Tag Archives : Google Wave

Google to Launch a New Social Network Called Circles Very Soon

Google to Launch a New Social Network Called Circles Very Soon

When it comes to social networking sites, Facebook and Twitter still rule the top ladder. For many people, these two social networking sites have become almost a part and parcel of their day to day living. Interestingly, Orkut is long forgotten by many . Most of its previous users have deleted their accounts and shifted to Facebook and Twitter. In trying [...]
Google Maps Co-Founder Lars Rasmussen Dumps Google & Moves On To Facebook

Google Maps Co-Founder Lars Rasmussen Dumps Google & Moves On To Facebook

One of the most pivotal personalities in the lap of Google Inc., Lars Rasmussen has now left the comforts of perhaps the most beloved employer in the world and has finally decided to move on to the most active and popular social networking service on the web, Facebook Inc. Mr. Rasmussen, who is best known as the co-founder of Google Maps, had been working [...]
Social Networking Battle Plan: Facebook Rescinds Into A 60 days ‘Lockdown’ In Anticipation Of Google Me

Social Networking Battle Plan: Facebook Rescinds Into A 60 days ‘Lockdown’ In Anticipation Of Google Me

Forget Afghanistan and Iraq, a new war is brewing in the bowels of the Internet, in the form of the social networking war, where the adversaries are none other than, the search giant Google Inc. and the king of social networking, Facebook. In the last five years, the entire face of the social networking trend has had a massive makeover, so much so that, [...]
Google’s Ambitious ‘Google Me’ Could Benefit From Lessons Learnt From Google Wave

Google’s Ambitious ‘Google Me’ Could Benefit From Lessons Learnt From Google Wave

Google Inc. is one corporate and Internet entity, that might have some few off days, but it’s never out and same can be said about the Google’s highly ambitious social networking project, Google Me, that, as per many experts, would be greatly benefit from the lessons learnt from the somewhat unsuccessful Google Wave program, that Google has now [...]
Google Wave Gone with the Wave?

Google Wave Gone with the Wave?

Google’s most talk about Google Wave, new age communication tool that was buzzing the online space in the late 2009 may finally rest in peace. Google hasn’t had much luck on the social front. First the Google Wave and then the Google Buzz, both haven’t been much of a success. Google has planned to keep Google Wave code as an open source. No one [...]
Say Goodbye To Google Wave As Google Plans To Pull The Plug On The Service

Say Goodbye To Google Wave As Google Plans To Pull The Plug On The Service

In the month of May last year, Google Inc. introduced with much fanfare an all new platform called, Google Wave, that was designed and developed to take the world of online document collaboration to a whole new level and was envisioned to replace e-mail altogether. However, now Google has announced that, it will be halting any further development on [...]
Google Maps in Google Buzz

Google Maps in Google Buzz

Google released a new tool for users of Gmail and Google Buzz. From now you can get a preview of maps within the e-mail and social networking. According to the site Mashable, to enable the feature in Gmail just visit the Labs tab within the Settings and select the option “Enable Preview on Google Maps.” Thereafter, all links to maps pasted [...]
Who needs http:// anyway?

Who needs http:// anyway?

A decision by the team of Google Chrome is causing controversy. Newer versions of development (Chromium) omit the browser to identify the protocol (http://) at the beginning of a URL. The official explanation for the change makes sense for the users of this information has no meaning, and they no longer use it for years when typing a Web address. But [...]
Gmail goes social: Google Buzz

Gmail goes social: Google Buzz

Google announced the creation and development of Google Buzz, a social networking application for people to share data and information on the internet and cellphones. The announcement was made at an event on yesterday (Tuesday) in the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, California. Google Buzz will be fully integrated with Gmail. The platform [...]
Google Chrome OS Could Become A New Target For Hackers In 2010

Google Chrome OS Could Become A New Target For Hackers In 2010

The start of the new year has brought some of the most exciting events that are slated to take place in the world of information & technology. One of them being the official launch of Google’s very own in-house designed and developed operating system, called Google Chrome OS. The new OS was announced way back in the month of July last year [...]