03 Jan, 2012
Some people just can’t get enough of the Google blog. That much is clear from the latest insight into the Google blog’s traffic last year. In 2011, Google published an impressive 471 posts, 17 more posts than it’s 2010 blog post inventory. But last year, the blog saw record traffic with nearly 20 million unique [...]
07 Dec, 2011
Google has announced yet another huge milestone related to its Android Market. The mobile app powerhouse has surpassed 10 billion total downloads. Just six months ago Google announced that it had surpassed 6 billion total downloads, which means it almost doubled that number in only six month’s time. The company said it took 21 months [...]
22 Sep, 2011
It was announced today that Google will begin adding +1 buttons to their Web and mobile display ads in early October, adding user photos and recommendations to the ads themselves. The buttons were recently added in the same way to Google search results. On its “Inside AdWords” blog today, Google said that +1 buttons have [...]
08 Sep, 2011
Google Workshop on Quantum Biology Welcome and Introduction Presented by Hartmut Neven October 22, 2010 ABSTRACT Surprisingly robust quantum effects have been observed in warm biological systems. At the same time quantum information technology has moved closer to physical realization. This one day workshop will examine the significance of mesoscopic quantum coherence, tunneling and entanglement [...]
05 Jun, 2011
On Friday, it was confirmed that Google has acquired PostRank, which calls itself “the largest aggregator of social engagement data” in the analytics industry. In short, PostRank enables social media users to measure and monitor the reach of their content – like Facebook posts and Tweets – across the Internet. Although terms of the deal [...]
03 May, 2011
An interview with Tom Davenport, Professor of Information Technology & Management, Babson College. While some elements of Google’s success as innovator would be very hard to emulate, others can be profitably adopted by almost any business.
22 Mar, 2011
Sprint and Google have taken the Google Voice experience and ramped it up a notch, effectively making it possible for Sprint customers to set their existing Sprint wireless phone number as their Google Voice number. According to the formal announcement of the integrated Google Voice experience, Sprint customers will, in fact, be able to tap [...]
25 Dec, 2010
Dr. Vinton Cerf, the man who led the team created the internet protocol TCIP/IP and widely regarded as the “father of the internet” was in Kuala Lumpur recently for the 16th World Congress on Information Technology. We cought up with him in the midst of a busy schedule for a quick interview. Camera: Shufiyan Shukur [...]
08 Dec, 2010
Google turns to the National Security Agency NSA, to protect is self from internet hackers in the wake of a cyber attack it believes came from China. No one knows for sure if Google was attacked by Chinese hackers, but Google just claim that. National Security Agency (NSA) conducts surveillance, spying and cyber espionage for [...]
26 Jun, 2010
Strategy Analytics, a research and consulting firm, today released data from its “Global Forces Program” (GFP) that quantifies Google’s disruptive impact in the Mobile Information and Communication industry (M-ICT), while also saying that Apple and Microsoft’s behavior in the industry causes “stress, aggravated competitive dynamics and threats to profits.” For more context, Strategy Analytic’s says [...]