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Google Now for iOS is now available for download.Google Now is predictive search service.Google now uses the info it knows about you and it then presents the data in the form of cards.
Main features:
weather and traffic conditions.
Get live flight status.
updates on your favorite sports teams and breaking news stories as they happen
available for iPhones and iPads
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Google has released google glass source code.The source code in now available at google code website.
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Google announced that it is forking the WebKit rendering engine and moving on from WebKit in future versions
of Chrome.The forked new rendering engine is Blink.
From blink developer faq
“There are two main reasons why we’re making this change.
The main reason is that Chromium uses a different multi-process architecture than other WebKit-based browsers. So, over the years, supporting multiple architectures has led to increasing complexity for both the WebKit and Chromium communities, slowing down the collective pace of innovation.
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Turn your favorite website into a 3D maze Game
Google has launched a new google chrome experiment that turns your favorite webpage into a playable 3D maze game or smartphone-controlled maze game.
To play this World Wide Maze with your favorite website just visit the World Wide Maze website via google chrome browser and follow the instructions.
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Google has launched Google Keep cloud note taking service.The notes are stored using Google Drive and are synced in real time.
Main features:
Keep track of your thoughts via notes, lists and photos
Have voice notes transcribed automatically
Use homescreen widgets to capture thoughts quickly
Color-code your notes to help find them later
Swipe to archive things you no longer need
Turn a note into a checklist by adding checkboxes
Use your notes from anywhere – they are safely stored in the cloud and available on the web
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Google is shutting down some of its services. Shut down product list:
Google Reader – July 1, 2013
Apps Script will be deprecating the GUI Builder and five UiApp widgets – September 16, 2013
CalDAV API will become available for whitelisted developers and will be shut down for other developers – September 16, 2013
Google Building Maker – June 1,2013
Google Cloud Connect – April 30
Google Voice App for Blackberry
Search API for Shopping – September 16, 2013
Snapseed Desktop for Macintosh and Windows – from today
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Google has launched How Search Works, a new website that shows the behind-the-scenes of the search process from start to finish.
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Google has released YouTube API version 3.0 for everyone.
Whats’ new in this version?
easy to use.
It only returns what you ask for and is using JSON rather than XML encoding.
introduces new core functionality including Freebase integration via topics, and universal search.
channel bulletin post and full subscriber list management.
This constitutes the API’s biggest overhaul to date
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Google is shutting down some of its services. Shut down product list:
new reservable times on your Calendar through Appointment slots,Smart Rescheduler,Add gadget by URL – january 4 2013
Google Sync -January 30 2013
Google Calendar Sync -December 14 2012
Google Sync for Nokia S60 -January 30 2013
SyncML – January 30 2013
Issue Tracker API – June 14 2013
Punchd Android and iOS apps- June 7 2013
Google has released Zeitgeist 2012, 12th annual report analyzes the hottest and fastest rising search terms throughout the year.
The top most popular global search was
1.Whitney Houston
2.Gangnam Style
3.Hurricane Sandy
4.iPad 3
5.Diablo 3
6.Kate Middleton
7.Olympics 2012
8.Amanda Todd
9.Michael Clarke Duncan
10.BBB12