Google news about the intention of launching a social network the name Photovine

Some reports have indicated that the search giant Google has registered a new brand called it Photovine as well as the purchase of the scope of photovine.com.

It was reported that this scale is monitored and protected by the Foundation Mark Monitor for the protection of trademarks used by Google in many of their ranges, including the domain google.com itself.

And Google began preparing to enter again into the world of social networks, but this time it will launch a social network list is mainly to exchange and share photos, according to some sources on the Internet.

According to Google in a trademark registration that Photovine service is a telecommunications services of the type of social networks that will work on the transfer and exchange of visual images and data across networks, telecommunications networks, the Internet and information services and data networks. Google also noted that this service within the services and software is downloadable.

It should be noted that Google already owns a service Picasa Picasa photo-sharing, which is likely to Photovine new service will focus more on photo-sharing service for mobile phones with a similar service Instagram famous.

So far Google has not suspended or announce any details of its new service. If ratified these expectations, will serve Photovine Google in direct confrontation with the famous social networking site Facebook, who is currently working on developing its own application for the exchange and sharing photos.

                                     

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Google search box will recognize the images

Will soon be able to search for a picture in Google using "another picture!" And through the withdrawal of an image to the search box to start the engine in the identification of this picture and then show the results of research related thereto, which will be useful in case you want to know the origin of a particular image or more information about it, and you can test this feature, search engine images.google.com images by clicking the camera button on the side of the search box, may not get the feature immediately because Google says paid gradually.

The news may not be new to many of us particularly as we saw this feature on other search engines, but we are talking about Google.

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Google Chromebooks available for pre-order

Orders can go in for Samsung and Acer Chromebooks on Amazon and BestBuy

 

Google made the announcement Thursday on Twitter, saying that Chromebooks from both Acer and Samsung are available.
"Nothing but the web: Samsung & Acer #Chromebooks now available for pre-order from @Amazon and @BestBuy in the US http://t.co/LpY0jWU," tweeted GoogleChrome.
Amazon notes that it's taking orders for the Samsung Series 5 3G ($499.99) and the Samsung Series 5 Wi-Fi ($429.99) -- both come in either black or white. The online seller also is taking orders for Acer's Cromia 3G ($449.99) and the Cromia Wi-Fi ($379.99).
BestBuy.com is taking orders for the two Samsung models at the same pricing.
For some of the Chromebooks, the sites say they simply have not been released yet; for others, like the Samsung Series 5 3G Chromebook, it's noted that they are slated to ship on June 15.

When Google first unveiled the Chromebooks, company executives said they'd first be available on June 15.
Last month, Google took the wraps off the upcoming Chromebooks, which run Google's Chrome operating system, at the company's annual Google I/O developers conference in San Francisco.
Google's Chromebooks, according to industry watchers, could be a boon for the company that has been trying to work its way into the lucrative enterprise market. If the Chromebooks are adopted in the corporate world, then Google's OS and its office-related cloud apps would get a lot more play in the enterprise as well.

To better woo businesses, Google is selling the Chromebooks on a subscription basis to companies with a starting price of $28 per user.

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Google and AOL offering a service to send messages exchanged between the two services

Decided that all of AOL's and Google's transfer of their partnership in the field of Instant Messaging to a new level through the achievement of full compatibility between AIM and Google Talk Ji miles.
Where Google announced in her blog entries that each of AOL and Google have both made some changes that will bring about the type of full compatibility. It become possible for users of AIM service chat and send messages to users of Google and vice versa.


Regardless of the service used, any user can send instant messages to anyone who uses AIM, whether it be through Google Talk or Gmail or iGoogle, or Orkut. And it will appear to users of Gmail message asking them to add friends in AIM directly to Gtalk.
And that it become possible for users to add contacts to AIM to Gmail, Google has deleted the ability to log through AIM. Which would be a problem for Google users who have many points of contact AIM on Gmail. To resolve this problem, AOL has developed a tool that helps to add AIM contacts to Gmail quickly. And users must add the @ aol.com at the end of the contact name when you add GPL miles.
It should be noted that users of Gmail service was able to access the AIM account via Google Talk since 2007, while not able to AIM users to send messages to Google Talk, and vice versa which limited the benefit to include AIM in Gmail.
May not affect these changes on Almstkhmon immediately, but significant changes that will help to bring together users of both Google and AOL, which helps to entering strongly in the fierce competition, especially in light of the spread and growth of the service FbChat and Skype, which hit the number of users to 500 million users .

