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When Google released its search engine back in the 90s, it was in the face of fierce competition from established competitors such as Yahoo and AltaVista. When Gmail was launched by Google, it was once again stacked up against strong odds. When Google released its web-browser “Chrome”, doubts were once again raised due to strong competitors. Well, the current situation clearly specifies that Google [...]

Google on Friday announced that it has bought hot online networking application maker Slide as part of a drive to “make Google services socially aware.” Slide is the San Francisco-based startup behind playful or practical applications such as SuperPoke and FunSpace that have become hits on Facebook and other social-networking websites. “This is a really exciting day for me and my [...]

Internet Giant, Google has announced the suspension of Google Wave. It was basically a web-based service, computing platform, and communications protocol designed to merge e-mail, instant messaging, wikis, and social networking. One year back, Google wave was launched with a great deal of hype around it. Initially its invitations were sold on eBay in $70. Even I also sent hundreds of Wave invitations [...]

Google does not know if the Chinese authorities were behind a disruption in the company’s services on Thursday, chief executive Eric Schmidt said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. Schmidt said that although the Chinese government can “arbitrarily decide” the level of service Google can provide in China, the Internet giant does not know if it was responsible for the disruption [...]

Google has agreed to delete all personal WiFi data gathered by its “Street View” mapping service in Hong Kong, in what the city’s privacy commissioner said was a first. The Internet giant is being investigated in a number of countries after the cars, which drive around taking photos for Google’s free online mapping service, mistakenly picked up the private information. After [...]

Google said Friday its services appeared to be back up and running normally in China, after the US web giant reported that access to its search engine and other products were being blocked. Google and the Chinese government have for months been locked in a battle over state censorship and cyberattacks that the company says originated in China, the world’s largest online market with 420 million [...]

Microsoft plans to argue before Japan’s Fair Trade Commission that a tie-up between Yahoo! Japan and Google is anti-competitive, local media said Friday. The watchdog has said the deal will not counter the anti-monopoly law, but Microsoft has condemned it, saying it would give Google near-total control over the third-largest market for search queries in the world. Earlier this week Yahoo! Japan [...]