The trial of the ongoing legal case between Google and Oracle over Java APIs’ infringement has taken a rather interesting twist. Oracle acquired Java when it acquired Sun since Sun created Java. But now, former CEO of Sun, Jonathan Schwartz, has appeared in the trial and spoken in favor of Google, stating that Java, and its APIs, were meant to be free.
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You probably notice the news about Google Drive all around the web, including our web site, which was officially released yesterday. However to be able to use it, for now, you will need to have it active in your account. Once Google Drive is activated for your account it is very easy to start using it and in this tutorial I will show you which steps you need to perform and enjoy your new online storage services.
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After recent Google privacy policy changes many users are concern about their privacy because Google will bring user data across all of its services, but the privacy itself did not changed. However if you are still not sure and don’t like this changed there are many ways you can keep your browsing private and in this tutorial I will give you some easy to follow tips.
When Google launched its online cloud storage service, Google Drive, everyone was quite overjoyed since it would be one of the easiest ways of sharing and storing files in the cloud. However, one group of people which was rather disappointed at the launch was Linux users since Google Drive didn’t come with support for Linux, at least for now.
The relationship between China and Google has been a rather turbulent one. The search giant was forced to stop work in the region for quite some time, was blocked and eventually restored and now, the relations are somewhat normal between the two. However, now the Chinese authorities have blocked access to Google’s freshly-launched cloud storage service called Google Drive.
Search Engine Optimization(SEO) has long been hailed by websites as a collection of techniques which can make their website rank higher and appear more often in search engine results and thus, earning them more traffic. However, there are usually a fair and a rather unfair form of SEO. And Google has decided to launch a crackdown against the latter which is called black hat webspam.
As we broke the news and details about Google Drive last week, Google released Google Drive and its live now. Google Drive replaces Google Docs home and integrate very closely with docs. As expected Google Drive comes with 5GB free space and cheap upgrade starts from $2.49/month for 25GB additional space. Native Tools for Windows, Mac and Android is already available, and iOS App is on the way. Check the details below with full feature set, pricing details, video demo and additional notes.
When the content producers actively lobbied in favor of SOPA and initially had Washington on their side, a lot of us did realize that Silicon Valley had a very limited influence in Congress. Although one of the tech giants, Google, went for a blackout which had a massive, perhaps decisive impact on the whole SOPA issue. But it seems that Google has realized that a well-established relationship with lawmakers is critically important.