Google breaking URL info into category blocks on SERPS!
This is the first time we noticed this new ‘feature’ on the Google search engine result pages.
If a result website has categories, Google sometimes breaks the URL info into category blocks.
Here is an example:
The link is displayed as:
news.zdnet.co.uk › News › Hardware
This is happening with news websites and [...]
Google to shut down GrandCentral as Google Voice replaced it
Google has already launched their Google Voice service which replaced GrandCentral.
GrandCentral was acquired by Google and it became the platform for Google Voice.
The company has now revealed that they would close down the original service at the end of this year.
Users are [...]
Google testing a new updated user interface for search result page!
Source: TechCrunch
TechCrunch has posted this screenshot of a new user interface edition from Google Search.
It features fixed sidebar featuring the search options.
It is also much more colorful compared to current result pages from Google.
It remains to be seen if this is [...]
Google Chrome OS based products would arrive late next year
Google has stated that they are aiming to launch devices based on Google Chrome OS sometime late next year.
This means you would be able to buy one for yourself next holiday season.
The company displayed an early prototype of the system and it looks [...]
YouTube getting automatic captioning capabilities
Google has announced that they are adding automatic captioning capabilities to YouTube.
It would use speech recognition technologies.
Users would also be able to provide text content in raw form and YouTube would try to match the content to the video automatically.
Google said that since this technology is [...]
Yahoo all set to index Twitter to show up to date information
Yahoo has become the latest search engine company to take help from Twitter to stay up to date.
The company has announced that they would start indexing data from Twitter and show it along with search results in the coming days.
Microsoft and [...]
Vevo launch set for December 8
The people behind the upcoming music video web service Vevo have announced that the official launch would take place on December 8.
Vevo would also be accessible through YouTube.
The service has been development for some months now and it aims to become the Hulu of music videos.
We cannot [...]
TechCrunch reports that Google Phone is coming soon
Google Phone is something we have been talking about since ages now.
Google entered the mobile phone market with their Android smartphone platform.
TechCrunch reports that the company is finally preparing to launch their own branded phone in the market.
They are going to sell it directly [...]
Samsung Galaxy Spica powered with Google Android
Samsung has launched another Google Android powered smartphone.
This new model is named Samsung Galaxy Spica.
It comes powered with a 800MHz processor and would feature DivX support.
The company said that this smartphone would also feature their DNSe 2.0 technology for better sound quality.
Unfortunately, Samsung is [...]
Motorola Droid sales touch 250,000 units in the first week
Verizon recently launched their Droid branded Motorola smartphone powered with Google Android platform.
Verizon Droid has been a success considering it sold more than 250,000 units in the first week of availability.
But this number is still nowhere near the sales of Apple iPhone.
Droid [...]
