Google made a flurry of announcements regarding Google+. The social network is now available to the public after spending several months in beta. Those who have never used Google+ have more reasons to try the service today because Google has updated both the Android application and Google+ on the web. All the features we’ll go over here are expected to be available to everyone worldwide by Wednesday.
Read MoreA belated Spring cleaning hit several projects at Google. The search giant announced the closure of ten ventures that have been replaced by newer products or simply remained stagnant since launch. Google CEO Larry Page announced the end of many projects at Google as well as the closure of Aardvark, a start-up that Google acquired in 2010 that was experimenting with social search.
Read MoreGoogle TV will be launched in Europe early next year, despite its rocky start in the U.S., company Chairman Eric Schmidt told an audience in Edinburgh, Scotland. Delivering the keynote MacTaggart Lecture at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International TV Festival, one of Britain's premier television industry events, Schmidt sought to reassure broadcasters, according to a Reuters report on the speech.
Read MoreGoogle Maps on the web has been updated to include the current weather in a given location. Now, whenever you want to get a decent idea of what the forecast is and will be, Google Maps will be an alternative to other services. Accessing the weather layer on Google Maps can be done with a single click.
Read MoreIt has been announced that Google has acquired Motorola Mobility for $40.00 per share or $12.5 billion. This is Google’s largest acquisition with the aim to challenge Apple as a handset producer.
Read MoreGoogle Music beta is out and you can request your invite here (only if your in the USA). So what is Google Music? Google Music is a very basic music locker and music player. Google music allows you to store your music library in the cloud (simply just add your mp3 files) and then play your music on both PC, MAC and Android phones. Google Music is currently free but has an upload capacity of 20,000 songs.
Read MoreUsing Gmail can be a great experience, but sometimes it’s just nicer to read email in a desktop or tablet app. Having those two panels, one for your list of emails, and one for the actually email content can be much more intuitive. Well, not you can have the same sort of set up int he Gmail web app.
Since Google I/O, Google have been working hard to make the Chrome Web Store available to more users around the world as well as to provide additional monetization opportunities for developers. Now, they're happy to share progress in both of these areas.
Read MoreAs part of Google's effort to evolve the Google design and experience, they’ve improved the www.google.com search experience on tablets. Google have simplified the layout of search results pages and increased the size of page contents like text, buttons and other touch targets to make it faster and easier to browse and interact with search results in portrait or landscape view.
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