Tag: Google

Next Google Maps adventure: Soaring through Amazon jungle

SAN FRANCISCO — For its next technological trick, Google will show you what it's like to zip through trees in the Amazon jungle. The images...

Twitter, Google strike deal to show tweets in search results

NEW YORK- Microblogging site Twitter Inc has reached a deal with Google Inc to make its tweets more searchable online, Bloomberg reported, citing people...

Tech giants battle to win over 15-year-old whizzkid behind new app

Sydney- Technology giants Facebook and Google are  struggling to win over 15-year-old whizzkid from Sydney who developed an app which was downloaded 500,000 times,Sky News reported. Ben...

Pakistan tops list of most porn-searching countries

Six of the top eight porn-searching countries were Muslim states

Google turns smartphones into real-time translators

    SAN FRANCISCO- Google began turning smartphones into real-time language translators -- of both written and spoken content.   The California-based Internet titan is hoping that, along with...

Google and LG enter into global patent license agreement

LG Electronics Inc. (LG) and Google Inc. have entered into a long-term patent cross-licensing agreement covering a broad range of products and technologies. The...

Android software co-creator quits Google

SAN FRANCISCO- Google has confirmed that an executive behind leading mobile device software Android is leaving the company to create an incubator for hardware startups. Andy...

Google seeks way to scan bodies for disease

  SAN FRANCISCO- Google is exploring a way to search inside people's bodies for early signs of deadly illnesses such as cancer or heart disease. A Life...

Google launches new email service dubbed ‘Inbox’

NEW YORK- Google Inc launched an email service called "Inbox" on Wednesday that will better organize emails and display information such as appointments, flight bookings...

First case of internet addiction involving Google Glass surfaces

PARIS - A 31-year-old American was treated for addiction after wearing Google Glass for up to 18 hours a day and even experienced dreams as...

Google unveils ‘Lollipop’ Android system, major arsenal overhaul

WASHINGTON- Google on Wednesday ramped up its mobile arsenal, upgrading its Nexus line with a new tablet and smartphone, and unveiling its revamped Android...

Google to boost Android encryption, joining Apple

  Google and Apple announced this week they are hardening encryption tactics on devices powered by their mobile operating systems and tossing away the keys. The...

Google unveils first ultra-cheap Android One smartphones

• The smartphones would make their way to Pakistan by 2014 end

Free voice calls merged into Google Hangouts app

SAN FRANCISCO-   Google on Wednesday began letting people use its Hangouts message application for mobile devices to make free or low-cost voice calls over...

Social media new saviour in flood-hit India

NEW DELHI- Social media is playing a key role in linking up families and friends hit by the most devastating flooding in more than half...

Google makes major advancement in object recognition technology

  A team of Google researchers have developed an advanced image classification and detection algorithm called GoogLeNet, that can recognize a wide range of objects,...

Yahoo to join Google to create spy-free email systems

SAN FRANCISCO- Yahoo Inc said it will join Google Inc to create a secure email system by next year that could make it nearly impossible...