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Google is hooking you up for the World Cup

No guys, we have not hit World cup overload yet, not when Google has decided to throw in a World Cup experience you will…

Can’t make it to Brazil? Go inside the World Cup stadiums on Street View

Love soccer but don’t have the motivation (or means) to get off the couch and attend the upcoming FIFA World Cup games in person?…

Google offers mail encryption tool for paranoid Chrome users

Google announced a new tool called End-to-End that encrypts your email when it leaves your web browser until it is decrypted by the recipient…

Gone baby gone: Google receives 12k ‘removal requests’ in 48 hours

Privacy settings, a hot-button topic many websites do their best to avoid, get the royal treatment from Google as a new “right to be…

Google sets it sights on the stratosphere by investing in satellite internet access

Google is looking to make the world a better place by providing worldwide internet access, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. According to…

Reasonable response? Google Glass fans fight restaurant ban with bad reviews

Imagine for a moment that you’ve just become a proud Google Glass owner. Now imagine that you’ve gone to a restaurant, your mind filled…

Google brings in the big guns to help make Glass look cool

Google’s most ambitious wearable tech device has had something of an image problem ever since its release. It was famously not helped by Robert…

Google’s ‘Search Plus Your World’ doesn’t improve your search

There’s been a lot of talk in the past 24 hours about how Google may be favouring its own social network Google+ with yesterday’s…

Google’s personalised search: Your world…or is it?

Google+ continued to defy its critics by growing 55% in the US in December compared to November according to Experian Hitwise. It’s no wonder…

Google 2012: An internet odyssey

In 2011 Google had its most tumultuous year since its inception in 1997 and acted very much like a teenager would. It surprised us…

Memeburn’s favourite Google doodles of 2011

Google doodles bring a special brand of happiness to a person’s day. A well done doodle has the potential to unleash a procrastination session…

How Google made the organic link irrelevant [Infographic]

Aaron Wall over at SEOBook, has put together an infographic explaining how Google has made the organic link irrelevant. It’s ironic that Google’s actions…

Are Google Music and iTunes match redundant on today’s web?

The launches of Google Music and iTunes Match were good news for music lovers all over the web. In iTunes Match, Apple finally has…

Google Zeitgeist 2011: The world really loved Rebecca Black

Google has released its 2011 Zeitgeist, a look back at what was popular in search over the past year. This Zeitgeist marks Google’s 11th…

Communication, Matt Cutts and SEO: Three reasons not to hate Google

I recently attended the annual media party at the Googleplex. A few of years ago I reported that Google was deliberately avoiding hiring journalists…

So the web will die, but what exactly will it be replaced by? [LeWeb]

The web will die says George Colony, the rather insightful boss of Forrester Research — and here is why. He says that fundamentally the…

Why Google Trader could leave other classified platforms in the dirt

Google Trader, the internet giant’s classifieds and trading service, is making waves, especially in emerging markets. The aim of Trader is to make it…

The future is social, local, mobile, says Google’s Eric Schmidt

Google Chairman Eric Schmidt says that all the “interesting applications” of the future are going to be a combination of social, local and mobile….

The future of search is social: Q&A with Google’s Nelson Mattos

Google’s vice president of engineering for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, Nelson Mattos, commands god-like respect among googlers. He is, after…

The unstoppable rise of Google Chrome

Earlier this year I reported that Chrome was destined to become the default web browser for Ubuntu. At that time, Chrome still had a…

The quest for inner space — Google’s Floor Plan

Google launched its controversial product, Floor Plan, this week on the Android mobile platform to much cheering from those who are easily lost in…

New Google+ ad: A love story in circles

Fresh on the heels of a Thanksgiving commercial that bored audiences, Google has released another Google+ television commercial. But have they hit the mark…

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