Last Friday on September 7, it has been announced via a blog post that Google has acquired online virus-scanning service – VirusTotal. It is a free service that analyzes suspicious files and URLs, and facilitates quick detection of security issues.
As we near the Presidential elections in the U.S., the climate of the political arena is growing feverish. Google has been actively covering the latest happenings on the political front. The company has also been running political ads through its TV ads unit, to be shut down within a couple of months, and recently ran a political ad by Green Party. The problem is, Google censored a portion of the ad on the basis of usage of inappropriate language on public media, and the Green Party has accused Google for violating Federal law by doing so.
In the wake of the legal battle between Apple and Samsung, it was argued that the U.S. Patent Office had not been able to understand the technical implications of many patents it grants, and that the methods of the patent grant system need to be updated. Now, with the grant of a generalized patent for cloud OS systems to Google, these arguments seems quite valid.
Goggle has announced that it is abandoning the “TV Ads” service. Alongside the video ads for webpages Google started the TV Ads service through its Adward service for televisions. It was 2007 when they started the service and campaigned about the service saying “target up to 42 million US households”. Giants like Sony and Logitech joined the project. But now it has been retired.
With the growing popularity of smartphones and tablets, the content that we see has seen a more horizontal distribution. Not long while ago, we used to watch most of our content either on computers or TV. Now, a new Google study reveals, most of the content is watching across four kinds of devices.
Google has started to show Nexus 7 tablet ad on its home page. It is a rare instance, because traditionally its home page is ad free. The search giant is actively promoting its Nexus 7 tablet. It seems that the company really wants people to give a look its product. This process is similar to the Amazon, because Amazon’s home page is now dominating by Kindle advertising.
After patenting the ability to automatically detect faces in videos, Google has now bagged another patent for automatic detection of objects in videos. The new technique enables software to identify objects in videos automatically using “feature vectors.”
Google has been dishing out a number of tools to help the U.S. users keep tabs on the latest developments on the upcoming elections. The search giant has now posted an update to its blog, citing all the relevant sources that American voters may require as the Election Day comes closer.