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As a company, Google never ceases to amaze me in terms of their constant innovation and tinkering in order to ensure the end user has a satisfying experience. I was having a look at changes they’ve made recently and have been playing around with a few of their applications to see the difference. Here are some of them, in [...]

This past weekend was quite a fun filled and exciting one (offline) and as usual, trust Google to come up with something to stir up a frenzy online. Yes, if you were among the millions of people who use Google, you could not have missed seeing the Pac-Man logo, commemorating the game’s 30th anniversary. [...]

Trust Google to come up with something like this. In their attempt to address growing privacy related concerns and  being “evil”, they’ve launched a new service called the Google Dashboard.

Happened to come across some tweets and then a couple of news items that said Rajeev Motwani passed away suddenly. Frankly, I’d heard of his name only once before, and even then wasn’t able to recall who he was but a little browsing soon got me up to speed.

Yes, that’s all it took to bring the search engine behemoth shuddering to a halt for almost 55 minutes, as users around the world grappled with a problem when all their search queries were labelled potentially harmful. As this also disabled links, users could not directly click and access any websites during this period, and were forced to copy [...]

For all Gmail lovers out there: You can now access Gmail offline !

The financial slowdown has reached Mountain View, as Google plans to give employees an Android powered handset instead of the $1,000 cash gifts it usually gives.

Dipchand ‘Deep’ Nishar is all set to leave Google and join LinkedIn.

Anand Rajarman and Venky Harinarayan of Kosmix have managed to tie up a fourth round of funding, this time worth $20 million, from a consortium led by Time Warner, Ed Zander, ex-CEO of Motorola, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and included the existing investors - Accel Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners and DAG Ventures.