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Goog Profits Up Significantly In Third Quarter

Goog Profits Up Significantly In Third Quarter

Internet, Sci/Tech

14 Oct 2010
Internet group Google (GOOG) on Thursday posted a net profit increase of over 32% for the third quarter, well above expectations at 2.167 billion dollars, ...

‘Drazen Petrovic’ Is Hot Search Term On Google

‘Drazen Petrovic’ Is Hot Search Term On Google

Sci/Tech

13 Oct 2010
Drazen Petrovic apparently is as popular in death as he was when he was a star for the New Jersey Nets in the NBA. Earlier in ...

Google Car Photo

Google Car Photo

Sci/Tech

13 Oct 2010
Google has developed a self-driving car. The “driverless cars” are able to avoid accidents by using LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging). A laser that revolves ...

 
Who’s the cutest and I’m feeling lucky

Who’s the cutest and I’m feeling lucky

Sci/Tech

10 Oct 2010
Google often likes to spice things up a bit. On many major holidays or to commemorate special days in history, the Google website's doodle often ...

Google Doodle Marks John Lennon’s Death

Google Doodle Marks John Lennon’s Death

Sci/Tech

08 Oct 2010
Google Honors Lennon's Legacy With Commemorative Video For many years, Google has occasionally interchanged its logo for a "doodle," a sketch that celebrates holidays, inventions, artists, ...

Google Doodle Celebrates Google’s 12 Birthday

Google Doodle Celebrates Google’s 12 Birthday

Sci/Tech

27 Sep 2010
Happy 12th Birthday To Google--One of the Most Famous Shots In History Heard Round The World In April of 1775 a shot was heard around the ...

 
Goggle replaced New Keyword Tool

Goggle replaced New Keyword Tool

Sci/Tech

25 Sep 2010
The original keyword tool and the Search-based Keyword Tool will soon be replaced with the “The Keyword Tool” according to Google. In order to make ...

Facebook Wins Over Google

Facebook Wins Over Google

Sci/Tech

19 Sep 2010
New numbers are now showing that internet users spent more time on Facebook than Google last month. The study indicates that, although Americans spent 40 million ...

Google Challenges Skype With Voice Desktop Application

Google Challenges Skype With Voice Desktop Application

Sci/Tech

04 Jul 2010
Internet giant Google seeks to spread out into Skype’s territory by soon releasing a voice desktop application, but just when the actual release date will ...

 
Google Voice now open to everyone in the US

Google Voice now open to everyone in the US

Sci/Tech

23 Jun 2010
Google has announced that its Google Voice service is now available free to everyone in the United States. Previously Google allowed new users to join ...

Pac-Man Birthday Celebration Ending Today

Pac-Man Birthday Celebration Ending Today

Sci/Tech

23 May 2010
Today wraps up the weekend long birthday celebration of the popular 80’s arcade game Pac-Man. Google helped celebrate the special occasion by giving users a ...

Google Pounding the Competition with Android 2.2

Google Pounding the Competition with Android 2.2

Sci/Tech

21 May 2010
Google continues to rock the tech world during their conference this week. First they rolled out Google TV, now the updated version of the Android ...

 
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