Category: Google
Google patents the Doodle, confusion follows
It took Google ten years to secure a patent for its 'Doodles' – possibly reflecting how it is not exactly clear what is being patented. After all, the Google Doodle – the different versions of the Google logo on…
Google invests in fuel technology in latest green venture
Google Ventures has bought a stake in CoolPlanetBiofuels, a start-up company working on a technology to convert biomass into fuel. Based in California, CoolPlanet uses non-food biomass like grass or woodchips to make fuel, using a thermal-mechanical processor to…
Google accuses China of sabotaging Gmail
Following problems with the Gmail email service in China, Google has reached a conclusion: it's not me, it's you. Engineers have looked into the problem at length, and concluded there is nothing technically wrong. This means it must be…
Google's content farm crackdown may be damaging legitimate sites
Content farms were first on the block, as Google announced a few weeks ago it had tweaked its search algorithm to "provide better rankings for high-quality sites". This meant moving content farms as far away from the first search…
Gmail add Smart Labels to Labs to automatically sort your mail
Those with a cluttered, spam-and-mailing-list filled Gmail inbox will get a helping hand today, as Google have added Smart Labels to their email service. Head over to the Labs experimental feature tab in settings and you'll be able to add…
Google launches 'Personal Profiles' – stand against Facebook?
Google's new 'Personal Profiles' features lets all Gmail users set up a page with pictures and personal information. This will likely be the first entry that comes up when someone searches for your name, Google's Greg Marra wrote on…
Trouble in the clouds: Gmail glitch loses data, erases some users
Less than a week after Google Calendar lost some users' events, Gmail has proven its fallibility too by losing some users' emails. Yesterday 500,000 Gmail accounts went offline for a while, with some of the users finding themselves facing…
Say a command: The future of data is the spoken word, judging from Google and Autonomy
According to the Hollywood version of the future, we will eventually interact with computers just by speaking to them. We've come a way from humble beginnings in voice recognition, when cinema information lines kept messing up Brighton and Birmingham,…
Google keeps options open as new Nexus handsets won't allow Facebook contact syncing
The two "Google phones", Nexus One and Nexus S, won't allow users to sync phone numbers from their Facebook contacts like other Android handsets can. Google has for some reason chosen to disable this feature for the Gingerbread update…
Google app aids search for loved ones in New Zealand earthquake
As rescue operations get underway in earthquake-affected Christchurch, a simple yet effective app can help people in the search for their friends and family. The Person Finder app is a very simple, but efficient tool, where people can log…
