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Epic 8 bit Dr Who doodle may be Google’s most ambitious yet

Dr Who has been thrilling geeks for 50 years now and, by the looks of things, the folks at Google are pretty big fans…

Evade trolls and explore Middle-earth with Google’s new Chrome experiment

The darkness clears, and you realise you’re surrounded. The hulking shapes of the trolls are clearly visible by the moonlight, towering high above you….

Marissa Mayer: Yahoo! is riding the mobile wave to reinvention [DF13]

When Marissa Mayer first walked into Yahoo!, she sat in the cafeteria, meeting the employees and trying to source out the company. According to…

Tencent throws a bone to international users with 10TB worth of free storage

You might recall Chinese internet giant Tencent giving its domestic users 10TB worth of free storage back in August. It was a big deal…

Meet Google Tour Builder, a new way to tell travel stories using Google Earth

Have you ever come back from traveling somewhere and thought that telling stories and posting a few pictures on social media just wouldn’t cut…

Google kills child sex abuse search results, will go global within six months

Google is getting serious about child pornography. Very serious. In an op-ed in the UK’s Daily Mail, Google chairman Eric Schmidt reveals some of…

Jump in a gondola and explore Venice with Google’s new Street View update

Ah, the life of a Googler. First the Street View team was hiking the Grand Canyon, then climbing to the top of the world’s…

Tips to protect your profile as Google+ malware increases

Only launched at the end of June, Google+’s growth — having already reached more than 10 million users in its first weeks — has…

Google reflects on success but refocusing on products and “start-up philosophy”

Speaking at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference Patrick Pichette, Google’s chief financial officer, said that the company’s new chief executive Larry Page, has decided…

Google+ iPhone app launched and immediately faces litany of complaints

A major aspect of a social network’s success, it can be argued, depends on the ability of users to access it on the go….

Google +1 over Facebook Like and is it worth it?

Google’s +1 service is akin to Facebook’s “Like” system, but, unlike, well, Likes, it’s applicable to the whole of the web – think of…

Images of new iPhone leaked

With Apple watchers convinced that the newest iPhone will be released in September of this year, a leak from Asia has what some are…

Internet at the heart of everything: Q&A with Chrome OS

Google’s Chrome operating system changes everything. It puts the internet at the centre of our computing experience. Chrome OS goes beyond software. Google has…

The story behind Google’s search algorithms

The SEO industry has been thriving for a number of years, thanks to the fact that search ranking algorithms are constantly evolving and Google’s…

Can Google pop the champagne as Google+ hits 10 million users?

When Google’s latest attempt at social networking, Google+, launched Memeburn wrote, “Google’s quest for social importance seems to be never ending”. Some may now…

How will Google+ make money?

Google+ is clearly Google’s most successful foray into the social web thus far, and it looks set to get a lot of usage. One…

What should Google be doing in Africa?

Google has done what few other tech companies have done on this continent. Having 54 countries to scale across isn’t easy. However, in a…

Google realtime given the boot following expiry of Twitter deal

If you’ve gotten used to receiving real-time updates from the likes of Facebook, Twitter and Quora in your Google search results, you’re going to…

Is internet censorship out of control?

Internet censorship is rife and seems to be getting worse. This month, Reporters Without Borders ran an article about bloggers and human rights activists…

Microsoft and Skype set to allow backdoor eavesdropping

Skype and Microsoft have managed to leapfrog common sense and build a backdoor into your favourite VOIP application. It is called Lawful Interception and…

Google Places combined with SEO can help your business

Until recently, having an organic website rank in Google results with mapping was an easy feat if you knew what you were doing. The…

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