Google has announced the latest stage of its plans to accelerate the speed of broadband, with a scheme to offer 1 gigabit per second fiber to the home for connections between 50,000 and 500,000 people in the U.S.. Describing its planned service as “competitive”, the fiber network to offer connections to 100 times the broadband speed of the current U.S. average.
With the new system in place, Google is hoping to experiment with new uses of high-speed connectivity. That could include broadband applications and services, along with discussion of the physical forms in which the fiber-to-be implemented at home (FTTH).
Read More »
Google has announced a new product that integrates with your email service Gmail. Buzz builds in Google Gmail, browser instant messaging and video chat, and focuses on sharing with other Gmail users. There are also pages on Google buzz.google.com Buzz for iPhone and Android, along with new versions of Google Maps – with the integration of War – for Android, S60 and Windows Mobile devices.
Auto-next – Buzz takes advantage of Gmail’s record of frequent contacts, automatically establishing contacts based on the email you regularly.
Read More »
Google has been busy recently, just days after the monumental update Nexus A multitouch, who have completed the update to version 3.4 of Google Maps that finally supports multitouch pinch-to-zoom, well at least in Google Maps anyway.
The Euro-linked Motorola Milestone (essentially, a robot) ships with multitouch out the window, so that bit of increase and the surprise was not Droid, but nevertheless well received by many. Google Maps 3.4 is available in the Android Market through an update, so Droid owners, get it and start pinching.
Salt on the list? The latest rumors out of China, who is seeking the shade of Motorola and the device can only end the Nexus Google Two. Bearing a striking resemblance to the droid from Motorola, all he knows about Android smartphones is quite what we see in this, ie, which has a sliding QWERTY keyboard, large touch screen and distinctive cord loop.
Without doubt, would coincide with some of the first rumors about the device itself the following mark Google’s Android could bring to the table. Andy Rubin, the Android platform supervisor, suggested in a recent interview that the Nexus next smartphone could have a hardware keyboard and more acceptable to the enterprise market. Back at the launch of the Nexus Original, Google made no attempt to disguise their intention to promote the “Best of Breed” devices – which the Nexus One was only the first – through its new web store.
Read More »
Microsoft has revealed that its Internet Explorer browser, was operated as part of recent cyber attacks on Google’s China-based systems. The software giant said in a blog that a hidden vulnerability in the browser could allow hackers to remotely access and run programs on infected computers.
Microsoft has released initial support to moderate the problem, and is currently working on a formal review of software upgrade. So far, Microsoft “has not seen widespread customer impact, not only targeted and limited attacks exploiting the Internet Explorer 6.
Read More »
Google has made a bold statement today and most would say it’s time. It has already announced not to censor search results in the Chinese version of the search engine. Apparently, they are serious, even if it ends in the closure of Google.cn. Think it is finally enough. From the Official Google Blog:
We decided that we are no longer willing to continue to censor our results on Google.cn, and so in the coming weeks we will discuss with the Chinese government’s basis on which it could operate a filtered search engine within the law, if at all . We recognize that this may mean having to close Google.cn, and potentially to our offices in China.
Read More »
