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Graphical Improvements Coming To Google Search, Google Maps, and Gmail

Google has redesigned its homepage, simplifying an already minimalist webpage , you realise it’s a change for the better, but it’s usually a bit of a double-take moment as your once nerdy friend has suddenly scrubbed up rather nicely. Not even the classic Google homepage is safe, but also the search giant reveals its intent to roll out a sweeping series of graphical improvements across Google Search, Google Maps, and Gmail over the next several months…………

Google Introduced Fixes For “High-Risk” Security Holes In Its Chrome Browser

Google has shelled out another $7,000 in bounties to acquire and fix multiple high-risk security holes in its Chrome browser and Google Chrome version 12.0.742.112 addresses security vulnerabilities that expose users to remote code execution attacks. Chrome Stable channel has been updated to 12.0.742.112 for all platforms and contains an updated version of Adobe Flash……….

Google Exposing Phone Locations Visible On Web

Google has taken steps to limit the disclosure of the locations of WiFi Devices and the move by Google comes after the Mountain View, Calif.-based company was criticized for the way it made a database assembled by Android phones and Street View cars available to the public, even though it could link a geographical location with a unique hardware address of a Wi-Fi enabled device. The change means that Google now appears to be moving closer to the approach adopted by Apple and Microsoft and it wasn’t immediately clear what changes Google made to provide more privacy protections. The database is used to speed up geolocation fixes for mobile devices and to provide the ability to determine location for PCs that don’t have access to GPS-derived coordinates………..

Google To Discontinue HealthVault Competitor Of Microsoft

Google to retire Google Health and Google PowerMeter, neither of which achieved the critical mass that Google felt would be necessary to continue it and Google Health will remain operational until Jan. 1, 2012 and also Google PowerMeter will be retired on Sept. 16 of this year. Google Health was launched to give people access to their personal health and wellness information and on the other hand, Google PowerMeter intended to raise awareness about personal energy usage by surfacing that data to users………..

Google Music Unofficial Extansion For Google Chrome

There is no official extension Google Music for Chrome and not even an app in the Chrome Web Store, but you can now install a really cool third-party extension called Better Music Beta. install a really cool third-party extension called “Better Music Beta, adds a button that shows information about the currently playing song, lets you pause the song, go to the next song, add a thumbs up or a thumbs down…………

FTC Investigating Google

Google confirmed that the Federal Trade Commission was looking into the company’s business practices and has posted a response to the U.S. government’s antitrust inquiry into the company, somewhat defiantly suggesting that the investigation is misguided. The inquiry has the potential to turn into the biggest showdown between the United States government and a major technology company. The investigation will not necessarily lead to accusations of misconduct against the company and it could become the most serious antitrust challenge for Google to date……….

Now Reverse Image Search Can Be Performed On Google

Google announced a new way to search the web called Search By Image and now you can explore the web in an entirely new way by beginning your Google search with an image. Search By Image isn’t the first start-with-an-image search engine and not the first version of this kind of search tool. Search By Image is available now at images.google.com or via the Images tab in the left-side menu on Google.com and you should see a small camera icon on the far right side of the search bar………

Apple Bid Against Google

U.S. antitrust regulators gave Apple approval to buy certain assets to be sold by bankrupt telecom maker Nortel Networks Corp and the patents cover wireless, data and optical networking, voice, Internet, semiconductors and other technologies. Google offered more than $900 million for the patent portfolio from the bankrupt Canadian telecom-equipment maker in April and would be given the right to terminate Nortel’s existing agreements if it acquires the patents……….