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Four Irish students among regional finalists of Google Science Fair
Google has today announced 90 regional finalists of its second Google Science Fair and, for the first time, two Irish entries have been shortlisted.
Darren McCarra
21st May 2012
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Google's Motorola Mobility purchase to be completed next week
Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility is expected to be completed early next week as Chinese regulators approved last August's $12.5 billion deal yesterday, Saturday.
Darren McCarra
20th May 2012
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Google+ Hangouts On Air comes out of beta, read this terms of service caveat
As well as bringing Hangouts On Air out of beta earlier today, Google also took the time to append its Google+ Policies and Principles section with some interesting additions, placing responsibility for all content included in a Hangout solely on the person who initiated it.
Darren McCarra
7th May 2012
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Indoor Street View for businesses expands to Canada, Ireland and the Netherlands
Google has today announced the expansion of its Business Photos program, allowing businesses to add a Street View style virtual tour of their premises on Google Maps and on their Google Places listing.
Darren McCarra
1st May 2012
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Google+ gets a share button
Google+ has just rolled-out a dedicated embeddable share button that Google hopes will encourage users to post more content to its developing social layer.
Darren McCarra
25th April 2012
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Google Drive launches, an evolution of Google Docs
Amid increasing speculation Google has today introduced Google Drive. Google Drive is a personal cloud storage service that offers Google account holders the ability to upload, share and access videos, photos, Google Docs, PDFs and more from just about anywhere and on just about any device.
Darren McCarra
24th April 2012
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How do website speeds fare up around the world?
Page speed is important to website owners. Not only does a fast website mean better user experience and engagement, it also ranks higher in search. Google takes a look at website speeds around the world.
Darren McCarra
20th April 2012
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Is Google beginning to phase out old version of Analytics?
Google appears to be phasing out the old version of Google Analytics. It recently removed the link to old version reporting that once stood prominently amongst the site's utility links at the top of every page.
Darren McCarra
18th April 2012
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Google Drive launching next week with 5GB of free storage
Google Drive will launch next week, most likely next Tuesday or Wednesday, and offer 5GB of free storage, according to the good folks at TNW.
Darren McCarra
17th April 2012
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Google Analytics used on over 10 million websites
During Google's Q1 2012 earnings call, Chief Business Officer Nikesh Arora revealed that Google Analytics, Google's website statistics service, is used on over 10 million websites.
Darren McCarra
13th April 2012