Google Happy Loser in Wireless Spectrum LicensesApril 4th, 2008 Nobody is a happier loser than Google when it lost the auction to win the highly coveted premium wireless spectrum to Verizon. The premium wireless spectrum (C block) would have cost Google $4.7 billion, inadvertently thrusting the company into the wireless business and could have sent Google’s shares even lower.
Enjoy Google Brain Search on Your Mobile PhoneApril 1st, 2009 Do you wanna brainstorm the logical Google to think of something more human? Have you ever thought what if you could ask the Google search to find the name of that kid across your room, just from your mobile? May be you never thought of it in the first place. But, now that you have Google Brain Search (BETA) on the Google Mobile App available for your iPhone, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry or the Android-powered phones, you can try it out.
Google R&D Contacted Me For Leadership PositionMay 16th, 2007 I got a ping from Google India's R&D department. They are looking for leadership role and were apparently quite impressed with my online resume; which hasn't been updated for about 5 years or more.
Canadian model taking Google to courtJanuary 7th, 2009 LONDON - Canadian model Liskula Cohen, who has worked for the likes of Armani and Versace, is taking Google to court in an attempt to force the company to reveal the identity of an anonymous cyber-bully. The 36-year-old Cohen is the victim of a vicious blog 'Skanks in NYC', which is hosted by Google-owned platform blogger.com.
Unrest in GoogleplexMarch 2nd, 2006 In a rather sad story a Googler (Google employee) narrates his misery with paltry salary and poor chance of a raise. Apparently in Google you can get a raise (merely 5-8%) with only a promotion.
Google launches 'Explore Google Search' (being weary of Bing?)June 18th, 2009 Search is at the heart of everything we do. Our engineers work every day to solve the hardest search problems, and thus improve your online experience.
Google Down!January 8th, 2008 It has been several hours since Google search went down. Google services on google.com domain, including but not limited to GMail or Google Analytics, Google Adsense etc., are down too while blogsearch.google.com is up and running.
Google To Launch Database Web Service Using BigTable?April 5th, 2008 TechCrunch got it from a source that Google plans to launch their BigTable, their proprietary internal database which is used for Google Search, as a web service to compete with Amazon SimpleDB Web Service. Bigtable is a distributed storage system for managing structured data that is designed to scale to a very large size: petabytes of data across thousands of commodity servers at Google.
Microsoft dethrones Google as UK's best brandJuly 15th, 2009 LONDON - Microsoft has left Google behind to grab the top spot in the list of UK's best brand. The software company, co-founded by Bill Gates, moved from second to first place in a list of the 500 brands that the public thought were reliable, distinguished, and the best quality.
Google to Acquire Twitter: SourcesApril 3rd, 2009 Washingtonpost today has just brought in a heck of a rumor that Google may be in the last stage of acquiring Twitter. No one knows the price or exact transactional details yet, nor there is any official source to that, but its said that the deal may be well over $250 Million.
Google All Set To Launch FlipperJune 19th, 2009 Search engine giant Google is all set to launch a new Google Labs project it calls Flipper. Keep your wild guess on racks, its not another search robot of course.
Google Wave Review : Why it may Ultimately FailOctober 2nd, 2009 Google Wave as they say it, is an online tool for real-time communication and collaboration. It can both a conversation or a document for people to discuss and work together.
Google App Sync Tool For Microsoft Outlook Flops Out June 18th, 2009 The launch of App Sync software was Google's most aggressive move challenging Microsoft's stronghold in enterprise market. According Google's claims its app was designed to allow the users to switch to Google Apps while retaining the Microsoft Outlook interface.
AP Sources: YouTube to offer online movie rentals, following in footsteps of iTunes, AmazonSeptember 2nd, 2009 AP Sources: YouTube to offer online movie rentalsLOS ANGELES — YouTube, Google Inc.'s online video streaming service, is in talks with Hollywood studios to rent new release movies online, according to people familiar with the talks. The move follows similar deals by Apple Inc.'s iTunes and others.
Opposite Poles Attract: Facebook joins hands with Google for Android appJuly 29th, 2009 Things went topsy-turvy as Facebook was heard to be launching an official app for Google's Android. While a month ago, Google co-founder Larry Page was seen in a sullen mood after Facebook dropped a big investment plan by the search engine major, which arch-rival Microsoft swept away from under their nose.