Google faces a fine of tens of millions for the scandal with Safari

An article published by Bloomberg reports that the American Competition Commission (FTC) will impose fines of tens of millions in Google about the scandal had created the company to bypass the security settings in Safari for viewing ads.


Specifically, Google is essentially negotiating with the FTC on how big a fine to be paid for the violation of Safari. If the FTC imposed the penalties mentioned in Bloomberg will be the first time the organization punishes someone for breach of privacy in the Internet.


Remember that Google along with Facebook and other companies had a code that bypasses the security of Safari by depositing cookies to record user activities with a view to targeted advertising. Google has since removed the code and confirmed in the press release announcing initiation of investigations that will fully cooperate with authorities.

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Gmail automatically translates messages written in foreign languages

Google announced today that the operation of Automatic Message Translation, ie automatic translation of messages, is now available to all users of Gmail. The characteristic functions as in Google Chrome, which offers to translate for foreign language websites when you visit them. The system will automatically recognize the e-mail that is in a foreign language and will be offered to translate for you automatically.


Apart from that promoted by Google and some other small changes to Gmail, as an indication of the number of unread messages in the first title of the tab of the browser and the significant improvement of the Mute function to not bother most of corporate messages. These changes have been in operation today in Gmail.

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Enter "Zerg Rush" in Google

Get ready to make a pleasant break from what you are dealing this time typing the phrase "Zerg Rush" in Google.




Suddenly, the screen will display your tiny "zeros" ready to devour your search results. You should be marked with your cursor and to kill as many as possible.


At the top of the screen showing your score, which you can share with your cycles to Google + after you finish the game.

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The first photo taken with the Google Project Glass

Sebastian Thrun of Google decided to show his cards and talk about the Project Glass, the notorious pair of Augmented Reality glasses company.

In an interview he gave to Charlie Rose, the distinguished software engineer and founder of Google's secret laboratory Google X wore glasses, pulled the photo of the caller and then uploaded to Google +.




The photo you see below and the full video interview can be watched here.

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Google introduced the Google Drive with 5GB of free storage!

As we waited for a few days, Google announced today the competitive to the Dropbox service called Google Drive. Users of Google Drive will have 5GB free storage space for storing documents, videos, pictures and other files while Google Docs is integrated in the new service.


Users can upgrade to 25GB of space in the subscription price of $ 2.49/mina in 100GB at $ 4.99 / month or 1TB at $ 49.99 / month while this upgrade will increase capacity and in your Gmail at 25GB. To Google Drive is fully cooperating with Gmail and Google, offers powerful search tools and you can view over 30 file formats such as HD video, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.


Google Drive is now available for PC, Mac and Android and will soon be available and the application for iOS.

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Oracle vs. Google: The battle has begun!

After many years of waiting the notorious legal battle between Oracle and Google began last week after the judge failed to persuade all this time the two sides to compromise.


Please remember that the Oracle accuses Google of copied part of the Java code without obtaining the necessary authorization. For its part, Google admits that it has essentially copied the Java code but denies having permission to do so on the grounds that Android does not require permission.


It all started officially in 2009 when Oracle acquired Sun but things had started earlier.The Android was founded in 2003 and two years later was acquired by Google. Andy Rubin wrote then to Larry Page:

Google wanted to make the open-source Android but he knew that Sun would not see in with a positive eye. Rubin believed that Google had simply paid the required amount for the licensing of Java. The years passed, however, and finally in 2007 the attitude had changed completely ignoring the Sun. "Please do not show to any officer or attorney of the Sun», Rubin warned an engineer in 2008.

Oracle notes that at the time Google is important recruit staff from the Java team at Sun, who worked under former executive of Sun Eric Schmidt. Oracle implicitly suggests that this staff was vital for the creation of "Java OS".

Tim Lindholm, Distinguished Engineer at Sun, helped in the creation of the original Java VM and penetrated to Google the same period the company acquired Android. In 2010 when Android was successful by Larry Page Lindholm asked to explore alternatives to Java. Lindholm concluded that the alternatives were not good and that we should negotiate with the authorization of Sun (Google tried enough to keep this e-mail out of court).

Oracle presented the court with code copied by Google. The code does not belong in public libraries (classes), but in private and Google will work very hard to justify itself. The case is certainly a long way ahead of many technical and legal details. You should wait until the end to see a possible positive practical to Oracle deciding what will it mean for Android and its users.

You can read the Oracle 90 page treatment in the form of PDF (slides) here.

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See how to use Gmail with the new Google Gmail Meter

Google announced the availability of Gmail Meter, a service that each of the first month will send you an e-mail with various statistics about your inbox. Essentially, Gmail Meter includes information about your habits, such as Google Account Activity.


