Tag Archives : Google

Image by niallkennedy via Flickr Ever since Google CEO Eric Schmidt ‘resigned’ from Apple‘s board of directors last year, there’ have been no end of rumours of intense competition between the two companies. Of course they should naturally be competition, being two of the largest tech companies in the world, but up until recently Apple and Google had a well known ‘friendship’. [...]

Image via Wikipedia Apple and Google have made it a habit to cross each other’s roads – Be it over Eric Schmidt, Apple blocking Google Voice on iPhone or the recent showdown of iPhone vs. Nexus One. Now, with Google releasing details of its Chromium Tablet, the Apple Google rivalry seems to be entering a new dimension altogether. Apple iPad is touted to be a game changer for the publishing [...]

If you are planning to buy a stylish new notebook or laptop, take a look at the Acer Aspire 3935. It’s sleek and polished design truly justifies that ‘Looks Can Kill’. What’s more – it offers excellent performance and a very impressive battery life as compared to most of its competitors in the sub £500 laptop category. The Acer Aspire 3935 is barely one inch in thickness and the well [...]

Image by ToastyKen via Flickr After categorically denying any involvement in the recent cyber attacks on Google, China has signalled its intent to improve its deteriorating relations with Google. In a recent press release, China has indicated that it would welcome Google Android without any restrictions. Google had postponed its smartphone launch in China after its announcement that it would [...]

Image via Wikipedia China has categorically denied any state involvement in Operation Aurora, the series of cyber attacks that rocked Google and several other technology companies earlier this year. This is in response to United States President Barack Obama’s comment where he mentioned that he was “troubled” by Google’s claims of a Chinese hand in the recent cyber attacks. Google says [...]

Image via Wikipedia With Operation Aurora, professional hackers have taken the hack attacks to ‘never seen before’ ultra sophisticated levels. It’s phenomenal that an attacker can take on not one, not two but  nearly a dozen of highly acclaimed companies including the likes of Google and Adobe. Operation Aurora is probably the smartest combination of stealth programming, strong encryption [...]

If industry analysts are to be believed, Apple might launch the new version of the very popular iPhone series in June this year. Amongst the top of the chart features for the new iPhone would be a 5 Megapixel camera and perhaps a touch sensitive casing similar to Magic Mouse. Though Apple has declined either confirming or denying this speculation, there is no denial that the company is under severe [...]

The verdict is out – google (mind the lower case), my personal choice for company of the decade has been named as ‘Word of the Decade’ by the American Dialect Society. The lower case implies that the word means an internet search and does not refer to the name of the company. Tweet received the ‘Word of the Year’ award for 2009 but was no match up to Google in the Word of the Decade category. [...]

Image by Daniel Greene via Flickr With so much hype over the new Google phone, does it have a chance of living up to the expectations? I promised myself I wouldn’t use the term “iPhone killer” in this article, but with so people asking this question, I have to at least consider it. The answer is this; Yes, the Google Nexus One offers a huge competition to Apple’s iPhone. Will [...]

Haven’t you heard of Google Voice? It is the best way to manage all your phone numbers via a single number. This phone number rings any phones (work, mobile, home, etc). You can even place a set of rules to restrict who is calling and when. As you can imagine, moving away from the traditional phone numbers is quite difficult for most people. Some have simply ported their mobile number to Google Voice, [...]