GOOGLE DUPLEX: FRESH NEW TECHNOLOGY BY GOOGLE UNDERSTANDS AND INTERACTS WITH CONVERSATION
Relief is on the way for your busy days, or for those who absolutely hate wasting time on the telephone. Imagine scheduling appointments, making reservations at restaurants, and conducting all of the time-stealing tasks throughout the day that keep you on hold without ever picking up the phone or even sitting down to type out a text or email. How …
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HOW OFTEN DO YOU USE GOOGLE?
It sounds like a silly question when it seems like anytime you have a question, can’t remember an actor’s name or want to download a song, you turn to good old Google to find the answer for you. But have a second think and answer this – do you use it all the time, for every search, to find everything …
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GOOGLE FOLLOWS MICROSOFT’S LEAD BY ANNOUNCING PLANS TO COLLABORATE WITH TWITTER
Just after the news broke that Microsoft would start indexing Twitter updates through their newly launched search engine Bing, Google also revealed that they have plans to follow suit and will also begin delivering status updates from Twitter in the near future. The real-time Twitter search feature was announced by Microsoft at a web summit in Australia this week. The …
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FACEBOOK OVERTAKE GOOGLE TO BECOME THE MOST VISITED SITE OF THE WEEK IN THE US
Facebook knocked Google off the top spot last week to become the most visited site in the US in the last 7 days Research company Hitwise has revealed that Facebook overtook Google and picked up the accolade of most visited website of the week in the US. This is the first time Facebook have achieved this feat. According to the …
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GOOGLE SET TO SPEND $2 BILLION ON NEW YORK OFFICES
According to recent newspaper reports, Google are in negotiations to buy offices in New York with a price tag just shy of $2 billion. The search engine giant currently rents office space in the Manhattan office block, however the company is now said to be in talks with the owners to buy the entire office city block covering 2.9 million …
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SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMISATION (SEO) FOR GOOGLE.. IS IT IMPORTANT?
Search engine optimisation (SEO) for Google is a vital part of any website or web based business if you want it to be successful. In the past the things you did on site, such as, keyword optimisation, meta tag creation and internal link building were all very important. And whilst they are still a very important piece to Google optimisation …
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GOOGLE OFFERS CASH REWARDS AS PART OF ITS BUG BOUNTY SCHEME
Google has launched a new programme whereby it will offer cash rewards to anyone who spots potential vulnerabilities in any of its systems. Known as The Bug Bounty Program, computer whizz kids can earn anything from $500-$3,133 for uncovering a flaw which could potentially lead to the confidentiality or data of its users being compromised in some way. As well …
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GOOGLE BARS FACEBOOK FROM ACCESSING GMAIL
Google have thrown a spanner in the works of Facebook’s growth plans by barring the social network from accessing its contacts data on its email service Gmail. The change has come about as a result of Google’s decision to re-write their terms and conditions. Under their new terms, Google say that anyone who wants to access their API to connect …
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WELSH BUSINESSES FALLING BEHIND WHEN IT COMES TO WEB EXPOSURE, BUT WEB LEASING OFFERS THE PERFECT SOLUTION
According to recent study by Google, Welsh businesses are falling behind the rest of the UK in terms of their level of web exposure, however there is a solution in the form of a Cardiff based web design company who are poised to pull Welsh companies in line with the rest of the world. The study, which was reported by …
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YAHOO REVEALS ITS MOST POPULAR SEARCHES OF 2010
The search engine Yahoo has revealed its annual list of the most popular searches made throughout the year of 2010. While the list is mainly dominated by celebrity names, heading up the poll in the number one spot of subjects searched on Yahoo this year was the BP oil spill on the Gulf Coast. Last year, Yahoo reported that the …
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