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Google simplifies the language Android applications are used

Said Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google that the company is working hard to simplify the language used in the screens and windows asking for permission and access to the data when you install Android applications.

At present, the user is given a list of services and information that an application can be up to it, which is usually exaggerate on how to use these data.
The Schmidt events within the Big Tent in London that these imperatives and legal proceedings should not be covered on the user experience and stressed that the company is working on finding a solution to this problem and are studying a series of projects that would simplify the language.
He added that the permissions and requests for permission to access was written by a group of lawyers and consists of five paragraphs of a very complex language instead of using the shortcut method and how to simplify the use of such data.
On the other hand, Schmidt expressed his surprise at the lack of desirability of users of translation technology via mobile phone. He pointed out that the most interesting last year, is the ability to talk on the phone and hear the other party for another language the user does not know nothing about.
For example, when a person talking over the phone to speak English is passed to the decoder to convert it to text and then translate the text into another foreign language and then convert these texts to the voice he hears the other party on the phone and all thanks to cloud computing.

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Google and a new form of search results

The U.S. giant Google Inc. and owner of the most powerful search engine on the web design experience and a new form of search results of their own.

The new design that is visible to some users is characterized by many of the points for the design known to us, including color design that is very quiet.

It features a new design and a dashed lines between search results to sort the results from each other and new features we have not covered.

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Google fixes Android Wi-Fi security hole

by Elinor Mills

Google has plugged an Android hole that could have allowed someone to snoop on an unencrypted Wi-Fi network and access calendar and contact data on the smartphones.

"Today we're starting to roll out a fix which addresses a potential security flaw that could, under certain circumstances, allow a third-party access to data available in Calendar and Contacts," a Google spokesman said in a statement. 

"This fix requires no action from users and will roll out globally over the next few days."

Basically, the fix forces all Android devices to connect to Google Calendar and Contacts servers over https (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure) so that someone snooping on an unprotected wireless network won't be able to grab authentication tokens used by the operating system to validate devices. Android customers will not have to do anything for the fix, which could take a couple of days to roll out to everyone. 

The latest release of Android, 2.3.4 for smartphones and 3.0 for tablets, did not have the issue. But the fact that more than 99 percent of Android device owners are still using older versions was likely a factor in Google's decision to expedite a fix. 

Meanwhile, Google is still looking into the whether the problem affects Picasa Web Albums, too, as was claimed in a report on the security issue by German researchers released on Friday.

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Google Docs offline: Coming this summer

by Stephen Shankland 

SAN FRANCISCO--Somewhat later than had been planned last year, Google is addressing a significant weaknesses of Google Docs and Google Apps: the inability to use the services while not connected to the Net.

"We will make them [Google Docs offline apps] available this summer," said Sundar Pichai, senior vice president of Chrome, in an interview here last week at at the Google I/O conference. "We've all been using it internally. It's imminent. We want to make sure they're good."

It's not clear just how high the demand for the feature is. Although I find offline Google Docs' absence a critical weakness, Google cited low interest in the idea as one justification for why it had removed an earlier attempt at the technology in 2008.

One thing is very different from three years ago, though: Chrome OS, which in June will move from prototype to product with Chromebook models from Acer and Samsung.

With Chrome OS, Google is betting that the world is ready for a browser-based operating system. For office workers using a Chrome OS machine to enter customer data into a Web form, offline access is no big deal, but for Chromebooks to reach their full potential, they have to be able to handle a bit more of what even the lowest-end PC can do. That includes being useful when you're on a subway, on an airplane, or heaven forbid, in some primitive backwater that's not saturated with reliable 3G.

Google reassures people that offline Web apps are now possible to program thanks to a number of interfaces such as AppCache and IndexedDB arriving in browsers. But actually taking advantage of those interfaces isn't necessarily easy.

Google Docs was supposed to get offline abilities in early 2011, for example.

Offline Docs hasn't been easy, in part because of years of shifts in the plumbing used to let browsers look for data on a local computer rather than a remote server on the other side of the Internet.

Initially, Google Docs had some incomplete offline support through a Google technology called Gears. Google removed that support when it discontinued Gears in favor of open Web standards that accomplished similar goals. The technology in Gears for offline storage was a SQL database interface that was closely related to the Web SQL Database standard for browsers. However, Mozilla and Microsoft didn't like its approach, and Web SQL's standardization was derailed.

