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Google, 8ta introduce free mobile search, mail in SA with Free Zone

Google, in collaboration with mobile network operator 8ta, has announced “Free Zone” — a project that allows users with an 8ta sim card to…

Google brings data free mobile search Gmail, Google+ to the Philippines

While the smartphone revolution is well established in most mature mobile markets, there’s still a long way to go in some countries, particularly in…

How to get your Google back on Windows 8

Google has created a site for Windows 8 users called: “Get Your Google Back”. For those of you that are planning on buying Windows…

Google brings Steve Biko’s life, apartheid, holocaust online

This is very cool. Google is today bringing 42 historical exhibitions online telling the stories behind some of the major events of the last…

Google shutters China-only music service

Google has shuttered its three-year old music China-only music service, admitting that things haven’t worked out quite as well as it hoped. In a…

Android voice search gets support for 13 new languages

Voice search: it’s one of the biggest battles going on in tech today and Google just let off its latest round of ammo. The…

Google now lets you search with handwriting

This is very cool. Google search now recognises search queries via handwriting. The new service, officially announced today, allows you to hand write your…

Google intensifying efforts to combat online piracy

Google unveiled new tactics to thwart “bad apples” that post or share pirated material on the internet. “As the web has grown, we have…

Google changes algorithm to fight ‘troll marketing’

Customers at DecorMyEyes.com expected to find polite, helpful service when they visited the New York-based online glasses store. What they didn’t expect was to…

EU announces antitrust probe into Google

Google received the news on Tuesday that it was to be the subject of an antitrust probe by European Union competition watchdogs. The Commission…

Three changes to Google ads you should be aware of

While Google Instant Preview pretty much stole the show this month, it wasn’t the only development in the wonderful world of search. Here’s a…

WikiLeaks reveals how China hacked into Google

WikiLeaks has unleashed a fresh torrent of more than a quarter million confidential US cables detailing a wide array of potentially explosive and embarrassing…

Google turns fashionista with Boutiques.com

Online clothes shopping has evolved from traditional mail-order catalogues plonked onto a website into a multi-billion dollar industry that gives anyone the chance to…

ComScore: Microsoft’s Bing growing faster than Google

The latest US search engine rankings from comScore show that only Google and Microsoft grew their market share in October while Yahoo!, Ask and…

Google to do biggest YouTube movie deal yet?

Google has been gradually adding professional content to YouTube in a bid to attract advertisers and turn a profit with the site it bought…

‘Social’ still a key part of Google’s strategy

Internet search behemoth Google said social media was “absolutely” part of its strategy and would be embedded in “many of our products” but played…

Google releases ‘Hotpot’, a recommendation engine for Android

Google launched a Hotpot recommendation engine that lets people tap into the tastes of trusted friends when it comes to local shops, restaurants, theaters…

Google speaks out against government restrictions on internet

Google on Monday decried restrictions on the internet by China, Vietnam and other countries, calling them the “trade barriers of the 21st century” and…

Google vs Facebook: Which strategy will win?

Google’s most important launch this year was its recent debut of Google Instant search which cuts user search time by as much as 40%….

Google Instant Preview: What it means for site design

Google Instant Preview is a relatively new feature on the Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs). When a user hovers over a search result, Instant…

French outrage: ‘Google has crossed the line’

Associations representing major French companies accused US Internet giant Google this week of overstepping the mark by putting brand names up for auction as…

Google launches ‘Voice Search’ for South Africa

One of the basic limitations of mobile searching is that users have to be able to type their search queries into the phone, which…

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