The statistics record the Gmail Meter are:


Volume Statistics: shows the number of important posts and scored, the number of people you sent e-mails roundtrips.
Daily Traffic: gives an estimate of when you send and receive mail over a month.
Traffic Pattern: gives a general sense of your activity in sending and receiving mail last week.
Email Categories: shows how you manage your Inbox (categories roundtrips)
Time Before First Response: shows how much time passes until you answer some mail, and how much time passes until others respond to your mail.
Word Count: indicates the percentage of messages you send, depending on the number of words in it.
Thread Lengths: indicates whether participate in long discussions
Top Senders and Top Recipients: indicates the identity of the people with whom you communicate frequently.
To enable Gmail Meter go to Google Docs and open a Spreadsheet. Go to Tools-> Script Gallery and install Gmail Meter. Now you will see a new menu called Gmail Meter where you can select the Get a Report.

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How much can we trust the Google? [Infographic]

In the past Google's credibility has been questioned many times in a more recent example of the initiative 'Don't Be Evil' of Facebook, Twitter and MySpace in the non-objective in their words, the search results.


Other issues have been reported occasionally for the installation of hidden cookies on users' computers Safari and several other privacy issues. The following Infographic comes to answer the crucial question of whether we can trust the Google.

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The inventor of the Internet blames Facebook and Google for the data they gather

In a recent interview on the website 'The Guardian', the inventor of the Web, Tim Berners Lee, blames directly on Google and Facebook in terms of user data they collect.




Describing them as "silos for Internet", says the two companies have managed to trap in their nets across the Internet. What they do is to collect as much information as possible for users of social networks and then refuse to return them immediately as they request.


"One of the themes of social networks is that their companies are in possession of all these data, we did not ... There is no program that gives us access to all data held.


On any website where you upload your data, you must be sure that they will later be returned to you. In your position I would ask this very regularly, as often as I do back up my computer. Perhaps if our grandchildren will or will not see the photos based on our selection of these sites. "

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Google wants to fight fake reviews in Google Play

Fake or rigged reviews in applications of the App Store or Google Play is an ever increasing problem on the backs of developers who see the success of their applications to depend on a largely positive reviews. We all  we take a look at the reviews and the rating of the application before we buy an app and if it is positive we think twice. But what happens when these reviews are fake?



The problem is to solve a research of the University of Illinois at Chicago funded by Google. Essentially, finding fake reviews is a relatively easy and simple process but with an automated algorithm is quite difficult. The group  however has created an algorithm called GSRank aimed at behavior behind the fake reviews despite the identity of the offender. The algorithm combines elements such as timing, the similarity of the review and scoring  to determine the validity of the comment.


Obviously, this algorithm could be used in any app store but was funded in Google Play is probably the first to implement it. In any case, those who benefit are the end users who will judge based on reliable reviews but the developers who will not suffer from negative comments intended to deceive.

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Google presents the Project Glass

Google officially announced a while ago through a dedicated page on Google + new project entitled Project Glass. This project has long been rumored to come from the secret labs of the Google X company.


Google has decided to share publicly the development of this project to obtain valuable feedback to help further develop the technology. So far the company has some concept photos and a video to show how she envisions the future and the things that this technology will allow us to do in the future.

According to reports, however, the Project Glass is at an advanced stage with various prototype devices have occasionally appeared. Someone who is supposed to use the glasses says that "technology is not standing anymore barrier. For example if I want to take a picture does not need to get out of his pocket just in mobile but I press a button on the glasses and that was it. "


At this time the commercialization of these glasses is still distant affair. Probably the glasses will be available in values ​​from 250 up to $ 600 in 2013.

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Hangout Apps, games and face to face apps on Google +

Google will not stop to surprise us with the constant addition of new capabilities in its social network. This time decided to enhance the operation of video calls Hangouts Google + with a variety of collaborative applications, including games, slide-show presentations and painting tools.


Maybe that will delight most to be the new game 'Aces Hangout', where you can play online poker with your friends watching and talking with them simultaneously.

Moreover you can enjoy the quiz 'Clubhouse Challenge', to paint with your friends 'Scoot and Doodle', adding mustaches and glasses to your interlocutors through 'Google Effects' and many more.


The full list of applications you can see by clicking 'Apps' in the operation Hangouts. Have fun!

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The Google Nexus tablet is coming!

The rumors about the launch of an Android tablet under the brand name of Google back in the spotlight as the company sees that despite the best efforts of several companies none of the Android tablets that have been released so far can not compete in the straight iPad.

So, it seems very likely that Google will go to create a tablet (probably made ​​by Samsung or Asus), while lowering the price and, thus following the successful example of Amazon Kindle Fire.




As the WSJ, is under discussion and the creation of an online tablet store from Google, which apart from its own and will include selections from other Android tablets, to be sold directly to consumers.


Finally, noting that the tablet is expected to be released in 2012. Let's see ...

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Google Chrome 18: Available the final version with improved graphics

Google has released the final version of web browser, Google Chrome 18, with the upgrade to be associated mainly with graphics and support for older computers.

Specifically, the new version brings speed to certain websites using the HTML5 Canvas 2D API, a Mac and Windows PC, but not on Linux.




