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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Google Earth and Google Earth Pro Upgrade to 6.1
Google Earth 6.1 for both Free and Pro users has just been released, and it comes with some super cool features. Finally, Google Earth Pro users can also upgrade to the 6.1 version. Major updates include the following: Enhanced print layout: Pro users can now include scale bars and directional arrows when printing, making it easy to [...]
Google Buys Zagat = More expansion of Local Offerings
Google buys Zagat. The company’s purchase was announced and indicates that Google is entering a new segment. The 32 year old company Zagat will be the basis of services offered by local services built maps and search. Rumour’s say that Google might have paid $125 million for the Zagat deal. The Motorola acquisition for 12.5 [...]
Droid Bionic the First Fruit of Google – Motorola Deal
A little over a week, we mentioned that Google had bought Motorola Mobility as a way to directly way to enter the mobile market and under agreements with third-party companies like HTC, manufacturer of the first Android smartphone and Samsung, manufacturer of terminals of Nexus. The first handset that will come after this purchase will [...]
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