Tag Archives : Google

Google has announced application sign-in and some other  related enhancements for Google+. It is similar to logging on to websites with your Facebook and Twitter IDs. Google seems to have arrived late to the game. Currently there are only 10 developers committed to using Google+ sign-ins. They include Guardian, Shazam, Fitbit and Fancy and USA Today. “If you sign in to Gmail, YouTube or any [...]

Google on Thursday announced the Chromebook Pixel, a flashier Chrome OS running laptop with improved hardware, software, and design. Chromebook Pixel is a 13.3 inch device and has a 2560×1700 display that would rival Apple’s retina display MacBooks. The screen packs 239 pixels per inch and will be touch-sensitive. Other hardware specs include an Intel Core i5 processor clocked at 1.8GHz, integrated [...]

Google is working with hardware manufacturers to release new Chromebook laptops that will have touch capabilities too just like Ultrabooks according to a report by Wall Street Journal. The reports observes  that if new Chromebooks are released with touchscreens, software developers will have to make changes in order for their Chrome OS apps to work with touch-based hardware. It’s almost certain [...]

Google has purchased Channel Intelligence which according to its blog, “tracks online retail sales for a number of categories ranging from computing to consumer packaged goods”. The deal is worth U.S. $125 million in cash. In an announcement on the Channel Intelligence website, the company noted it has “worked with Google for years” as a featured Google Shopping launch partner with [...]

YouTube plans to launch paid subscriptions If the rumours are true, according to a report in AdAge, the Google owned website is asking media companies with large YouTube followings— like Machinima, Maker Studios and Fullscreen — to submit ideas for paid channels that would cost “somewhere between $1 and $5 a month.” YouTube could expand this to pay-per-view for live events, such as concerts [...]

Gangnam Style, the most-watched YouTube video ever, with more than one billion views, by K-pop sensation Psy has generated $8 million revenue on YouTube alone, said Google chief business officer Nikesh Arora during the company’s fourth quarter earnings call. Considering that Gangnam style has  1.23 billion views on YouTube, that means the video is generating on average 0.65 cents every time someone [...]

Five ex-employees of Apple, Google, and Intel are suing those companies, accusing them of an illegal conspiracy to eliminate competition for each other’s employees and drive down wages.” according to the Telegraph. To solidify their case, the plaintiffs  have cited internal emails between these executives, including some from Steve Jobs to the heads of companies caught trying to hire [...]

Google today released Q4 2012 earnings, last quarter it made US $14.42 billion in consolidated revenues, up 36 percent from last year, and $2.89 billion in net income. Consolidated revenues would have been $15.24 billion had Motorola Home been included. “We ended 2012 with a strong quarter,” said Larry Page, CEO of Google. “Revenues were up 36% year-on-year, and 8% quarter-on-quarter. And [...]

Federal Trade Commission  has announced on Thursday that it has reached a settlement agreement with Google, bringing the FTC’s antitrust investigations against to a conclusion. “The changes Google has agreed to make will ensure that consumers continue to reap the benefits of competition in the online marketplace and in the market for innovative wireless devices they enjoy,” said FTC Chairman [...]

Facebook article on Wikipedia has become the most viewed English article of the year, according to statistics from Wikimedia’s Toolserver. The next highest viewed page, Wiki, is a surprising one with 29.6 million views – it’s this page that explains how sites such as Wikipedia function – while the third place is taken by the list of deaths in 2012 (25.4 million views). Here’s [...]