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7 Must-Have Google Chrome Apps For Information Junkies & Content Writers
Google Chrome is slowly becoming the go-to-browser for millions of web users across the World. I am no exception, I use Chrome for all my browsing needs. And frankly, there is a lot of information consumption that I do. I also create…
Google Is Still Earning Billions from PPC; Lesson For Indian SMBs!
In the year 2004, Google introduced their IPO to the world. Each share was priced at $100 and a total of 22,351,900 shares were traded on that single day.
The story which started on that day is still going strong. Today, each Google…
5 Indians Who Made It Big At Google!
$50 billion revenues in 2012; $250 billion market capitalization; 54000 employees all over the world; 1 billion search queries in a day; 900,000 servers scattered all around the world (using 0.01% of global electricity!) and $790 worth of…
Nexus 7 3G and 32 GB are here, not in Google Play though!
It took them a long time but finally atleast one nexus device has officially arrived in India. Recently, Nexus 7 (the base 16GB version) was launched in Google Play. In fact, Google has been quite active recently with launching books,…
Now, Google Movies also arrives in India!
Looks like Google is taking India quite seriously – In last 2 months they have open up Google Play books and Google devices and now yesterday when I updated my Google Play store, yet another tab was visible – That of Google Movies.…
Google Keep gets probably the Worst Launch Timing!
Google launched another service in its list of plethora of services it has under its roof. This one is called Google Keep and it is nothing but a simple note taking app for Android.
Its two advantages are-
Simplicity.
Integration…
Indian Policymakers’ Google+ Hangout for Citizen Interaction!
Few days after Budget 2013 was announced, Indian Finance Minister Mr. P Chidambaram used Google+ Hangout platform to interact with Indian citizens. Seeing the success of that interaction, now Indian Policy makers (Planning commission…
Google launches “Help for Hacked Sites” for Website Owners
Google has been forefront in educating people on steps that need to be taken to ensure online safety. Google’s “Good to know” initiative teaches online users on how they can prevent online phishing and hacking attempts.
But what if, as a…
Mapathon 2013: First ever Google Mapping Competition in India!
Google want to make their Maps application comprehensive in India, for which they have launched India’s first ever mapping competition: Mapathon 2013.
The Mapathon 2013 competition is designed to encourage participants to map their…
Online Shopping Trends in India in 2013 [Google Video]
Google has released a video depicting the online shopping trends in India currently and what is expected of the online shopping growth in future. The video is based on Google search trends data and consumer research that happened in…
Google puts 2500 businesses from Chandni Chowk online…free!
Google is seriously pushing the boundaries in India. When it launched the India Get Your Business Online initiative last year, I thought it was really great for Indian SMBs. The initiative offered a website and domain name free of cost.…
Google’s Great Online Shopping Festival: What’s the reason behind it?
Google has launched a new online deal destination called the “Great Online Shopping Festival”. I learned about the site earlier in the day and browsed through what it had to offer. Even after thinking about it for sometime now, I am unable…
Arun Yadav wins Doodle 4 Google India 2012 contest
Arun Kumar Yadav has become a mini-celebrity today. His Doodle has been featured on Google Homepage on Children's day (today) and millions have seen it. According to estimates 3 billion searches are made on Google every day (around 35k…
Youtube to Soon Launch Pay-Per-View Service in India
Google is all set up to introduce pay per view rental services on its video sharing site Youtube in India. This is really great news for the entertainment industry which is facing the problem of piracy for a long time.
Youtube has been…
Now, Send Free SMS through your Gmail!
Gmail has yesterday started rolling out “Free SMS on Gmail” facility for all the Google Apps customers in India. It is available for all App users, Free as well as paid. Although, many users have reported seeing the pop-up (shown above),…
Google announces Google4Doodle Contest!
It is that time of the year again and Google has announced their annual Google4Doodle contest in celebration of the Children's Day – A contest that will probably make the winner of this Doodle contest a sort of a mini-celebrity. The…
Google beats Microsoft to Become World’s 2nd most Valued Tech Company
Google has overtaken Microsoft to become the world's second most valued company after Apple. On Monday 1 October 2012, Google Inc's share price increased marginally by 0.96% to $761.78 taking its market capitalization to $249.13 billion.…
Employee Death Benefits at Google – 50% salary for surviving spouse for 10 years
In a recent interview with Forbes, Google's Chief People Officer Laszlo Bock revealed a perk that was unheard of till today. In Google's Death Benefit policy, if an employee dies whilst being employed with the search giant, 50% of the…
Indian High Court issues notices to Facebook, Google
Looks like Google & Facebook are going to have long tryst with Indian Courts & Judiciary. High Court has (yet again) issued notices to Facebook, Google and other internet firms following a PIL filed by K. N. Govindacharya. The…
Google World taking over our lives?
While the world was busy debating about the Facebook IPO, another major deal which could revolutionize our era took place in our neighboring China. The Chinese Government approved Google’s decision to buy Motorola Mobility, thus making a…