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Google goes live with real time expert assistance service Helpouts

Google has gone live with Helpouts, a service that allows you to receive help from experts in a variety of fields using the company’s…

#100knaija: Google is documenting Nigeria’s history through photographs

This is pretty cool. As Nigeria’s centenary anniversary approaches, Google Nigeria has kicked off an initiative called 100k Naija, a project that hopes to…

All of Google’s big work perks aren’t really necessary for keeping top talent

There’s enormous competition for software engineers and many companies offer an ever larger array of work perks convinced that it will help them recruit…

Google Hummingbird and its role in the promotion of content marketing

Premium copywriters should be jubilant about Hummingbird. Google’s latest algorithm is able to hone in on good quality writing and reward it with high…

Hey tech optimists, we need a little activism for the unmonitored self

Historians will look back at the past 20 years as a unique period, a time when there was great opportunity to see deep into…

NSA secretly broke into Yahoo! and Google’s data centres

The US’ National Security Agency (NSA) has secretly been infiltrating the communications links that connect Google and Yahoo!’s global data centres. That’s according to…

Apple freebies, #Music killed and Capt America back: #StuffToKnow this week

So Apple is giving away its desktop operating system for free, but you’ll still have to fork out for a thinner, lighter iPad. The…

Google’s $700 million ITA buy cleared with conditions

Google’s entry into the online travel sector was cleared for takeoff as the US Justice Department gave the green light to its US$700-million purchase…

Android VP tries to allay fears of developer community

The Android mobile platform is a runaway smash hit with users around the world. Research firm Gartner has released a report predicting that nearly…

There are only nine Googles left in the world

There’s an interesting analysis of the advertising industry and Silicon Valley’s growing bubble in new media by Rick Webb. In his analysis, Webb argues…

Google to possibly face federal anti-trust investigation

Hot on the heels of Microsoft adding its own complaint to the existing four month European Commission anti-trust complaint against Google. Bloomberg recently reported…

Google’s US$900-million patent binge — Will it share the protection?

Larry Dignan at ZDNet reports: “Nortel said that it plans to sell all of its remaining patents and applications for US$900-million to Google unless…

Exploring Africa’s open data

I recently discovered Afrographique, a site that does data visualisations on African data. It’s done by Ivan Colic, a South African designer, as a…

Larry Page finally back at Google helm

Google co-founder Larry Page on Monday takes back the reins of the internet powerhouse that he and Sergey Brin created as Stanford University students…

Have you been fooled today? A roundup of the top seven April Fool’s pranks

April 1 is generally associated with hoaxes, false news, pranks, tomfoolery and (un)noteworthy nonsense. Over the years social media and tech news sites have…

Google introduces ‘Gmail Motion’

Earlier today, those ubiquitous folk at Google unveiled a beta version of their new revolutionary software, Gmail Motion Beta which allows you to manage your email…

Microsoft joins anti-trust complaint against Google

On Thursday computer giant Microsoft joined an anti-trust complaint against search giant Google in Europe which could result in billions of dollars in fines….

The game layer and what it will look like

“The game layer is coming,” he said, and everyone in the room believed him. At SxSW 2011, the young CEO of SCVNGR, Seth Priebatsch,…

Google’s new recommendation tool: +1

Google is going more social with its newest search feature. The new feature, the +1 button, is a recommendation tool which works in a…

Blekko — The future of search

On the eve of Google’s launch of an experimental feature that allows users to recommend search results, Blekko, the curated search engine, hosted a…

Google partners with Yola to get small businesses online

Google has just launched a new way for small businesses in Canada to get online. This move sees the search engine monolith ensuring that…

Three million works deleted in Baidu’s move to curb copyright suit

Chinese search engine giant Baidu said Wednesday it had deleted nearly three million works from its online library in a three-day blitz aimed at…

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