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This section contains the information and news about the Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies provided by the Internet Giant Google.

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Default Text Styling in GMail – A Google Labs Feature

December 4, 2009

With the Default Text Styling gadget, you can set the default font, font size, bold, italics, color and background color to be used in your GMail Compose window. This option is off by default. To enable this lab feature, head over to the ‘General’ tab on the ‘Settings’ page, and change the default text styling to better suit your preferences. […]

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Google Translate Service Available Google Docs

August 29, 2009

Google Docs now offers “Translate document” tool to enable Doc users cross the language barrier. Users can send documents in a specific language to anyone and have it translated into teir preferred langugage by the receiver. The content can now be translated into 42 different languages, including Hindi, Arabic, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, German and French. […]

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Google Patent for Ringback Advertising

August 1, 2009

A patent application called “Ringback Advertising” is assigned to Google, which seems to be Google’s plans to monetize Google Voice service by play ads while a call is dialing or placed on hold. It describes a system for delivering ads to any sort of phone system, including IP, cellular, or landline phones. The idea is to place software somewhere within the flow of telephony data that can identify when a given call is not active, then request audio ads for delivery during that time. […]

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Face Detection Feature in Orkut Photo Albums for Photo Tagging

July 18, 2009

Google launched face detection feature on all new photos uploaded to orkut. Orkut automatically detects faces appearing in the photos. You can now add tags to those detected faces, and make the photo tagging process much faster. When you start typing a friend’s name, the auto-fill feature suggests names from your friends list. Only your friends will be able to tag you in their photos. To keep your privacy, you can remove all tags if you would prefer not to be tagged in this manner. […]

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Voice Based Internet Search on Indian Mobiles – Google India

July 18, 2009

Google India launched free voice-based internet search facility on mobiles, built entirely by the Google’s India engineering team. Th is feature is currently available for 400,000 Blackberry cellphone users only. This search service is currently available only in English. To use the voice-based mobile search, a user log on to the internet on the handset, open Google search page, and “ask” for a particular location, like pizza joint, taxi stand or florist while driving a vehicle. […]

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Google Voice – About, Benefits, Cost, Savings

July 17, 2009

Google Voice is a unified voice communications service for consumers and solves the problem of having multiple contact points. Google Voice lets you switch wireless carriers without sacrificing your phone numbers and keep the same Google Phone Number as your mobile identity. Google Voice has a ‘follow-me’ service that unifies both wireless and wireline communications. Google Voice provides one number for voice calls. Google Voice also serves as a hub for SMS as it lets users send text messages from any of their devices or even from their computer. […]

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Google Updates Available on Twitter

July 12, 2009

Google has now officially announced the Twitter accounts the company uses to keep users up-to-date on various programs and initiatives of Google. You can find the full list at Google’s official blog. @google is Google’s central account. Other important accoutns are @blogger, @GoogleNews, @GoogleReader and @YouTube […]

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Google Chrome OS – Google’s Operating System is Coming Soon!

July 9, 2009

Google Chrome Operating System, the new OS announced by Google, is expected to redefine the concept of what operating systems should be. The free open source operating system will initially be aimed at the small, lightweight devices known as netbooks. The Google Chrome OS is scheduled to be released next year, and the netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010. […]

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Google Maps Transit for Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Hyderabad

July 1, 2009

Transit in Google Maps is a public transportation planning tool that combines the latest agency data with the power of Google Maps. It integrates transit stop, route, schedule, and fare information to make trip planning quick and easy for everyone.

Transit in Google Maps gives you step-by-step transit directions, assist you to find transit stops in your area, and view station information and schedules. Transit in Google Maps now includes Delhi Metro Rail, Kolkata Metro, Chennai MRTS (Mass Rapid Transit System) and Hyderabad MMTS (Multi Modal Transit System). […]