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Google has been approached by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s office, which is conducting an antitrust review of Google. The companies that have reported believe that Google is demoting their website in favor of other sites that Google has interests in. Google defended the allegations saying that it cares more about its users rather than the companies as it is the users who drive its business. It attributes lack of quality and content for poor ranking of their sites. The fact that you can find even top companies rank on second or third page of Google makes this case interesting. [...]

  Google is experimenting with a new feature where in the Search results are updated as you type in the search box. You need not hit the Enter button everytime you type, instead, the results keep changing as you add or delete words in the type box. The feature was first reported by SEO consultant Rob Ousbey. Google usually selects few people to test its products and Rob seem to hve been the lucky one to get the feel of the new feature. He has also posted a video on Youtube. TechCrunch has contacted Google and has confirmed about the [...]

  Yahoo! Search will powered by Bing in the US and Canada (English) markets starting this weekend. The differentiating factor between Yahoo Search and Bing will be-how users will see the search results. Yahoo will continue features like Rich results, Search Assist suggestions, Site filters and Related topic suggestions in its Search results. Bing will only provide Yahoo with back-end technology and you will notice “Powered by Bing” indicator at the bottom of our search results page. The entire transition of Yahoo Search to Bing in all parts of the world will happen only by 2012, till then Yahoo will [...]

Google has tweaked the design of its email service Gmail which will now sport sleek image buttons similar to Google Search. The most visible changes include the placement of Contacts, Mail and Tasks that have been moved from top of the page to the left of Gmail. The Compose mail has been converted into a button from a link and header has been trimmed to make room for more space. Also Select All, None, Read, Unread, and Starred links that used to be above your messages are now options in a drop-down menu.  Apart from the design changes, you will [...]

Google will soon shut down its networking service Google Wave as announced in its official blog recently. The news comes as a big disappointment for its fans who are ready to go that extra mile to lift the sagging fortunes of Google Wave. The failure of Google wave has been attributed to lack of awareness and difficulty of using it. Its been more than a year since its launch and Google Wave will face curtains down by the year end. To persuade Google to continue Google Wave, its patrons have launched savegooglewave.com which will help spread the message to others [...]

    Google has acquired Slide, a social technology company which lets people connect with others across various platforms online for $182 million. Google announced this decision in its latest blog. Google plans to harness new technologies to bring friends and family closer together, which in case will be a new social networking site. May be Google will be incorporating Slide’s features in its upcoming social networking site Google Me even though it currently does not have any detailed plan as to how its going to implement Slide’s features in its services. In the blog Google says, As the Slide [...]

  Apple’s iPhone 4 will be available in 17 more countries this Friday, July 30. With features like FaceTime, Apple’s new Retina display, stunning text, images and video, and a beautiful all-new design of glass and stainless steel it will definitely find many takers in these countries. The countries where iPhone 4 will be made available are, Australia Austria Belgium Canada Denmark Finland Hong Kong Ireland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway New Zealand Singapore Spain Sweden Switzerland iPhone 4 also features a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, HD 720p video recording, Apple’s A4 processor, a 3-axis gyro and up to [...]

  Ok, you plan to open a website or you already own a business and are keen to expand your business online, then be ready to compromise your online identity if you want to go ahead with the ‘.COM’ domain beacause almost all meaningful top-level domain(TLD) names have been booked or are currently in use. Don’t worry though, register the new TLD ‘.CO’ which will enable you and other businesses establish credible and easily recognizable domain names to fit your purpose. The frustration of not finding a proper domain name for ‘.COM’ TLD is valid one and is one of [...]

BBC will revamp its website which will make it easier for people to share news content on Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. The icons will now sit prominently on the top and at the bottom of the article making it quick and easy to share. BBC will now focus more on Twitter and Facebook considering the huge fan base it enjoys. The new design will also bring other changes and add new features making it visually appealing and up to date with the current industry standards. BBC currently (apart from Facebook) has only Social bookmarking sites like [...]