Google Chrome 15 becomes the world’s most popular browser

You can’t say you didn’t see it coming (because, c’mon, if you didn’t, then you haven’t been reading tech news for the past couple of years). The 15th version of Google Chrome has become the most widely used browser in the world, rising a little above the overthrown kin... Read more
16 Dec 2011 - 120 reads

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Google invites you to surprise your friends with a message from Santa

Google has proven a long time ago that it loves to give surprises to its users. They might come in the form of doodles, Easter eggs or special services for their amusement. So, with the Holiday season almost upon us, it was expected for the Mountain View company to show the trick it had hidden up it... Read more
23 Dec 2011 - 90 reads

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Microsoft’s social network aims to be “the new classroom”

A month ago, the latest Microsoft project leaked into the Internet and raised many questions. The Redmond company was working on a social network and many argued that such ship had already sailed for the tech giant. But there was something different in its development and its approach to social netw... Read more
16 Dec 2011 - 97 reads

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Majel, the code name for Google’s enhanced Siri

If you are a trekkie, then the name Majel must definitely ring a bell for you. If you don’t even know what “trekkie” means, then let me explain this. Lately, Google X labs has been raising interest throughout the Web and inspiring imaginative articles about what might be cooking in... Read more
15 Dec 2011 - 102 reads

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WordPress going after Google AdSense

For several years now, a large part of Google’s profits comes from AdSense, the company’s own targeted advertising program. You just have to take a look to the Big G’s Q3 reports to confirm this: more than a quarter of the company’s total income originated in such advertiseme... Read more
30 Nov 2011 - 127 reads

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Google Plus’ new feature challenges the Facebook and Skype combo

If there’s something that many people argued about Google Plus, that definitely has to be the little to no innovation feature-wise. Up until now, Google’s social network seemed to be copying a little bit of Facebook and a little bit of Twitter, in which appeared as desperate attempts to ... Read more
03 Dec 2011 - 127 reads

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Google+ adding 625,000 users a day

The highly criticized social network from Google seems to be populating its one deserted platform, according to a recent report. Although it’s unclear how many of the total users now on Google+ are actually active, the information is conclusive: the site’s userbase is growing at the stag... Read more
29 Dec 2011 - 106 reads

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Playing arcade games in your Chrome is now possible

If there’s something that explains the incredibly fast rate at which Google Chrome’s market share is growing, that has to be the basic idea supporting it. The Big G has always developed its web browser with the user in mind, trying to provide useful, comfortable and funny features with e... Read more
04 Jan 2012 - 111 reads

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You can now nickname your Google + profile

When Google + first opened its virtual doors last year, many people rushed in out of curiosity to see what this “Facebook killer” was all about. Accounts were created, features were tested and, obviously, the criticism beast was fed. Among many of the problems found by those people (and ... Read more
25 Jan 2012 - 127 reads

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Public Alerts on Google Maps: learn about emergencies in your area

Keeping with its policy of providing valuable service to its users, Google has recently announced the creation of Google Public Alerts, an emergency system that will notify you on crisis situation within the area of your interest. In this way, the new tool will inform you on floods, earthquakes, to... Read more
26 Jan 2012 - 127 reads

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