A final challenge for Google might be its own vision. The company is betting heavily on a future in which the Internet is built into the fabric of our lives. Indeed, with lobbying and investments in networking technology, it's trying to hasten the arrival of that future.

Google has perhaps a better idea of what that future looks like. Its campuses are bathed in Wi-Fi and peppered with Ethernet ports. Employees have home broadband, Net-connected shuttle buses, and for those moments in between, wireless data modems.

Thus, it should come as no surprise that Pichai said he must consciously remember to unplug from the Net if he wants to try offline features of Google Docs.

But for those of us not in the Google bubble, with spotty 3G and capped data for our smartphone and home broadband, offline support is essential.

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Google Wants to Become Your Personal Finance Advisor

  by Ben Parr
In its attempt to break into the personal finance market, Google has launched a new tool for finding and comparing financial products.
At its core, Google Advisor is a personal finance comparison tool. It helps you check the rates for mortgages, credit cards, CDs, checking accounts and savings accounts by providing a list of financial instruments that meet your search criteria. For mortgages, Google provides data such as APR, monthly payment, fees and contact details. If you’re looking for a credit card, the search giant provides data on rewards, card type, purchase APR and the annual fee.

Google Advisor isn’t a search engine, though. It’s really a comparison engine with a lot of filters. If you need to find a 30-year fixed mortgage for a $650,000 home in Alameda County with a 660 credit rating, you will probably find it. Google advisor also features certain offers based on low APRs or the interest rate.
At the moment, mortgages are treated differently than the other financial categories. While Google doesn’t get paid if you find a credit card, CD, checking account or savings account through the search giant, it does make money whenever you contact a mortgage lender. You will noticed that mortgages have “sponsored results” while other financial instruments simply have “matching results.” Sponsored results could to other financial products expand over time.
Google has long wanted to break into personal finance, a sector where it could potentially make billions in advertising and referral fees. In March, Google acquired UK price comparison website BeatThatQuote for $61.5 million. There are a lot of similarities to BeatThatQuote and Google’s new finance service, and that probably wasn’t an accident. This is likely just the beginning of a series of tools Google will release to conquer the personal finance arena.
What do you think of Google Advisor? Do you trust Google to get you the best financial data? Let us know what you think in the comments.

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Google Pet Peeves: From Gmail to YouTube

Google services deliver convenience, but not without headaches.

By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal, PCWorld

Google is undoubtedly the Web's best resource for getting stuff done, but let's face it, it's not perfect.
A few weeks ago, my Gmail account was going crazy. My inbox appeared to be locked in a frozen state of "Still Working..." Then a Google search went haywire, thanks to a combination of a typo (my bad) and Google's auto-complete feature, coupled with Google Instant Search.
Sometimes I just want to kill Google dead. Here are my top pet peeves about Google, starting with Gmail.

Gmail Is Buggy

Almost everyone I know who has Gmail has complained about its unexplainable slowness. Gmail has been out of beta for two years now--following five years of beta status. Shouldn't Google have all the Gmail kinks ironed out by now?
I wonder, is there a Gmail Bermuda Triangle where e-mail gets lost? I frequently hear people complain of delays between the time e-mail is sent and when it arrives. Delays can be hours and sometimes up to a day. Occasionally, messages fail to show up at all.
Google does offer troubleshooting on delayed e-mails. But even after carefully reviewing Google's Q&As on the topic, it's still a mystery why Gmail sent to another Gmail user is delayed.
Other Gmail curiosities are the times the Gmail interface is grayed out for some unknown reason and file attachments are mysteriously renamed. According to Google, Gmail will rename your attachments to things as obtuse as "noname" if the file is spelled with nonstandard ASCII characters. Mystery solved!

Gmail Conversation View

Gmail's conversation view is nice...until you have 50-plus messages from different people in a single thread. When this happens, finding the one message you need is nearly impossible. PCWorld's Liane Cassavoy points out that Gmail's conversation view is akin to sweeping everything off of your desk and into a drawer--it makes your desktop (Inbox) look pretty, but your drawer (conversation) is still a huge mess.
Note: Yes, you can turn Conversation View off. See Liane's "Why I Hate Gmail's Conversation View ."

Gmail Viewing Limits

How come, when you search Gmail for something, you can view only 20 messages at a time? My inbox is set to let me view 100 messages at a time, but internal search results only appear in groups of 20 per page. Needless to say, this can be annoying if I'm trying to find that e-mail about the Las Vegas hotel I stayed in 10 months ago.
While I'm on the topic of message viewing limits, why does Gmail limit the inbox view to 100 messages at a time (you can choose 25, 50, or 100 at a time, but nothing higher)? Why not 150, or 200, or even 250?

