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Google usual $1,000 cash bonus replaced with G1 phone this Christmas

Posted by sudhirmangla December 27, 2008

LONDON: Google’s employees will not be getting the usual cash bonus of 1,000 dollars this Christmas, for the Internet search engine giant has decided to give them a version of its new mobile phone G1 instead. The customised G1 devices will be given to all permanent Google employees in the United States, Western and Central Europe, Canada, Australia, Singapore and Japan, covering about 85 per cent of its 20,123 global staff. However, since the G1 cannot be shipped to other parts of the... Read more »

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How to Get Most From Google Reader

Posted by sudhirmangla December 14, 2008

Google has taken the task of RSS feeds and made it easy. Google Reader is a tool that allows you to keep up with your favorite blogs and news. Google Reader is easy to hack because it’s web-based — users have created everything from Greasemonkey scripts to entire themes. With a few scripts and some ingenious tips you’ll soon be a Google Reader power user in no time. So roll up your sleeves and get ready to dive in. How to User Google Reader You must have a Google account to use... Read more »

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Native Client: A Technology for Running Native Code on the Web, From Google

Posted by sudhirmangla December 13, 2008

Native Client: A Technology for Running Native Code on the Web Monday, December 08, 2008 By Brad Chen, Native Client Team Modern PCs can execute billions of instructions per second, but today’s web applications can access only a small fraction of this computational power. If web developers could use all of this power, just imagine the rich, dynamic experiences they could create. At Google we’re always trying to make the web a better platform. That’s why we’re working... Read more »

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Google Layoffs – 10,000 Jobs Being Cut

Posted by admin November 25, 2008

Google has been quietly laying off staff and up to 10,000 jobs could be on the chopping block according to sources. Since August, hundreds of employees have been laid off and there are reports that about 500 of them were recruiters for Google. a loophole has allowed Google to keep quiet about the cutbacks. The trick, WebGuild reports, all comes down to categories: Google classifies about 10,000 of its workers as “temporary operational expenses,” which means their positions are not official... Read more »

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Google: Edit your search results

Posted by sudhirmangla November 22, 2008

Have you ever wanted to mark up Google search results? Maybe you’re an avid hiker and the trail map site you always go to is in the 4th or 5th position and you want to move it to the top. Or perhaps it’s not there at all and you’d like to add it. Or maybe you’d like to add some notes about what you found on that site and why you thought it was useful. Starting today you can do all this and tailor Google search results to best meet your needs. Today we’re launching SearchWiki,... Read more »

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Gmail: now customizable with Themes tab

Posted by sudhirmangla November 20, 2008

Today I noticed Gmail rolled out with new visual themes for their popular email service. They are very well done(most of them)and really give it that “ummph” that’s missing from gmail. The theme displayed in the screenshot is the “shiny” theme which I like a lot. Take advantage of this new feature by going to settings and to the “themes” tab. Looking at the array of themes, some are clearly more playful than others (think ASCII logos and ninjas), though all... Read more »

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Google Chrome 0.4.154.18, November 13th, 2008

Posted by admin November 14, 2008

Google Chrome 0.4.154.18 has been released to the Dev channel ONLY. This release introduces a couple of new features (and, as always, fixes a few bugs). About the Dev Channel The Dev channel lets you test the latest fixes and get access to new features as they’re being developed. You can learn more about the Dev channel and how to subscribe here: http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel/. Reminder: please file (or update existing) issues at http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues. New... Read more »

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Chrome Updated: Enhanced Security, Performance, Hmm… Give the dipper another chance?

Posted by sudhirmangla November 1, 2008

After the recent updates from Firefox and Opera in the form of Firefox 3.1 Beta and Opera 9.6, its Chrome’s turn to go under the knife. Most users might have noticed how Mozilla has concentrated on speed with the latest Firefox update. Opera, on the other hand, now has even more features under its belt, retaining its position as one of the most feature packed browsers available now – off the shelf. And yes, support for three Indian languages in Opera too has been a welcome addition. Chrome,... Read more »

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Google Launches Virtual World Called Lively

Posted by sudhirmangla July 9, 2008

Lively from Google is yet another 3D virtual world, kind of like Second Life but as yet unpopulated by furries or Goreans. Lively is available through a browser plugin for Firefox and Internet Explorer. It is Windows only for now. Lively does not feature one coherent world like Second Life but splits worlds up into different rooms. Lively was originally developed as a 20% project my Niniane Wang. Lively runs completely in the browser and you use your Google account to log in and create your own... Read more »

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Google shows off Android software for phones

Posted by sudhirmangla July 4, 2008

Google shows off ‘Android’ software for mobile phones By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Business Writer (AP) — Google Inc. showed off its nearly completed mobile software system to about 3,000 computer programmers Wednesday, hoping to cultivate more services and advertising for people on the go. Although brief, the demonstration at the Internet search leader’s annual developer conference in San Francisco represented the most extensive public look so far at "Android"... Read more »

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