Google is the primary way teenagers conduct research in today’s digital world, according to new Pew research. Teachers say teens are most likely to first turn to Google or another search engine as their main research tool 94 percent of the time.
Google has announced another upgrade to its Google Drive storage and sharing tool that will allow users to post information directly into their Google+ accounts to share information such as presentations, PDFs, videos and other data with colleagues.
Facebook claims a site scraper was responsible for selling a list of 1 million user login emails, though many of the emails are unpublished on Facebook. Already, user identities are being reconstructed.
Google has extended its Gmail search field trial to include results from Google Calendar and online documents applications in Google Drive, as well as adding the features to its email application and its core search tool.
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Search giant Google has begun warning users that their accounts could be at risk from government-organized cyber-attacks as the firm looks to educate users of the risks they face on the web. The messages began appearing on Tuesday.
The unblocking of Gmail marks a quick end to the government sanctioned block of Google's email service. Officials have reported that the Gmail block was an unexpected consequence of the country's YouTube shut down, due to an anti-Islam video.
The "ocean collection" will let users dive down into six of the world's most incredible underwater spots, including coral reefs (and their inhabitants) in Australia, the Philippines and Hawaii, says Google by way of introduction on a YouTube video.
The Iranian government has started filtering Google searches and Gmail in order to increase its own security. The Iranian government announced its intention to screen Google communications on Sunday and has already made good on its promise.
IgnitionOne opened a new office in Brazil earlier this month. Will Margiloff and new MD, Edmardo Galli, talked to SEW about the digital opportunity in the Brazilian market and outlining their local strategy.
The company said that the feature, which is still in being tested, would be available as part of the latest 'Canary' build of the Chromium. The feature could be included into the general release build of Chrome by the end of the year.
Google will no longer suggest that visitors head to The Pirate Bay. The search giant has removed the website's name from its autocomplete suggestions. According to The Pirate Bay this sort of thing does not have much of an impact on its traffic.
Continuing their aggressive positioning to get people to try Bing, Microsoft and Amazon have partnered up to make Bing the default search option on the Kindle Fire. Bing will be the default engine for the Silk Web browser on the new Kindle line.
In addition to supplying buyers with data on when to buy, Decide.com now uses big data in another way, adding more than 7,000 expert reviews and 2 million user reviews to help consumers find out what to buy.
Goodbye, buyer's remorse?
Signed-in Google search users can now save their search settings to their Google account. Saved search settings will allow users to save their preferences for use across multiple computers and browsers. Learn how to set it up.
Google and Boingo Wireless are teaming up to offer free Wi-Fi at eight malls and discounted access in 16 major airports. Google’s sponsorship isn’t completely altruistic; people need to subscribe to Google Offers in their city to purchase the deal.
Opera will continue using Google as its default search engine for its mobile and desktop web browser through August 2014. The firms have worked together since November 2009. The deal will see Opera promote "various Google products and services."
Google has unveiled its latest search innovation – adding Gmail messages into search results. This is a trial which will let users see relevant content from personal messages in right-hand column of search page.
It was 21 years ago today that Sir Tim Berners-Lee, then a humble scientist at CERN, made the first page on the World Wide Web publicly available. It’s hard now to imagine a world without the web - upon which Google's entire business was founded.
Google is removing the video chat function from Gmail that has been available since 2008 and replacing it with a Hangouts style feature as seen in Google+. Google promises Gmail users this will mean higher reliability and enhanced quality.