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Lost In Translation : Google Faces Significant Challenges To Build Babel Phone

The news that Google was working on a phone that could one day become the equivalent of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy's Babelfish, opened some tantalising possibilities.

Google unveils sharing tool Google Buzz

Google launched Google Buzz, a new product that integrates with users' Gmail inboxes and lets them share web links, photos, videos, and more, and chat with people from their Gmail contacts list. Google is rolling out Buzz to all Gmail accounts over the next few days. It also plans to make Google Buzz available to businesses and schools using Google Apps, with added features for sharing within organisations. The Google Buzz version for mobiles brings a new feature to sharing information via internet-enabled PCs, namely geo-tagging. This enables users to select a place on Google Maps and attach it as location tag to posts, or read what others have posted about a specific place. The Buzz version for mobiles can be accessed at Buzz.google.com, using the Buzz layer on Google Maps for mobile, clicking the Buzz shortcut from Google.

Google's Computing Power Refines Translation

gollum123 sends an excerpt from the NY Times on how Google has taken a lead in language translation, in one of the company's few unqualified successes as it attempts to broaden is offerings beyond search. "...Google's quick rise to the top echelons of the translation business is a reminder of what can happen when Google unleashes its brute-force computing power on complex problems. The network of data centers that it built for Web searches may now be, when lashed together, the world's largest computer. Google is using that machine to push the limits on translation technology. Last month, for example, it said it was working to combine its translation tool with image analysis, allowing a person to, say, take a cellphone photo of a menu in German and get an instant English translation.

What would Google do?

flood increasing exponentially, it makes good sense to reverse-engineer the company making the most money from this information overload. Google is riding the data wave with its automated search technology, and has spawned a host of products and services that include Google Images, Google Books, Google News, Google Videos, Google Docs, Google Calendar, Gmail, Google Groups, Google Reader, orkut, Blogger, Google Sites, and YouTube.

Google faces competition probe in EU

The European Commission has launched an investigation into competition concerns at Google following complaints from three companies. The complaints from UK price comparison site Foundem, a French legal search engine called ejustice.fr and Microsoft's Ciao! from Bing centre on their rankings in Google's search engine. According to Google, which confirmed the notification from the EC, the Foundem complaint argues that Google's algorithms demote the site in search results because it's a vertical search engine and so a direct competitor to Google. Ejustice.fr's complaint seems to echo these concerns, Google said. On the third complaint, Google said that after Microsoft acquired Ciao! in 2008 (renaming it Ciao! from Bing) Google started receiving complaints about its standard terms and conditions.

Cloud Sherpas Featured on Google Apps Developer Blog

Cloud Sherpas on Google Apps developer blogCloud Sherpas was featured today on the Google Apps developer blog! We shared our experience building SherpaTools for Google Apps on the Google platform and detailed our use of Google Apps APIs, Google App Engine, Google Web Toolkit, and other Google technologies. Check it out — read “Building Applications on top of Google Apps.” Hope you enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed putting together the technical details.

Google Buzz privacy settings: Will there be competition between Google buzz Facebook & Google Buzz Twitter

New York: Google Buzz privacy settings: Will there be competition between Google buzz Facebook & Google Buzz Twitter Soon after its release, Google Buzz has raised a few privacy concerns. Major news papers including Washington Post and New York Times, along with several other critics have aced their doubts about the privacy concerns of Google's new service Buzz.

Google instant voice translation: The end of Franglais?

Google is developing software to translate languages as you speak on your phone, like a Google Voice/Google Translate mashup. Rather than working word-by-word, the tool will 'listen' to phrases and sentences before attempting translation, so it will know the full context and deliver a more accurate translation.

Yes, Google Will Even Delete Its Own Employees' Sites From Google Index If They Screw Up

Over the years, we've seen plenty of people get mad and sue Google over getting either dropped from Google's index, or simply ranked really low on certain searches. And, of course, for some there are always totally unsubstantiated conspiracy theories about Google purposely "punishing" a company or individual it doesn't like. To date, however, there's been no evidence at all that Google acts in such a capricious manner when it comes to rankings. If the company did so, and it ever came out, the hit to Google's reputation would be something fierce. It's even more ridiculous when you consider that all of the accusations of such personal attacks seem to come from tiny companies -- hardly any kind of threat to Google, anyway.

Google plans Apple iPad rival

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Google Buzz: The First Wave?

Google has announced that it is rolling out Google Buzz to everyone's GMail accounts over the next few days. At first glance, Google Buzz seems to be the first step by Google to introduce some if its Google Wave features into GMail. Other media outlets are also noting that Google Buzz is also Google's first step into the Facebook and Twitter realm of real-time status updates. Check out this video for a quick demo:

Google Demos Text-Translation Software

Google CEO Eric Schmidt delivered a keynote speech at the Mobile World Congress cell phone trade show in Barcelona, and demonstrated cell-phone software that translates text from pictures. By sending an image to Google's servers for processing, Google can apply a lot more computing power, for faster, more accurate results.

