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US regulators are poised to launch a formal investigation into whether Google has abused its dominance on the internet, according to reports. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is days away from serving subpoenas on the internet search giant in what could be the biggest investigation yet of the companies history, according to The Wall Street Journal. Both Google and the ...

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At its Inside Search event in San Francisco, Google has bolstered its world-domineering search service once again with a selection of new features. First up, the voice search service you’ve seen on mobile platforms like iOS and Android is now available on desktop computers. You’ll need to have the latest version of Google’s own Chrome browser — and live in ...

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Jess3 has created these beautiful info-graphics representing the state of global social networks in statistics. For more visuals visit the website at www.jess3.com

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Yesterday Google announced Page Speed Online, which provides a quick and easy way to accurately measure the speed of your website directly from the web. Previously available only as a browser add-on, Google Labs launch allows you to analyze your site from anywhere and receive instant feedback on making it faster. Chances are, your website could perform better—all of ours ...

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We’ve been reporting on the drama over Google’s WebM ever since Microsoft compared the video format to Esperanto earlier this year, but despite a war of words, Google and Microsoft seem to be playing nice as of late. What originally appeared to be a mere WebM plug-in for IE9, has turned out to be a full set of components for the Microsoft Media Foundation (MF) API, which means even more compatibility within Windows. Because the components are installed directly to the operating system, you’ll be able to watch WebM videos in other programs that support MF, such as Windows Media Player 12 for Windows 7. We suppose this could be the signal for some sort of a truce over disputed video formats, but, really, what’s the fun in that?

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This January, Vizio became the second major TV manufacturer to announce its support for Google TV at CES 2011. Samsung and LG also rallied behind the idea of “smart TV,” with the former announcing results of a “Free the TV” competition designed to encourage television app development. After years of serving mostly as a display for other development platforms such ...

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Google deploys People Finder to help Japanese quake victims. The tool is an easy registry creator to help victims and loved ones communicate during emergencies.

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On April 29, the eyes of the world will focus on London for the royal wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, and the U.K. will deliver a royal celebration that will capture the imagination of a global audience. We’re doing our part too: following last week’s announcement of new aerial imagery for London, we’re expanding our 3D imagery of ...

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Google gave folks a brief glimpse at its super secret self-driving cars last fall, but nothing like what it’s just showed off at the TED conference that’s happening this week in Long Beach, California. The company is not only actually letting attendees inside the autonomous car for a first-hand demonstration, but it’s intentionally stepped things up to an “aggressive” level ...

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Googles GMail has become very unreliable the last few days as emails correspondents are missing from Inboxes.  We are all buying into Cloud computing and the Software as a Service market, but we however are unaware of if our data is being handled with care?  Google says that the issue “affects less than .29% of the Google Mail user base ...

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Google yesterday bloged various changes to their search algorithms, they have described these changes to be minor but may affect how websites will be ranked in the future. Google have expressed this change has only been made in the US, and has not been rolled out to anyother country (yet).

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Okay, so this Google announcement doesn’t come with some dessert-themed upgrade, but we guarantee you’ll be able to find recipes for cupcakes, gingerbread, and maybe even ice cream. Yep, those always-hungry folks in Mountain View are rolling out a new Recipe View tab, which will not only narrow your search results to show cooking recipes, but will also provide some pretty awesome ways ...

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