Are You Sure You Want to Send That Without a Subject?

YES, GOOGLE, I'M SURE. I never use subject lines, much to the chagrin of my friends and family. Google appears to be on the side of my friends and family, because every time I try to send a subject-less e-mail it pops up an annoying notification: "Send message without a subject?" As far as I'm aware, there is no way to disable this.

Relevant Ads...in My Mail

Look, I'm all for relevant advertising. If I'm going to see ads anyway, why wouldn't I want to see ads that are relevant to me? But targeted advertising...in my Inbox? I know, I know; Google isn't reading my e-mail, and what is really happening is that some mindless Google machine is pairing keywords with ads. But ads based on private missives magnifies that icky lack-of-online-privacy feeling. Please, Google, keep out.

Instant Search Is On by Default

You can turn Google Instant Search off, but the default setting is that it's on. Does anyone really want to be interrupted with suggestions every time they type a letter into the search box? If people didn't have a pretty good idea of what they were looking for, they probably wouldn't be articulating it into a search box in the first place. Sure, some people like Instant Search...but my guess is that most people do not.

Can't Backspace Backward

Another Instant Search annoyance: If it's turned on, you can no longer go back one page by hitting the backspace key. Instead, when you hit the backspace key, you delete a letter--and you get a whole new Instant Search result.

Is it History or Is It Auto-Complete?

Google seems to use your personal search history and its general auto-complete function interchangeably. For example, how do I know if everyone is searching for my name, or if I'm just searching for my name every single day?

No Punctuation or Caps in Search

Google search is limited--it can't search for punctuation, nor can it search for terms using capital letters. Most searches don't require these parameters, so I don't think Google should default to searching by punctuation or capitalization. But it would be nice if there was an option for such searching. After all, how else are you going to find out about the band called !!!, or how to polish Polish floors?

Android 3.0's Gtalk

For some reason, my Android phone loves to sign me into Gtalk at random times. I end up getting signed in at 6 a.m., and then my editors wonder why I'm not answering their Gtalk messages at 10 a.m. (the answer--I'm asleep). I've taken to setting my Gtalk status to "Busy" before I go to bed, so if I get randomly signed in, people know I am busy...sleeping.

Google Buzz and Privacy

Let Google Buzz represent all Google privacy snafus--from data collection to Street View issues. I understand that Google is primarily a search engine, and search engines mainly collect data. However, Google's cavalier attitude toward user privacy--which was demonstrated by the whole Google Buzz fiasco--is just a little bothersome.

Japanese Is Not Chinese!

Japanese is not Chinese! (Click for full-size image.)When I tell people I'm from Tokyo, a lot of them ask where that is in China. This is annoying, but not nearly as annoying as Google Chrome displaying Japanese characters as Chinese characters. Sure, the characters are almost the same...but they're not the same. Because Tokyo is not a city in China.
Thanks to Sara Doi for the screenshots at left.

Forced Linking YouTube Account with Gmail

I am not a fan of the idea of a "single sign-in" to anything. After all, I want to maintain a few separate identities. To people who think this is fraud, just think of it this way: You (probably) don't take your grandmother to nightclubs, and you may even tell her you're a sweet little angel who doesn't frequent such bastions of sin. But because Google owns YouTube, it requires you link a Gmail account to your existing YouTube account.
Either Google needs to let me maintain separate accounts or Google Labs needs to come up with a "Damn it, my mom is on Facebook" filter for Google accounts.

SRSLY, We're Not Evil

Oh, really, Google? Here I was, just minding my own business, not even thinking about the state of your morality, and you run up and shove this whole "Don't Be Evil" motto in my face. That definitely reassures me that you are, in fact, not evil. It's kind of like how I used to tell my mom, "I didn't eat the last cookie!"
Face it Google, you may not be evil, but you can be very creepy--which by the laws of association is close to evil. I don't suggest that Google change its corporate motto. But I do suggest that Google rate its services on a sliding scale. How about from Benign to Getting Pretty Darn Close to Being Evil as a compromise?
I won't hold my breath waiting for that to happen.

I Don't Hate Google

Don't get me wrong, Google has some great services with some great features, and I would probably be lost without it. But it's far from perfect.

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