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 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 [...]

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 [...]
Google Closes Slide – RIP Social Enterprise Apps
Google has decided to close the operations of Slide, a an online application company. The slide was bought two years ago for about >$200 million, and was used by Google to develop apps for various games and social networks. According to information from specialized blogs in the daily Google’s Slide was closed at the request [...]

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 [...]

Google Improves Sitelinks Feature in Webmaster tools
Google shows sitelinks for particular top-ranked sites. These sitelinks are automated and Google is always working to improve their sitelinks algorithms. Recently, we found out that Google had rolled out 2 new changes to improve the sitelinks feature. 1. Demote a URL from Google Sitelinks (from inside Google webmaster Tool). Demoting a URL is just [...]
Google Acquires Motorola Mobility For $12.5 Billion
We shared rumors that Google would acquire RIM but it turned out that we were wrong! It looks the first half of the rumor was indeed true. Google is acquiring BUT not RIM instead, Motorola Mobility for $12.5 Billon. This new acquisition gives Google 706 total patents and patented applications, making Google 317 patents + [...]

Google Secretly Testing New Instant Search Interface
It was found that the desktop version of Google Instant search, there have been some new User Interface based changes. In the new design of the interface, some of the elements, such as keywords, the search suggestions appear below the input box, in a separate list. But the strange thing is that the interface below [...]

Now, Google Plus Lets you Play Games (Rolled-out for all Users)
We reported earlier, Google is hiring PM’s for Games and now we know why Google has now rolled out Google Plus Games for all its users. With the weekend, people sure would have lot of time to stay online and play most of the games Google Plus currently has 17 games that you can choose [...]

[Rumors] Google Might Acquire RIM
Google only has 317 patents and Microsoft mobile has up to 2594 patents according to recent reports. So far, ResearchInMotion has a 3134 mobile device-related patents and patent applications in major technology companies by topping the list. Nokia has 2655 such patents and patent applications, ranked No. 2. Microsoft in 2594. In addition, Samsung Electronics [...]
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