Google Chrome Beta Adds Translation, Privacy Features

Google added two new features to the Windows version of Google Chrome beta including integrated translation and enhanced privacy features that allow for better browser cookie managment. The new additions were fed to the Chrome beta channel as a preview of Google Chrome version 5, according to the Google Chrome Releases blog.

Google Chrome Beta Adds Translation, Privacy Features

Google added two new features to the Windows version of Google Chrome beta including integrated translation and enhanced privacy features that allow for better browser cookie managment. The new additions were fed to the Chrome beta channel as a preview of Google Chrome version 5, according to the Google Chrome Releases blog.

Google Chrome Beta Browser Adds Translation, Privacy Features

Google added two new features to the Windows version of Google Chrome beta including integrated translation and enhanced privacy features that allow for better browser cookie managment. The new additions were fed to the Chrome beta channel as a preview of Google Chrome version 5, according to the Google Chrome Releases blog.

5 How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Google Buzz

If this column were a Microsoft TV commercial, I'd say that Google Buzz was my idea. Way back in April, I wrote a column in this space called Inside Google's 'Facebook Killer'. In that column, I proposed that Google should acquire Twitter, and build it into Google Profiles. If they did so, I wrote, Google would have "a social network that does everything Facebook does, minus all the things everybody hates about Facebook." Well, they didn't acquire Twitter. But they did build Twitter-like messaging into Profiles. And, yes, the result is a social network better than Facebook.

2 How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Google Buzz

If this column were a Microsoft TV commercial, I'd say that Google Buzz was my idea. Way back in April, I wrote a column in this space called Inside Google's 'Facebook Killer'. In that column, I proposed that Google should acquire Twitter, and build it into Google Profiles. If they did so, I wrote, Google would have "a social network that does everything Facebook does, minus all the things everybody hates about Facebook." Well, they didn't acquire Twitter. But they did build Twitter-like messaging into Profiles. And, yes, the result is a social network better than Facebook.

China warns Google: China warns Google, asks it to abide Chinese laws

Beijing: China warns Google: China warns Google, asks it to abide Chinese laws. Chinese authorities once again warned Google to abide to the laws and rules of the nation. It was in response to Google chief executive Eric Schmidt's last week's comment that Google is looking to talk with Chinese authorities to find a resolution on censoring its search results.

Google Phone's Killer App: Real-Time Translation

Google is developing software for the first phone capable of translating foreign languages almost instantly — like the Babel Fish in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Yes, Google Will Even Delete Its Own Employees' Sites From Google Index If They Screw Up

Over the years, we've seen plenty of people get mad and sue Google over getting either dropped from Google's index, or simply ranked really low on certain searches. And, of course, for some there are always totally unsubstantiated conspiracy theories about Google purposely "punishing" a company or individual it doesn't like. To date, however, there's been no evidence at all that Google acts in such a capricious manner when it comes to rankings. If the company did so, and it ever came out, the hit to Google's reputation would be something fierce. It's even more ridiculous when you consider that all of the accusations of such personal attacks seem to come from tiny companies -- hardly any ...

Windows Phone 7: Phone calls, texting, games, and syncing

So far at MIX 2010, a lot of new Windows Phone 7 Series features have been shown off. One of the most basic functions of a phone is the ability to actually use it as a phone. Joe Belfiore attempted to recieve a call during a demo, but instead had to settle for placing one. The call pops up over the current screen, dimming what's in the background. It's unclear, from what he showed, if you can continue what you're doing while on a phone call. He does note that when making phone calls, the name of the person is "hot." This allows you to tap someones name and select alternate ways to communicate with them.

How To Find A Cell Phone Owner With Reverse Cell Phone Lookup?

PR Log (Press Release) – Mar 13, 2010 – Are you looking for a way to find about any phone number owner, if yes, then you supposes to know about reverse cell phone lookup service batter. In USA it is now legal to perform a reverse number search for a phone and cell phone number with an internet company. With such sites it is completely secure and confidential to find detail about any phone or cell number.

Google Buys Online Collaboration Operator DocVerse

Google seems to be prepping up its online collaboration and cloud computing tools – Google Docs for the big league. Just recently, Google Docs supported uploading fo files from your computer and sharing that files with people you collaborate with via Google Docs. Now, something good is about to happen with Google’s cloud computing service – that is interoperability with Microsoft Office files. To make this happen, Google just bought DocVerse.

Google warned in EU over Street View privacy concerns

Google Inc. has once again run into some trouble in Europe, this time over privacy concerns related to Google's Street View service. Launched in the United States in 2007, Google Street View now adds photos of real-life scenes from cities around the world to Google's maps. To protect privacy, Google utilizes software to blur out faces and license plates.

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