Google Bug Disables Gmail Accounts
Posted by admin on Feb 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Much like the Hotmail bug that erased e-mails from thousands of users back in January, approximately 150,000 Gmail users also reportedly woke up to empty inboxes this morning.
The Google Apps status dashboard reports a “service disruption” with Google Mail, which began around 1:36am. “Our team is continuing to investigate this issue,” according to a note. “Thank you for your patience.”
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Google changes search ranking algorithm
Posted by admin on Feb 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Google Inc made substantial changes to its search engine in a direct attack on companies that churn out low-quality stories and videos.
The results of the improvements to Google’s algorithms used to list search rankings over the past few days affected nearly 12 per cent of searches, Google said in a blog post on Thursday.
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Google CEO says tried hard to woo Nokia
Posted by admin on Feb 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Google tried hard to win Nokia over to its Android mobile platform before Nokia decided to throw its lot in with Microsoft, Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said.
“We would have loved if they had chosen Android. They chose the other guys,” Schmidt said during a keynote speech at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
He later told journalists: “We had confidential negotiations with Nokia that...
Google attracts 75,000 job applications in a week!
Posted by admin on Feb 05, 2011 | Leave a Comment
As Google launches a huge recruitment spree, the Internet giant received as many as 75,000 job applications in a week, it has emerged.
Previously, the company, based in Mountain View, California, held a record for the highest number of job applications when they hired a raft of new workers in May 2007.
But the latest barrage of applications topped that figure by an incredible 15 percent as the company plans to...
Egypt crisis: China bans google, facebook, twitter
Posted by admin on Jan 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Fearing possible backlash due to ongoing Egypt crisis, China has blocked several search engines and social networking websites in the country.
China has banned search engine giant Google, social networking website Facebook and microblogging website twitter in the wake of public revolution in Egypt against President Hosni Mubarak.
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Google on hiring spree; to add over 6000 employees in 2011
Posted by admin on Jan 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Google Inc is all set to go on a hiring spree this year with the company planning to add more than 6000 people around the globe in one of the “biggest” workforce expansions in company history.
In a blog post today, Senior Vice President of Engineering and Research Alan Eustace said Google was “looking for top talent across the board and around the globe.”
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Google looks to its next decade
Posted by admin on Jan 22, 2011 | 1 Comment
Google, which prides itself on helping people navigate the Internet, is facing a tangled Web as it weaves its own future. While more profitable than ever — with nearly $30 billion in revenue last year — Google is under pressure from new rivals such as Facebook and Twitter for the attention of Web surfers, advertising dollars and engineering talent.
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Google’s Larry Page to take over as CEO
Posted by admin on Jan 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Google co-founder Larry Page is to take over the day-to-day operations of the web search company as chief executive, Google said Thursday.
Current CEO Eric Schmidt will assume the role of executive chairman and will focus on deals and external relations. Sergey Brin, the other Google co-founder, will focus on new products, the company said.
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Apple tosses WikiLeaks app, Google keeps it
Posted by admin on Dec 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Apple Inc has joined a growing number of U.S. companies that have severed ties with WikiLeaks, removing an application from its online store that gave users access to the controversial website’s content.
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Google to delete personal data collected accidentally
Posted by admin on Nov 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Google has agreed to delete all personal data collected by its Street View cars from unsecured wireless networks.
Google sparked an international outrage last month after it admitted to collecting information from unsecured Wi-Fi networks as its vehicles roamed residential streets.
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