Rosetta Stone Inc is a company which creates software related to language. The company had launched a lawsuit against Google back in 2009, alleging that Google was infringing trademarks through its sponsored ads. Now, Rosetta Stone has decided to drop the lawsuit against the search giant.
Google is used by a huge number of users each day. This puts the company in a position to leverage this audience for different things, which now include helping in locating kidnapped children. The company has now started using ‘Amber alerts’ within search and maps to let the users know of the kids who have been kidnapped.
Google has unveiled a new way of composing emails inside the Gmail website. The change makes the service faster and easier to use. From now on users can access other emails without having to save them in draft or to discard them.
Google Play now has around 700,000 apps available, the same amount Apple claimed to surpass on September. That means, now Apple has to share the crown with Google.
Back in August, Google announced it would update its search application for iOS with voice recognition “in a couple days.” But that clearly did not happen. Apple has taken two months to approve the new Google Search application — finally releasing it early Tuesday afternoon.
A lot of anticipation had been surrounding the next generation of Nexus devices that Google was due to release this month. The company has finally published an official blog post, announcing a new Nexus 4 smartphone, a new Nexus 10 tablet and also a 32 GB as well as HSPA+ version of Nexus 7. Direct buy link inside.
Hurricane Sandy is currently among the most buzzing topics in the social media. The tropical cyclone is expected to hit NYC soon and given the sheer force it garners, it can wreck quite a damage. Google has now updated its Crisis Map to give more information and a clearer view of Sandy’s path.
Google is constantly looking for ways to better improve their maps program — and they’ve just took another huge leap by adding an array of visual improvements to maps. Before Google updated maps, many countries featured blank white terrain when viewing countries from above, now they’ve taken a step forward by adding visuals — such as the deserts and green-ish colors for the forests.