Google will soon be everywhere and that is exactly what it wants. It reigns supreme on the Web, continually expanding it influence and the Android has given it the key to step in the dimension of the Mobile area. The search is its key playground and the mobile devices are its primary focus at present and voice search is one of the best efforts it has made to ease search. While this option had been available for the Android, iPhone in English, the same has now extended to the Chinese language plus it is also supported on the previous versions of the S60 phones. Now if anyone of you happens to be using it we will be more than happy to hear the feedback you have on how the feature works for the Chinese language and leave your comments.
Archive for November, 2009
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After almost four months in talks, Amazon has finally pulled the shutters on the Zappos deal as it acquired the online retailer for shoes for $1.2 Billion. That’s almost $400 Million more than what had been anticipated. I guess Zappos will be more than happy with that, rather would have waited a bit longer if it could have fetched an even higher price. The management team at Zappos will remain as it is and will continue operations in its head quarters in Las Vegas, NV.
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Orkut is set to redesign its web page and as always doing things when Facebook has actually done it ages back. The redesign will make site much faster and every action is now placed right in front and the center, again like Facebook and other networks. Plus it has also cut short the number of pages making it easier to keep an eye on all updates as well as comment on statuses. It has also integrated numerous features from Google Maps, etc as well. Orkut might not be able to get over Facebook, but it can definitely hold its lead in India and Brazil where it still reigns supreme.
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Things are quite problematic when it comes to StudiVZ, the German Facebook. It began with allegations that said it copied the Facebook design all the way to falling prey to hacker attacks. However the young hacker who gave StudiVZ a real nightmare by hacking close to 50,000 users’ detail in just a few hours and threatened to sell that information to gangs if not paid the ransom. He was caught, thrown in prison and now he has committed suicide. The guy was found dead in his cell and administration at the prison stated that the accused had shown no intentions to commit suicide. Suspicion and trouble for the social network as it has given many a folks to point fingers at it. Lets see how it all works out and what do investigations have to show up.
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