After almost a week of Google’s announcement that it will start to encrypt by default its Cloud Storage application, it is now being implemented. It initially encrypted the server-side of its new and active data even before they are stored in the cloud, then it will be followed by processing of old data that are…
The Search Engine industry has changed a lot since Google and Yahoo first started their rivalry (a rivalry that ultimately saw Google becoming the dominant search engine), and much of the changes come not from the search engines themselves, but from the side of the users. According to a recent statement from Google’s Head of…
Google has recently announced plans to launch a new campaign that will be instrumental in eliminating child porn on the Internet. Google is planning to throw money at the problem, and while there are many agencies that have already tried and failed to stop child porn on the Internet in the past, including ones that…
It’s true that cloud computing technology’s main appeal is the benefits it provides with regard to being cost effective and their ability to reduce a company’s environmental footprint, especially when compared to conventional data center farms. However, many industry experts are still wondering how to quantify these benefits and provide a more accurate, or at…
First came the changes for the desktop. After just a few days, Google+ rolled out the changes for the mobile web. In its official page, the social networking site announced that posts are now easier to read as they are shown as a stream of cards. With this new change, posts are also easier to…
And so it came to be, Yahoo now owns the ultra hip social networking site Tumblr making David Karp one of, if not, the most successful high school drop out in the history of civilization. Some analysts see very little to no financial sense in the deal. After all, it took Tumblr more than five…
Google Maps is, perhaps, one of its most influential and groundbreaking services developed by Google. It’s up there with search and email. Suddenly, the world knew where to go without having to roll up their window to ask someone for direction. In true Google fashion, they have been upgraded and evolved in baby steps through…
Although Google Glass won’t be available to the public until 2014, many people already speculating what it will look like. Currently, there are about 1,000 individuals tasked to test its prototypes. Although some people see Google Glass as the next best thing in this digital age, there are also those who find it scary. A…
Let’s get this out of the way first: MS Word is deservingly one of the best word processors in the industry, with decades of upgrade cycles full of improvements and new features under its belt, it’s become so entrenched in the industry that even users of non-Windows OSes tend to use ports of MS Office…
Google Apps has been widely recognized by business owners. It is commonly used for video and text messaging, slide show presentation, and collaborative document writing in the clouds. Introduced some 6 years ago, it was designed for tech start-ups and small enterprises. Google didn’t expect that large businesses will take notice of the software. Recent…