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Google Korea gets a fast switch drop down to switch between Web, Images, Videos, Maps, News search

Google Korea gets a fast switch drop down to switch between Web, Images, Videos, Maps, News search

The home page of Google Korea has not been like most other Google home pages. Google Korea just got a new menu that can switch between the web, news, images and maps easily. While it is actually more a click when you want to search for images, but you do not wait until the sample [...]

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China blocks google.cn and google.com again

China blocks google.cn and google.com again

Google is currently unavailable in China. Both the Google.cn and Google.com homepage cannot be accessed from china and the reason here again is the communist government. It raises the search engine “disseminating pornographic, vulgar and obscene content” and thus a violating of the laws in the People’s Republic. “We are investigating the matter and hoped [...]

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Gay Pride Doodle: Rainbow in Google

Gay Pride Doodle: Rainbow in Google

When looking for gay or lesbian on Google this week a rainbow in the bar above the search results shows in the background which signifies the Gay Pride.

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What does the yellow ribbon on Google home page signify?

What does the yellow ribbon on Google home page signify?

It is about the holiday in the United States. For the holiday in Newfoundland and Labrador, see Memorial Day (Newfoundland and Labrador). Yellow Ribbon on Google index page means Memorial Day on May 25, 2009 and the The Yellow Ribbon Program Google put a yellow ribbon on the homepage of its US site. The Yellow [...]

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Google App Engine is now in Java

Google App Engine is now in Java

So far, the only Google App Engine with Python programming. Now, Java is a programming language has been added. There will also be a language such as Groovy and JRuby support, based on the Java virtual machine from running. In the first version of the API will be according to Google the key class libraries [...]

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Now Search the rainbow and filter images by color on Google Image Search

Now Search the rainbow and filter images by color on Google Image Search

Google has made the search by color in the image search now officially available. Currently there are 12 different colors to choose from in the image search. Unfortunately, the menu in Google Chrome 2 is not displayed…. So you can always try to get it to working by adding color=[color you want] in the Google [...]

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Google does a Jai ho! – provides assistance for the Indian Loksabha elections

Google does a Jai ho! – provides assistance for the Indian Loksabha elections

Google has launched the India Elections Centre in English and in Hindi for Lok Sabha 2009 election. People from across India can use the centre to do the following: Confirm their voter registration status; Discover their polling location; View their constituency on a map; Consume relevant election-related news, blogs, videos, and quotations; Evaluate the status of development [...]

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Google employees also not spared by recession, lays off employees

Google employees also not spared by recession, lays off employees

Google has today announced that 200 Googlers in their marketing and sale team would be laidoff and will try to employ them in other areas of Google’s development. However, Google says it will give each person time to try and find another position at Google, as well as outplacement support, and provide severance packages for [...]

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