Google with a clear mission to make RSS reading more attractive has announced the Google Reader Play – a new visual tool that can change the browsing experience on the web. Although this new feature is in experimental stage, the new interface shows only one new item at a time when at full screen, focusing [...]
Archive | March, 2010
Eye Tracking shows, Google Real-time Search Results are Rarely Noticed
According to an eye-tracking study by OneUpWeb, users of the Google search engine ignore the results in real time from Google. The study consisted of 44 people divided into two groups: those seeking information and those who wanted to buy a product. 73% of the volunteers had never heard of the results in real time. [...]
Google’s list of the top 10 competitors; Apple NOT listed
In filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Form 10-K, Google lists 10 major competitors – Microsoft and Yahoo topped the competitors list. However Apple seems to be left out. In 2008 & 2009, Google only listed two major competitors – Microsoft and Yahoo. And now in 2010, Google lists 10 major competitors starting [...]
Reader now promoting Recommendations
Today when I was just going through my Google Reader, I found a new message at the bottom. Guess what? Google is now promoting recommendations. It says: “But wait! We have recommended items waiting for you to read. Sweet! Show me my recommendations” Seen more new stuff on Google? share them with us. Contact us [...]
Get notified via email from Google Wave
Google Wave today added a new feature that allows users to accept their own Wave by e-mail to the inbox for updates. All you need to do is to choose Notifications type. Once that is done you can then set the frequency of email reminders. You could choose and update reminders per hour / day [...]
Google Chrome 5 now with Geo-targeting capabilities
In the latest chrome update beta release, Google added HTML5, Geolocation API support. Currently, Chrome dev 5.0.342.1 has been released for Windows, Mac and Linux.. However, Chrome’s geographical feature is turned off by default. Users need to add the Chrome shortcut icon “- enable-geolocation” command to activate the feature. If you want to test Chrome [...]
Google Acquires DocVerse
Yesterday, rumors spread that Google acquired PDF Reader – PDFMeNot is false news. But in the same day Google carried out a takeover of DocVerse created by 1 of the two former Microsoft employees.. Docverse is an real-time Office plug-in that allows you to work together within outlook. DocVerse would be similar to Google Docs [...]
Google acquires Picnik
Picnik online photo editing tool was acquired by Google, the terms of the agreement have not been disclosed yet. Picnik is a fast, fun, easy to use and powerful set of photo editing tools for editing, sharing and printing images using any internet browser on any computer platform. Picnik is integrated with a wide variety [...]
Leaked Screenshots of the new Google Home Page Re-design
According to Softpedia, the Internet giant Google will undergo and usher the most significant revision in the history. As we all know, Google home pages has not changed much for a long time. This time, Google engineers and web designers spend a lot of effort to edit the home page to make it look better [...]
Google Doodle: Holi – The festival of colors
Holi, or Holli, also called the Festival of Colors, is a spring festival celebrated by Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains and others. It is primarily observed in India, Nepal, Srilanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and countries with large Indic diaspora populations, such as Suriname, Guyana, South Africa, Trinidad, UK, USA, Mauritius, and Fiji. In West Bengal of India [...]
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