08 Dec 2009
| by Jennifer Whitehead
LONDON - Google has launched a new product for its Android phone that searches using the camera...Dubbed 'Google Goggles' , the feature works on Android 1.6+ devices and currently can be used to identify landmarks, works of art and products but, according to Google, doesn't work so well on things like cars, animals or food. It is only in Google Labs stage - ie experimental testing - at the moment due ...
01 Apr 2004
| by Gordon MacMillan,
LONDON - Fresh from redesigning its website Google is to launch a web-based mail system called...In an usual admission Google says the launch of Gmail, which is being launched as a preview today, has been inspired by a complaint from a Google user who was upset about the poor quality of existing ...
as part of the Gmail, Google is giving one gigabyte of free storage space as part of the service ...
31 Aug 2010
| by Staff
SAN FRANCISCO - Google has bought social networking start-up Angstro and hired its founder Rohit...'s professional network.
Khare has already joined the search giant and is reportedly working on Google s still unconfirmed social network Google Me.
On his blog , Khare wrote, "While our work here may be done ...
forward to working on that in my new role at Google."
Earlier this month, Google pulled the plug ...
24 Oct 2003
| by MediaWeek
Google searches for city launch...Google, the internet search giant, is planning a £9bn shares float next March. The search engine which deals with nearly 150 million inquiries a day is also considering bypassing ...
companies floated at the height of the dotcom boom, Google is a profitable business making an estimated £90m ...
02 Apr 2012
Google has launched the first UK TV ad for its Google+ social network....The 90-second commercial, called ''Google+: Tom", features the actor Benedict Cumberbatch reading The Seven Ages Of Man , from As You Like It by William Shakespeare.
It follows the life of "Tom" as he lives and shares on the Google+ platform.
The ad was launched during ITV's Britain's Got Talent ...
12 Jul 2006
| by Juliette Garside
Google has launched its video download service, Google Video, in the UK, Europe and Canada..... Google Video, which first appeared in the US in January with a mixture of free and paid for content, has ...
. The UK site, at video.google.co.uk, does not contain advertising or sponsored search, but a spokeswoman said Google was concerned with attracting users before trying to monetise the content. Google European ...
27 Feb 2009
| by Our Parliamentary correspondent
Politicians urge the Government to refer Google to Competition Commission....MPs are urging the Government to end Google's domination of the online
search advertising market. Twenty-six MPs have signed a Commons motion expressing concern that
Google has increased its share ...
of
the Labour MPs, said: "A monopoly is unhealthy. Google cornering the
market is not good for competitive ...
15 Jul 2008
| by Alain Portmann, Co-founder, Web Liquid
A booklet from Google arrived in my mail today. Connecting People Using Google for Dummies is part...For a brand that has come to symbolise the power of digital, Google's
use of direct marketing for this campaign is interesting (last year, it
ran the booklet as an insert in the Daily Mail). Google recognises ...
good instruction manual for everything
from Google Earth to YouTube, I couldn't help but think ...
28 Jul 2011
| by Maisie McCabe
Google users can access London's public transport directions through Google Maps from today (28...Google Transit adds public transport information to Google Maps, allowing Londoners to plan trips ...
.
If users are on a mobile device, Google Transit will automatically use the phone s current location to find the best way to get to the user s destination.
Devices using Google s Android operating system can also ...
16 Mar 2011
| by Sarah Shearman
Google's purchase of BeatThatQuote is set to shake up the price-comparison arena....after Google bought it for a cool 37.7m.
The acquisition raised eyebrows, not only because Google ...
, but also because it revealed Google's intentions for the comparison website market.
Google plans to run ...
the right financial products and save money,' says a Google spokesman.
Dominant brands
The search ...