Also, use the tool that brings SwiftShader WebGL 3D graphics support on older systems (eg Windows XP) that normally could not afford, with reduced performance (depending on processor), but tracking material was hitherto feasible.


You can download Google Chrome 18 here.

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Google Drive will be released the first week of April

The Cloud storage Service "Google Drive" concerns us a long time, but the wait seems to come to end.


Om Malik of GigaOm reports that the Google Drive will be available to the public the first week of April.


Specifically:
According to information from the big day will be within the first week of April 2012 ... Google will offer 1 Gb of storage free, and will charge for these. The market leader, its time for Dropbox offers 2 Gb free. Google's product will ship with a local client and web interface that resembles Google Docs. Moreover, Google has built an API for third party applications that can store data in Google drive. My sources are excited by what they saw.

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Chrome OS comes in ARM computers!

Some time ago, Google made ​​it clear that we will see the browser-based software in tablets or smartphones, but never said the Chrome OS will not run on devices with similar processors. In fact, new data from the Chromium OS project suggest that the procedures have started to become compatible with the Chrome OS computers architecture ARM. namely the processor Exynos 5250 of Samsung.


The processor of Samsung seems to be on new devices, code-named "Daisy", but there is no further details. Although Google shows that it works on new ARM gadget, it is important to note that the Chromium project works with the major contribution of users, so perhaps the development of such devices may not come directly from Mountain View.

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Semantic Search: Google is changing the operation of the search engine

According to a website Wall Street Journal, Google is planning to change the way the top search engine in the world works, adopting the semantic search (semantic search) in combination with existing algorithms.

This means that search results will no longer be just links to websites but more complete responses based on the meaning of the words we use.




Semantic search will provide a better understanding of the true significance of words and by extension most relevant results. According to the company, the new system will operate similar to the way the world perceived by the human mind.


The searches will be mapped to a huge database that includes people, places and objects, which is developed by Google in the last two years.


At the base semantic search function and search engines Wolfram Alpha and Bing. The adoption of Google's related to the acquisition of Metaweb Technologies in 2010, which gained access to a very strong database of more than 12 million records movies, books, companies and celebrities.

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Ex Googler: "Google has left the innovation and became an advertising monster"

May Google renowned for its magnificent offices and excellent working conditions, however, James Whittaker (former programmer of the company) explains through a very interesting post on MSDN Blog (in Microsoft ...), that he left because Google is not the company it once was, especially after the inauguration of the CEO before Larry Page about a year.




As stated by Whittaker, Google has transformed from a company that was dropping weight on creativity and innovative ideas capable people at an advertising company with stale ideas, leaving peaks for Larry Page:


"Google which I was a passionate technology company encouraged its employees to innovate in various ways (bonus, awards, etc.). I left Google is an advertising company with clear business plan ...... Led by Eric Schmidt, the ads were always in the background and served as a Google innovation factory .... "


Then, with harsh words mentioned in Google's attempt to compete with Facebook, suggesting that Google + is one of the most important failures of the company:


"There is a very important area where Google's innovation engine falters: the competition from Facebook. They want everything to be social. The search for the Android OS, YouTube and anything new would have to be social. Any innovative idea is not central to the Google +, refused "


It can read all the terms of the James Whittaker, but it should be noted that longer works for Microsoft. Therefore, everyone can draw his own conclusions and agree or disagree with his positions.

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Google confirms the preparing of Chrome for Windows 8

Google says working on a version of Chrome that works on the environment Metro. These new come after the declaration of Mozilla Firefox that develops for Metro.
Google spokeswoman told Mashable that the new version of Chrome is based desktop browser (unlike the Android version).
"Our goal is to offer users a fast, simple and safe experience of Chrome on all platforms, including both desktop and Metro versions of Windows 8. To achieve this, we are in the process of developing Metro version of Chrome with the improved desktop Chrome for Windows 8, with the support touch capabilities. "
This means that when the first Windows 8 tablets start to move later in 2012, customers will be able to use the same browsers were and Windows 7, but designed for the environment Metro.
Metro is a friendly touch mode of Windows 8, which is ideal for tablets, but works equally well with mouse and keyboard. Users will be able to use the Metro or the traditional Windows desktop.
Of course, until recently there were doubts about whether Microsoft will allow other browsers beyond Internet Explorer environmental Metro. In a recent communication, the company revealed that other browsers will be welcome at the Metro, and will have some advantages over other Metro apps (like multitasking). Disadvantages, however, users can use only one default browser in the Metro.
We therefore expect the Google team and 1/1 Chrome browser demo of the new environment of Windows 8, soon.

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Removed the person responsible for the Android Market due to failure!

Resigned the charge of the Android Market Google, Eric Chu, the replacement should come from the part of Google Music in an effort to unify the company's entire digital content in the new Google Play.

O Chu will take another position within the Google Rosenberg leaving to take the reins in sales management for Android applications. The reason for the resignation of Chu was the failure to renew the Android Market in 2011 after he had admitted that Google was not happy with the limited number of applications that consumers buy from the store.

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