Search engine specialists Google have announced the launch of a speedier, more effective search product called Google Instant. (more…)

Search engine giants Google have announced that they are planning to launch a new service for music fans by the end of December. The new service, to be launched in time for Christmas this year, is set to become a rival to Apple’s iTunes music download product. (more…)

Google, the search engine giants, have announced that they will be enhancing their online email service Gmail in a bid to reduce the huge amounts of traffic which can at times slow the system down for their customers. (more…)

A new report has announced that the film rights to the founders of Google’s story is to be turned in to a new production. (more…)

Google’s Android phones now have a new voice action facility, which the search engine giants anticipate will boost sales and increase the popularity of their product. (more…)

It has emerged this week that Police in South Korea have raided Google’s headquarters in Seoul. The raid comes on the back of claims that the internet search giants have been collecting data to store from internet users on unsecured wifi networks. (more…)

Twelve months ago, Google spend some considerable marketing time on promoting its new communication tool, ‘Wave’. The product was developed in order to streamline communications capabilities online, and was a combination of e-mail, real-time document collaboration tool and instant messaging. (more…)

Last year, Google started testing AdWords comparison adverts – a function which enabled people using the search engine to find and compare offers from different suppliers, with a single click. The facility produced quick results, with search returns being offered with a second of the user typing in their request. Google are now testing credit-card comparisons online. (more…)

Bing, Microsoft’s search engine service is reported to have acquired over twelve percent of the search engine market in just one year, according to a report by independent researcher ComScore. The site’s success shows promise for future market coverage, although in relation to other search engine sites such as Yahoo and Google, there is still a long way to go before it becomes a serious competitor. (more…)

Google’s controversial project ‘Street View’ has been the source of a number of controversial legal battles since its launch. This week, the project has been called to question for allegations of spying, through the collection of potentially sensitive materials. (more…)

The past few months have seen an ongoing battle between internet giants Google, and the Chinese authorities. The long-running controversy has seen plans for Google’s licence renewal within the country being questioned. (more…)

Google billionaire Sergey Brin has invited 10,000 people with Parkinson’s disease to take part in a massive online research initiative, dedicated to finding a cure. The 36 year-old co-founder of Google is investing time and money in the medical research which has already seen 4,000 people sign up to participate. (more…)

France is the latest country to be drawn in to the Google data row, as officials continue to investigate whether the search engine giant obtained information about its users by contravening privacy laws. Google is accused of gathering and retaining sensitive data including passwords, when it was developing its Street View service. (more…)

Search engine giants Google and football federation Fifa have collaborated on a range of tools that will make it much easier to find the latest World Cup news and scores directly from Google’s Chrome browser.
The brand new Fifa extension provides a live feed of results, news and match statistics, and users will be able to personalise the plug-in to display goal alerts for their favourite team. (more…)