Mobile search just got a lot cooler with Google launching its visual search app Goggles. This hi-tech app allows mobile users to take a picture and then conduct a search on it.
Goggles supports searches of books, DVDs, popular landmarks, company logos, barcodes, products etc. The search base will grow in time as more and more [...]
Google just launched a new feature to automatically caption videos. This move was targeted to help people with hearing disability participate more effectively in online video content. SEO experts are now seeing a new avenue to improve their rankings. Ken Harrenstien, the software engineer who designed this feature is deaf himself. Harrenstien noted that he [...]
Tonight Google is set to host a semi-premiere for its new operating system, Chrome OS, at its Mountain View headquarters in California. Chrome has been in the works since July of 09. Though the final product is under construction, the event is focused on highlighting some of its key features and give out certain technical [...]
Switzerland is taking up legal action against Google over concerns of improper use of Street View. Street View is a feature on Google Maps that allow users to actually see images of the actual street depicted on the map. Switzerland complaint is about the visibility of people’s faces and license plates which were supposed to [...]
Google has announced its acquisition of Gizmo5, a VoIP firm. With this latest development they are set to release Google Voice as a stand-alone service and will pit itself against Skype.