Google to add Galapagos Islands Few have explored the remote volcanic islands of the Galapagos archipelago, an otherworldly landscape inhabited by the world’s largest tortoises and other fantastical creatures that inspired Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. Soon it will take only the click of a mouse or finger swipe on a tablet to explore some of the Galapagos Islands’ most ... Read More »
Google faces new federal antitrust probe U.S. regulators are in the early stages of an antitrust probe into whether Google Inc , the top player in web display advertising, breaks antitrust law in how it handles some ad sales, a source told Reuters on Thursday. The source said that it was unlikely that the Federal Trade Commission had sent out ... Read More »
A house with ‘Twitter feed’ now a reality Being active on the social media platforms and having a strong social media presence sounded too mainstream for a 40-year-old techie from San Francisco, US as he made an active account of his house on the social network platform Twitter. One look at Tom Coates’s house in Downtown San Francisco and ... Read More »
Google integrates Google+ photos Google has been coming up with a set of really interesting additions to enhance the users’ online experience. The latest on the list is an announcement that the company made on Thursday which is an interesting mesh between its main Google search service and Google+ Photos. Basically, Google allows you to search for your photos on ... Read More »
Google, like Facebook, in talks to buy Waze Google Inc is considering buying Israeli mobile satellite navigation start-up Waze Inc, which may lead to a bidding war with Facebook Inc , Bloomberg news reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Waze is seeking more than $1 billion and is fielding expressions of interest from multiple parties, said Bloomberg, citing a ... Read More »
Jet Airways has formally launched windows phone apps in association with Nokia. The Mobile app is out there for all windows phone devices. The new app alter Jet Airways customers to book tickets, check flight standing, manage your JetPrivilege account, avail special offers and do an entire heap a lot more. This safe and secure travel tool helps you plan ... Read More »
Restaurant learns that online reviews It was the customer service disaster heard around the Internet. An Arizona restaurateur, fed up after years of negative online reviews and an embarrassing appearance on a reality television show, posted a social media rant laced with salty language and angry, uppercase letters that quickly went viral last week, to the delight of people who ... Read More »
Amazon, Google over taxes Britain, France and Germany called for stricter rules to stop companies such as Google, Apple and Amazon aggressively avoiding taxes in austerity bitten Europe, while acknowledging they had done nothing unlawful. At a summit to discuss energy and tax policy, the leaders of the three largest EU countries took the opportunity at news conferences to lament ... Read More »
Court query on shielding kids The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked Facebook and other social networking sites how Indian children could be prevented from knowingly or unknowingly getting exploited by adults online. A division bench of Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Vibhu Bakhru said that in the US the rights of the children were protected by Children’s Online Privacy Protection ... Read More »
Google conversation search goes live on Chrome Last week during Google I/O, the company had unveiled its plans for a new conversation-styled searching method for its search service. The “conversation search” service has now gone live and is available to those who use the Chrome browser. The company had earlier promised that this would completely change the way we search ... Read More »
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