The founder of Ancestry.com, Paul Allen, estimates that Google+ may already have reached 10m users, despite only having been launched a fortnight ago. The data analysis was based on surname …
Public transport information from Google Maps
The latest version of Google Maps for Android now has public transport information. Although only 400 cities are currently included (none in Ireland, unfortunately), it seems certain more will be …
Google Health and Google PowerMeter to close
Two of Google’s services are to be closed due to a lack of impact. Google Health has been around since 2008 and Google PowerMeter since 2009. Google Health was meant …
Google to be investigated regarding web dominance
It is being reported that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will investigate Google in response to suggestions that the search giant has abused its dominance of the internet. The Wall …
Google seeks to monitor spread of dengue fever
Google hopes that by monitoring search patterns relating to dengue fever, it will be able to warn health officials should there be an outbreak. Through keeping tabs on dengue-related search …
PayPal says Google poached its staff
PayPal has filed a lawsuit against Google after the latter launched Google Wallet, saying that the search giant could only produce the product because it had poached PayPal staff. Google …
Changing your content following the Google Panda...
Google have made a series of recommendations as to how to approach content for those who have seen a loss of rankings as a result of their recent Panda update. …
