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Google stock surges, tops $1,000 per share

On Friday, October 18th, 2013
JENS MEYER / AP An illuminated Google logo at the Hanover industrial fair, July 7, 2009. Google’s stock hit $1,000 per share on the Nasdaq on Friday. Google shares jumped to an all-time high above $1,000 on Friday after the search engine giant reported a surge in mobile and video advertising that helped drive quarterly ...

Google announces a cloud-based note-taking service ‘Keep’

On Friday, March 22nd, 2013
[adsenseyu1] Google today announced a new cloud-based note-taking service dubbed “Keep.” The notes can be taken in an Android app (Google Play link), for example, and are then synced across all devices using Google Drive. The service also allows speech-to-text translation on-the-go. Keep track of your thoughts via notes, lists and photos Have voice notes ...

Google announces yet another list of product shutdowns, including Google Reader

On Thursday, March 14th, 2013
Google has just announced yet another round of product shutdowns as the company continues its “spring cleaning” of sorts. The company’s relatively popular “Google Reader” product, which allows users to combine RSS feeds and view them from a single source, is amongst the products being discontinued soon. Reader will shut down on July 1, 2013. Other notable ...

Motorola, Google announce next generation of Droid Razr’s

On Wednesday, September 5th, 2012
The Motorola Droid Razr HD, Droid Razr Maxx HD, and Droid Razr M were announced today at a joint Google/Motorola event in New York City. With the new handsets, the companies promise the start of a new phase in their relationship—one that will focus on giving phones better battery life, more speed, and consistent Android ...

Google Launches 1 Gbps High-Speed Internet Service dubbed “Google Fiber” and “Fiber TV”

On Thursday, August 2nd, 2012
  Google officially launched its high-speed Internet service, dubbed “Google Fiber” in Kansas City. The company, which first unveiled the Fiber project back in 2010, says that its network should be able to give customers up to 1 gigabit per second (Gbps) speeds. [adsenseyu1] In addition, Google announced a Fiber TV service for customers, which will allow ...


Google to shut down iGoogle and Google Video

On Wednesday, July 4th, 2012
Google announced its next set of product shutdowns as part of its “spring cleaning” initiative. Among the services that will be closing down include Google Video and iGoogle, which allowed users to create a custom version of the Google homepage. Content currently being hosted on Google Video will be migrated to YouTube later this summer, and users ...

The new Google Chrome for iOS – iPhone and iPad Quick Look

On Saturday, June 30th, 2012
Google announced that it would be releasing a version of its Chrome web browser for the iPhone and iPad. Chrome for iOS has begun rolling out to App Stores around the world, and I have had the chance to use it for a little while now. Chrome for iOS is available now for the iPhone, ...

Adobe won’t support Flash Player on Android OS 4.1, no new installations from August 15

On Saturday, June 30th, 2012
Yesterday, Adobe announced that it has no plans to support the Flash Player plugin on the just-announced Android OS 4.1 (a.k.a. “Jelly Bean”). The company revealed late last year that it would be halting development for Flash Player on mobile devices, and won’t be making an exception for the new Android release. [adsenseyu1] In addition, Adobe plans to ...

Android OS 4.1 “Jelly Bean” – offline voice typing, notification improvements, and more

On Friday, June 29th, 2012
During its opening keynote at the Google I/O developer conference this morning, Google announced the next major release of Android OS, dubbed “Jelly Bean.” Android OS 4.1 builds upon the work Google began in Android OS 4.0 (a.k.a. “Ice Cream Sandwich”), and introduces a new set of back-end tools, dubbed “Project Butter,” to improve performance ...