Google announced today on its Official Google Blog that users are now able to customize the Google Search homepage with background images similar to Bing, which uses a different [amazing] photo everyday. The Google Search homepage is renowned around the world for its simplicity. However, it’s always good to have something to look at other [...]

Google Buzz might have been pushed out too soon, but there are already at least a dozen apps for Google Buzz, most of them unoffical. That’s not a lot, but it’s enough to start BuzzAware, a Google Buzz app directory. BuzzAware is started by the same folks behind Twitdom, a Twitter app directory with more [...]

Google has announced that it has added a new content source to its real-time search feature: Facebook Pages. Google launched real-time search in December, providing a real-time feed of information from Yahoo Answers, Twitter, blogs, news websites, and other sources for hot or trending search results. Two integrations have lagged though: MySpace and Facebook.Eight days [...]

Google’s inability to deal with people issues–like Buzz privacy and Nexus One customer support–makes the company look technically sophisticated but socially inept.Google’s millionaire genius-nerds need to learn what real people expect from technology and how to deliver it. Forget for a moment that Google Buzz meets no obvious need, and consider just the human factors.There [...]

Google has acquired social search service Aardvark, says a source that has been briefed on the deal, for around $50 million. We first reported on the discussions between the two companies in December. Those discussions have now turned into a signed deal, says our source, and will be announced today or tomorrow. Aardvark, founded by [...]