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Google unveiled a brand new version of Google Maps at its annual I/O developers conference on Wednesday, this will be the biggest redesign since Google Maps was launched eight years ago. As with most of it’s new products, Google is only letting a few people try the new Google Maps initially. Users can request an invite  here. The new Maps features will be available for the Mac and Windows, along [...]

Google has introduced push alert support for apps in Google Chrome browser or Chrome OS. The protocol called Google Cloud Messaging for Chrome is designed to let apps receive notifications from outside Chrome and respond to them more efficiently. Earlier apps that wanted to respond to an outside trigger would have to keep checking back with a server, using more data and power. Now, developers can have [...]

Nokia Releases Video Touting Lumia 928 Camera’s Superiority Against  Galaxy S III And iPhone 5

The European Commission had made a preliminary antitrust finding against Google’s Motorola Mobility,it has sent Motorola,  a list of complaints on how it had abused its market position by seeking and enforcing a patent-related injunction against Apple. The EU Commission takes step to ensure that companies with huge patent chest do not prevent competitors from using technologies that are crucial [...]

Google  I/O conference, Google’s annual conference for Developers which features more than 120 sessions on the Android and Chrome operating systems and  one keynote begins May 15 and ends on May 17  in San Francisco. This conference is eagerly awaited each year as it usually brings some exciting new development for Android and Google’s other projects. Last year at Google I/O was announced [...]

Microsoft has on Monday launched Skype video calling features for Outlook.com, which allows users to make video calls directly from their Browsers. Users here in the UK will be the first to recieve the feature. The roll out will start in the UK today, followed by US and Germany availability in the “coming weeks,” and worldwide support by the summer. “With the preview version of Skype [...]

Twitter has at last refreshed its Mac desktop application after two years with a few new features.  It released a Mac app with simplified photo-sharing options, support for Retina displays, and 14 new languages. Today we’re announcing a few improvements to Twitter for Mac: Photos: It’s easier than ever to share photos. Simply click the camera icon in the lower-left corner of the Tweet compose [...]

Google has added an auto sync feature to Google Drive for all documents, sheets, and slides today as well as the ability to view all documents when the user is offline. Few hours before that Google Drive got  profile pictures and one-click group chat. Google announced it on a Google+ post If you’ve set up Google Drive offline, you can now create and edit drawings offline. In addition, all of [...]

Google got a rap on its knuckle again for it’s Streetview violation, it was fined 145,000 euros  by The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information a German regulator for collecting wireless network data by its Street View cars. The Hamburg Commissioner called the company’s acts “one of the most serious cases of violation of data protection” in German history. Google’s [...]

Google’s Chairman Eric Schmidt has defended Google’s low tax payments in UK, claiming that Google operates within the law and is responsible for “billions of pounds” of spend in the country. Britian’s  Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has accused Google last December of “immorally” minimizing their tax bills. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) claimed Google paid [...]