Gmail has long been hailed as the best web-mail service. Given the sheer number of awesome and useful features it packs, this is no wonder. It has become all the more awesome now that it allows inserting Google Drive attachments within emails.
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.
On November 26, a press release was floating around and claimed that Google had bought Wi-Fi hotspot provider ICOA for $400 million dollars. The news resulted in a sudden spike in ICOA’s share prices. But the news was later found to be bogus.
Ever imagined how Google is able to store and sync the immense amounts of data that is generated by its millions of users? The company makes use of atomic clocks collectively with Spanner database to sync the time between all data centers.
Google has confirmed that there will be no discount on Nexus 7 tablets, as they are already being available at discounted price.
We recently reported that the latest smartphone in the Nexus family, Nexus 4 from LG, actually contained a LTE chip but no LTE radio. The lack of LTE radio means that it doesn’t support LTE connectivity. However, multiple reports claim that LTE support can be activated in Nexus 4 through a simple hack.
The policies governing the internet have been fiercely debated in the recent past and the likes of Russia are adamant on having them changed. This is because, no single government effectively controls the internet at present. But many governments want to change that in an upcoming ITU conference which Google has now criticized.
It has long been alleged that Google uses its influence on the web to promote its own products and play down the offerings of its rivals. When Federal Trade Commission is already investigating such allegations against Google, DuckDuckGo says that the former has deliberately tried to hurt the latter through different tactics.