcased its many features, much like your smartphone, Google Glass is designed to host many apps that allow its users…
One of the lesser known services Google offers is the ability to translate documents from one language to another. Google Translate is a service that allows users to upload text from one of fifty-four languages from all around the globe and have it instantly translated to another language of their choice.While this service in most…