Google+ Rolls Out Gaming Service
Published By Shadowon On Sunday, August 14th 2011. Under Gaming, Google, Social Networks Tags: Bejeweled Blitz, Facebook Credits, Google, Google Plus, LabPixies, PopCap Games, Wooga, Zynga
As part of Google's investment in the social network, Google+ , the company has teamed up with several famous game developers. Some of these are PopCap, Zynga, Rovio, Bioware and Funzio. As soon as the rollout of Google+ is complete, a "games" button will appear on your page.
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Google+ is the World’s Fastest Growing Website
Published By Shadowon On Saturday, August 6th 2011. Under Google, Social Networks Tags: Comscore, Facebook, Google, Google Plus, MySpace, Social network service, Twitter, Unique user
Google+ has already reached 25 million unique visitors, since the beta launch in late June. The social networking service also continues to grow with around one million new visitors a day, acoording to the comScore, which analyzes Web traffic.
Google+ reached 25 million unique visitors in a shorter amount of time ... Continue Reading
Google Books Now Includes More Than 3 Million Books
Published By Shadowon On Thursday, August 4th 2011. Under Entertainment, Google Tags: Google, Google Books, Literature, Project, Search Engines, Searching
Google is currently involved in a massive project to scan all the world's literature and make it available to the public. The project is called Google Books, and has been both praised and criticized in author circuits.
Google Books has now scanned more than three million books, but many of them ... Continue Reading
Android Takes Almost 50% Share of Worldwide Smart Phone Market
Published By Shadowon On Tuesday, August 2nd 2011. Under Google, Mac/Apple, Mobile Tags: Android, Apple, Canalys, Google, iOS, iPhone, Market Share, Nokia, Symbian
48 percent of all smart phones that was shipped from the factory during the second quarter of 2011, was running Android as an operating system, according to a press release from the research firm Canalys.
Android has quickly become a giant in the smart phone market. No fewer than 51.9 million ... Continue Reading
This is Facebook’s New Features
Published By Shadowon On Thursday, July 7th 2011. Under Google, Social Networks, Videos Tags: Facebook, Google, Google Plus, Group Chat, Skype, Social network, Video Chat
Google recently launched Google+, a new social service that will compete directly with Facebook. The social war between the giants Google and Facebook rages on, and it is up to you to find out who has the best social service.
There has been a lot of speculations associated with what Facebook ... Continue Reading
Warning: Beware of Fake Invitations to Google+
Published By Shadowon On Tuesday, July 5th 2011. Under Google, Security, Social Networks Tags: email, Facebook, Fake, Google, Google Plus, Invitation, Invite, Spam
Spammers are now sending out fake invitations to the newly launched Facebook competitor, Google+. The messages looks quite similar to emails that users would expect to receive from friends who are already members of the service.
It is the IT security blog Naked Security who reports that scammers have begun sending ... Continue Reading
Skype for Android Finally Supports Video Chat
Published By Shadowon On Thursday, June 30th 2011. Under Google, Mobile, Videos Tags: Android, iPhone, Skype, Skype for Android, SMS, Video Calls, Video Chat
The latest version (2.0.0.45) of Skype for Android finally introduces full support for video calls with other Skype devices, including iPhone. The new version also includes a significantly improved user interface, so that all functions are much easier to find.
With the new app, you can:
Make and receive free Skype one-to-one ... Continue Reading
Google Has Shut Down Google+ Invites
Published By Shadowon On Thursday, June 30th 2011. Under Google, Social Networks Tags: Facebook, Google, Google Plus, Invitation system, Social network service, Vic Gundotra
When Google reveals new products, there is always a huge interest, and Google+ is no exception. After "insane demand" from people who wanted to test Google's Facebook challenger, the company was forced to disable the invitation system last night.
It was Google's Vic Gundotra, head of Google's social services, that this ... Continue Reading
Google Challenges Facebook With Google+
Published By Shadowon On Wednesday, June 29th 2011. Under Google, Mobile, Social Networks, Videos Tags: Android, Circles, Facebook, Google, Google Buzz, Google Wave, Hangouts, Mobile, Orkut, Sparks
Google is by no means new to social networking services, Orkut, Buzz and Wave are among the companys earlier attempts to enter the social arena. Orkut is the only service that has succeeded in a few countries, but the other services never reached their potential. A lot of people believe ... Continue Reading
Google Challenges Skype With Video Chat in Browser
Published By Shadowon On Wednesday, June 22nd 2011. Under Browsers, Google, Videos Tags: Browser, Global IP Solutions, Gmail, Google, Google Chrome, Skype, Video Chat, WebRTC
There has been much talked about Skype recently, especially the fact that Microsoft bought the Skype client and are currently working on even better integration with Facebook.
Google is determined to not fall behind, so last year Google bought the company Global IP Solutions with its real time audio and video ... Continue Reading
Google Chrome 12 Adds Hardware Acceleration And Safer Downloads
Published By Shadowon On Thursday, June 9th 2011. Under Browsers, Google, Videos Tags: Adobe Flash, CSS3, Google, Google Chrome, Graphics Card, Hardware acceleration, Local Shared Object, Video Card
Google just released version 12 of their Chrome browser, and it supports hardware-accelerated 3D CSS. The advantage is that any websites and web apps that use 3D CSS effects, will now render the page with the help of your computer's graphics card.
The result is a much smoother and faster 3D ... Continue Reading
























