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Google acquires Nest for $3.2 billion
Google has just acquired Nest for $3.2 billion. Nest is a company that focuses on home automation and primarily designs and builds smoke detectors and thermostats that are enabled through Wi-Fi, have inbuilt sensors, are programma...
How to stop Google+ users from emailing you without knowing your email address [Guide]
A few days back , Google released a new integration feature for Google+ and Gmail that allows anyone from Google+ to email you — without having to know your email address. This features is supposed to make it easier for Goog...
Google apologizes for giving the name “Adolf Hilter” to street in Berlin
Google has just apologized over a mistake found in Google Mapsof Berlin and it concerns the country’s former dictator Adolf Hitler. Up until recently, when viewing Berlin in Google Maps, instead of seeing the street name The...
Tech companies meet with the White House about NSA spying, again
Another meeting was held between the White House and members of the tech industry on Friday. Microsoft, Twitter, Yahoo and Google were represented at a meeting to discuss details on changes that are going to be made, hopefully, in...
Gmail now lets any Google+ user send you an email — without knowing your email address
A new feature added by Google will allow anyone with a Gmail and Google+ account to send emails to anyone else on the social network. More specifically, a new feature by Google integrates Gmail and Google+ as such that, when creat...
France fines Google $204,000 for violating privacy laws
Google has received a $204,000 fine from France for violating privacy laws. The internet titan was awarded the fine by France’s independent watchdog group, the National Commission on Computing and Freedom (CNIL). It took a f...
Google is partnering with car companies to bring Android into the automative world
A new group that has been named the Open Automotive Alliance is looking to bring the Android OS to cars. The members so far involved in this initiative include Google, Honda, Audi, GM, Nvidia, and Hyundai. They are working towards...
Google allows Rap Genius back into their search results
Google has decided to once again show letting you see links that lead to the Rap Genius site. The site, which for the most part catalogs rap lyrics, had been blacklisted from Google’s search for being involved in a scheme de...
10 amazing facts about Google you probably didn’t know [Infographic]
Did you know the reason why Google.com is so bare is because the founders of Google did not know HTML?
Google’s copyright takedown requests quadrupled over last year
Over the last year Google has gotten above 235 million requests to take down content for copyright infringement, which is roughly four times the amount they received the previous year. Despite the amount of requests, it seems that...
How to always use your favorite doodles as Google’s logo on Chrome [Guide]
The Google search engine occasionally includes a doodle. Then a doodle alternative to the Google logo is added to the search engine to mark anniversaries, etc. However, doodles aren’t always included above the search box. We will ...
Google’s new anti-trust plan denied by EU
Google has been embroiled in a three year long antitrust battle with the European Commission for Competition. They recently offered the Commission a proposal to end the legal battle and avoid paying a fine that could be as much $5...
LG’s 21.5-inch Chromebase puts Google Chrome OS on the desktop
It seems Google is moving in the right direction with Chrome OS as the platform is no longer exclusive to laptop devices. LG has gone ahead with an all-in-one desktop with Chrome OS inside to compete with all-in-one devices based ...
Google’s top searches of 2013 rounded up in an inspiring video
Among all of the year-ending traditions, Google’s yearly Zeitgeist never fails to give me shivers. It’s basically a recap of all the different events, people and things that captured everyone’s interest throughou...