When Google first launched its Knowledge Graph, it was fairly exciting for the users. This new feature promised to deliver more accurate results, factually and syntactically. Less than seven months later, the Knowledge Graph has been able to grow three times in size.
Google has long vowed its commitment to the Chrome OS, even when its Chromebook line hasn’t gained much traction. The company continue to dish out new devices in the Chrome lineup, and reports have suggested that it may be readying a 12.85-inch touch-enabled Chrome notebook.
Google has a critical position on internet, given its position as the primary search engine for most users. It is due to this that governments keeps a close eye at it and keep sending it requests to remove different kinds of objectionable content. According to the company’s latest reports, such requests from governments have steadily increased over time.
Google Nexus 7, made by Asus, has been a success. Now, the search giant is rumored to be planning to launch another Nexus device shortly. According to speculations, Google has teamed up with HTC, this time, to release a 5-inch smartphone before this year expires.
In the past, Google+ has been termed a disappointment by many tech analysts. This is precisely because the social network from Google failed to gain a lot of traction after the initial post-launch boost. However, a lot of indicators now hint that the fortunes of Google+ may be changing. At least, the social network is growing at a fairly good rate.
Google CEO Larry Page decided to terminate all the services that have become redundant. This effort started last fall, when Google expunge 10 of its products. Now, the company has decided to dump five more products – Google Mini, Google Talk Chatback, Google Video, iGoogle and Symbian App.
Rumors have long been abound regarding a Google tablet that a company may release some time soon. While Google’s Android platform has been popular on many tablets from multiple vendors, Google hasn’t directly released a tablet yet. However, now a few hints from a benchmark site suggest that Google is all set with a new tablet of its own.
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Google announced their self driving car project in 2010. Their vision was to make this car more enjoyable and more efficient along with safe driving. Though there’s a lot left to design and test the car, but they have already completed over 200,000 miles of computer led driving journey safely. Recently, Google employees choose Steve Mahan to join with them for a special drive on a carefully programmed route to have a technical experiment of the autonomous car. Steve Mahan is nearly blind and sat behind the driving wheel of the car.