Google on TFTS - Page 6

The Google Nexus tablet rumor is not new, we’ve seen versions of it for a few weeks now, but it’s only today that we hear more details about the device. Apparently Google doesn’t intend to build a full-fledged iPad 3 rival right away, but instead it’s going to take the [...]

Yesterday we were telling you that the Samsung Galaxy S, an iconic device for the South Korean company, will not receive the Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade or the Value Pack that was recently rumored as the company deemed the device unfit to run Google’s latest OS. At the time we [...]

It looks like the time of the month has arrived once again to see the Android usage numbers. These latest arrive for December 2011. More specifically, they have been determined by data collected during a 14-day period which ended on January 3, 2012.

Google doesn’t want to be part of any shady online activity, and frowns upon sponsored links and listings. With a recent run of sponsored posts linking to Google’s Chrome browser, the search giant had been criticized for violating its own policies. In response, Google has penalized its own product with a [...]

We earlier reported that an “official” Siri application has been released on Google’s Android Market. But with the app proving to be a fake, Google has pulled it out from the app repository, and has cancelled the developer’s account.

Google+ is growing fast, gaining more than half a million sign-ups each day. At this rate, Google’s social network is not likely to surpass Facebook in terms of user base anytime soon, but will still get significant numbers through 2012.

Last week we told you that Eric Schmidt revealed that Google will release its own tablet, presumably a Nexus-branded device, at some point in the first half of next year. Such plans from the company may not sit well with some of the companies that plan to release Ice Cream [...]

Good news for book lovers out there with a fondness for titles available through Google Books. While users could previously read content offline only on their smartphones and tablets, offline reading is now supported on desktop and notebook computers as well.

As many have come to expect each year, NORAD will soon begin tracking Santa. In fact, as of the writing of this post, the tracking will commence in roughly 15 hours. Or maybe even less if you are reading this later in the day. Either way though, the long and [...]

The tides have turned for Mozilla, as the Firefox browser gets gets a bit of good luck. While Mozilla’s default search partnership deal with Google was reported to have expired earlier this year, the search giant is renewing the partnership to the tune of almost $1 billion in the next [...]