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 [...]
YouTube partners with Univision
Google owned video sharing service YouTube has now partnered with Univision.
YouTube would now host content provided by Univision.
The deal includes shows from Univision, TeleFutura and Galavision.
The two companies would now share the revenues generated from these shows hosted on YouTube service.
Univision is currently the leading Spanish-language program company [...]
Don Dodge joins Google
Don Dodge was one of the high profile individuals who was fired by Microsoft during one of their routine lay-offs.
He has now become the latest Google employee with a long history at Microsoft!
Dodge spoke about his new home in a blog post:
Thanks Microsoft, I’m going to Google! Vic Gundotra at Google [...]
Microsoft Bing market share in USA: 10%
Microsoft has almost gained a 10% market share in the USA with their Bing search engine.
Google had around 65.5% market share while Yahoo had 18% in the month of October as per the reports published by comScore.
Microsoft Bing has done well but it seems to be taking [...]
Google Translate becomes more powerful with new features
Google has further enhanced their Google Translate service with new features.
Some of the new features are:
Instant Translation: Google can now translate text as you type. So, there is no need to click the translate button to get the output.
Read and write in any language: [...]
Google Social Search has disappeared suddenly!
Update: Google has confirmed that the service is down and they are going to bring it back in a day or two. No reasons for the downtime have been given.
If you had joined the Google Social Search experiment you might now see that the option is gone from [...]
Windows Mobile continues to lose market share
Microsoft is struggling in the smartphone market. Their Windows Mobile platform is no longer a strong player with rivals gaining market share.
The latest report by Gartner reveals that Windows Mobile had a market share of just around 7.9 percent in the third quarter of the year.
This [...]
