Installing Google (Chrome) on Windows 8

With the launch of the new surface tablets and windows 8, everyone’s trying to update themselves on it and so is Google. If you’re on Windows 8 and wondering how to get Google Chrome and search back on, here’s a small and simple video by Google! Google Search and Chrome can be easily downloaded from [...]

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Sneak peak of the Google Data Centers [Video]

Google just took the initiative of publicizing their Data Centers. We must agree that this is one of the best, efficient, secure and advanced data centers we’ve seen till date. Here’s a Video tour of the Google Data Center Related: Video Tour of Google Office in Stockholm Via: Google Data Centers

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Yahoo Gets Some Women’s Touch – Appoints Marissa Mayer new CEO and President

Marissa Mayer has been a keystone of the success of Google. Having this in mind, she was the person who sanctioned and okay’ed many of the Google products that we all use daily. We at Google Watch Blog admire her passion.   Yahoo, has been terribly failing with stagnate growth rate and it has been [...]

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[How To] Hide Photos From The Gmail People Widget

The next time you look at the people widget, you might see up to 3 photos from recent emails from that person. Not only does this remind you of photos they’ve sent to you, but it also gives you one click access to the emails with those photos.   Most of us, would want to [...]

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Google Hires Ex-Director of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Google has just made public that the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (referred to as “DARPA”) in charge of Regina Dugan was the 19th Director of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). She was appointed to that position on July 20, 2009. In March 2012, she left her position take take an executive role [...]

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Google now Requires Developers to Use In-House Payment Service, Google Wallet – All others Die

Android Developers will now need to use Google Wallet as a payment solution and if you don’t, you will probably be kicked off the market (or Play Zone). This move brings controversial questions on how wrong it is against Google’s own self-determination rule which is often put forward to differentiate itself from Apple with the [...]

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Android Market Is Now Google Play

Google Android Market gets a unified upgrade – the changes include a new name – Google Play and it’s now called the Google Play Store and Android official market client on devices also had to upgrade. Now, officially the Android Market is renamed to Google Play.. Google this morning released the update to the Android [...]

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Remove The Google Chat Box From Gmail

Finally.. It’s always been NOT possible for users to hide the distracting chat window from Gmail. Have you also been distracted by the chat feature in Gmail? With this new find by Amit, we can now confirm that hiding the chat window in Gmail is indeed possible!     From the recent Google apps update [...]

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Apture Now Acquired By Google

We recently got this email from apture informing about this latest acquistion by Google.. Here’s a copy of the email below: Hi there, We’re writing to let you know that Apture has been acquired by Google. Since day one, we’ve been working on getting the Apture experience into as much of the web as possible. [...]

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Google Blogger gets 7 New Dynamic Template Views

Google has been making constant changes and adding new features to their products. It’s been a few years since Google made any major updates to Blogger’s look and feel. Throughout the design process, Google conducted user interviews to help identify how to make Blogger even easier and more enjoyable to use. Google also watched users [...]

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