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Google Considering Gingerbread Android Update?

Google Considering Gingerbread Android Update? Many people out there are excited by how well the technology associated with their android happens to mesh well with Google. The Gingerbread Android 2.3 update continues the theme of naming android related updates with cookies or some sort of sweet treat. The last update ended up having references to frozen yogurt tied to it. Google is committed to keeping... 

Google marks the 115th anniversary of the discovery of X-Rays

Oh, What X-Rays Can Reveal Today Google marks the 115th anniversary of the discovery of X-Rays. German Physics Professor William Conrad Roentgen first observed this phenomenon one night, in 1895, when experimenting with his cathode rays tube. In acknowledging this event, the blue neon Google letters show some of those items an X-Ray can reveal; bones, of course, but also all those odd items people... 

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Can You Imagine What John Lennon Would Think About His Own Google Logo?

Not only is it hard to realize that John Lennon would have been 70 this year but it has been 30 years since his untimely death and the tragic nature by which his life abruptly ended. Do you find yourself wondering what John Lennon would have thought about Google creating a special logo just for him? Since his actual birthday is October 9th Google has shown its good sense by making this special tribute... 

Google Doodle Celebrates Google’s 12th Birthday

The biggest search engine in the world today celebrates 12 years. To celebrate its birthday, Google put a new logo on its search engine, with a cake designed by Wayne Thiebaud, an American painter associated with Pop Art. The US-based company in California, launched its first service, Google Search, in 1998, an idea students Larry Page and Sergey Brin. The university project, then called Backrub,... 

Android Will Have More Payment Processors

As a new competitor to the Apple’s iPhone and the Blackberry, Google’s Android OS is in the process of making some big changes. The changes will come to the developer agreement where it will provide a number of different ways of payments for those who want to take advantage of all the different applications in Google’s mobile OS. Developers are very welcoming to this new change as... 

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Google’s Non-Censorship Stance : A new strategy for China

In an effort to appease the Chinese government, Google announced that they will be changing their strategy when it comes to search results in China. Google has always been very public about their views on privacy and censorship. They also have been very open about their recently strained relationship with the Chinese government. The relationship between Google and the Chinese government hit a rocky... 

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Google Doodle Honors Dennis Gabor

Dennis Gabor is a legendary Nobel Prize recipient for the field of Physics. He won in 1971 for developing a type of holograph technology that uses a lens free, 3D photography system. His love of the field of physics started when he was in his mid teens. He loved the complexity of the field and decided to make it his life’s passion. He was an electrical engineer that moved to Germany as a teen... 

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Google Doodle Pays Tribute To Dennis Gabor

Google Doodle Pays Tribute To Dennis GaborKudos to Google for paying tribute to Dennis Gabor on June 5. Gabor was born on June 5, 1890 and died February 8, 1979. He is credited holography and for his efforts he won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1971. Gabor was a Jewish engineer, born in Hungary but raised in Germany until Hitler came to power. He relocated to England and accepted a job at the Thomas-Houston... 

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Google Doodle Pays Tribute To Dennis Gabor

Dennis Gabor, ahead of his time Dennis Gabor was a brilliant man with dozens of awards and accomplishments and Google is celebrating his birthday today with Google doodle. Gabor was born on June 5, 1890 and died February 8, 1979. He was a British-Hungarian Jewish Engineer and inventor and he is notably known for inventing holography. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics for this invention. He had... 

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Google Will Intercepted Wi-Fi Data, Blames Engineer

It has been recently announced that Google, Inc. plans to provide to European regulators with personal data that it said it had accquired through wireless networks. Google had previously stated that it would not reveal such information. A Google spokesman confirmed this week that the company would divulge the information after intense inquries from countries on the continent. The dispute arose from... 

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