The Washington Post is reporting that internet search giant Google, and America’s electronic security agency, the NSA, will be teaming up to analyze data from the recent cyber attack that is believed to have originated from China. Neither the NSA nor Google is commenting on the partnership, however the Post has an anonymous source who [...]

Orli Yakuel noticed that Google has quietly added a new icon in the ‘Compose Mail’ window of its free webmail service Gmail, enabling users to run search queries from within the interface and insert results and URLs straight into drafted e-mails or open chat conversations.This is an expansion of a Google Labs feature, simply dubbed [...]

Google is being inundated with complaints about its Nexus One phone.The touchscreen smartphone was launched on 5 January and can be bought directly from Google and used on almost any phone network. But confusion over who should answer customer queries has led many to file complaints on support forums.Many people are unhappy with Google only [...]

A few weeks ago we wrote about a mysterious Easter Egg on Google’s homepage that we dubbed The Google Countdown. After clicking the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button with no search query entered, the page would display a countdown timer ticking down the seconds until… something. A little trickery with our computer clocks revealed that the [...]

In 2009 the web as we knew it changed dramatically. Twitter graduated to become a media darling and a mainstream communication staple. Facebook became the most significant social network of this day and age. And Google changed the way we search. When historians look back on 2009, they’ll be forced to acknowledge Google’sGoogle role in [...]