During the recent stockholders’ meeting of Google which culminated in a decision in the favor of a stock split, one noticeable person was missing – Larry Page. He was not present at the meeting and Google’s Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt stated that this was due to his health condition. It was said that Page has lost his voice and is recovering.
It’s not new that search giant Google conducts numerous tests every year on its interface and search results. These tests are done in two ways – showing experimental features to a portion of the traffic in live environment, or showing the experimental features to UX raters in the Google labs. Seems, Google was running a number of tests on live traffic in 21 June. So far, we have found out about two new experimental features. One is a search interface without a sidebar. Another is a pop-up feedback form asking users about the quality of the results.
The two Google co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, own a mass chunk of Google’s shares which ensures them virtually a complete control over Google’s stock-related decisions. Google has been prepping up for a stock split for some time and since Brin and Page wanted this to happen, the stock split proposal has been approved.
The case between Google and Oracle has pretty much come to an end except for Oracle. While others deemed the case as unlikely to bring any good to Oracle, Oracle still proceeded with it and the result is that it was allowed statutory damages, to a very minute tune, by the court to get from Google. However, Oracle isn’t ready to give up yet.
Google’s auto-complete feature — also known as Google Instant — is one of Google’s interesting and useful features. It lets a user find tricky search phrases and ensure him/her about the correct spelling. But who ever thought that, Google had to face court because of its auto-complete feature? A Japanese is reportedly suing Google for defamation, claiming that by typing his name into Google’s search box, it returns suggestions linking him with crimes which he hasn’t committed.
In December 2011, Google chairman Eric Schmidt said that Google is working with Asustek on its first own-brand tablet. Industry insiders are speculating that the 7-inch Nexus tablet will finally be revealed next week at Google I/O, a developer conference to be held from June 27-29 at San Francisco’s Moscone Center in the US. Nexus tablet is manufactured by Quanta Computer and its initial price tag has been set at $199, according to multiple reports.
In the past, a number of sources and publications have claimed that Google was officially working on a voice-based personal assistant which would be a direct competitor of Siri. However, so far, this couldn’t have been confirmed since Google seems to be rather secretive about it. However, a new Wall Street Journal report suggests that Google is continuing work on such a Siri competitor for its Android devices.
The deal finder app Google Offers for the iOS platform finally available in the App Store. You can find the best deals available every day in your city. However, the downside is that the app currently supports selected US cities only. If you are living in one of the supported cities then get the app and take the advantage of mind-blowing deals everyday.