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Humanizing Search : Google aims to treat search more seriously

When you are searching, all you input is the query which is a collection of words. The machine can’t really figure out the context and produces results only based on “relevancy” of search terms. This often creates a problem when the machine does not understand the actual query. Google launches Knowledge Graph to “intelligently” understand [&hellip

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Is MediaFire under Fire ?

MediaFire.com, the famous file sharing website has been suspending uploader accounts massively and blocking access to flagged content temporarily by displaying the following messages (check the screenshots) on the front end to the users. From their recent actions, it seems like MediaFire must have received some sort of warning (or threat) from law enforcement agencies. [&hellip

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Gmail Motion transformed into reality : Uses Kinect to sense gestures

I don’t know why but i was kinda’ expecting this from our engineers. Google’s April Fool trick Gmail Motion was stupid. Obviously, you cannot use motion sensing without a device to actually sense it. They didn’t mention any device for it. Anyway, check out the video after break. You’ll be not-so-stunned when Gmail’s spoof was [&hellip

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Samsung Launches Google Nexus S in India

Samsung has launched Google Nexus S in India. Pricing counter is set at Rs 30,400. Online retailers have a relaxed pricing at Rs 27,999. The Google Nexus S in India is Nexus S i9023, and not the Nexus i9020 and thats why it has it rocks a 4 inch LCD screen and not a AMOLED touch [&hellip

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Google’s hiring. They need talented autocompleters! : You can apply

For those of you searching for a new Job Google’s got one. It’s innovative and something you’ve never heard of. It’s the job of a Autocompleter!   Google is quite picky for hiring Autocompleters. Conditions are as follows :- Excellent knowledge of English and at least one other language. Excellent knowledge of grammatical rules (e.g. [&hellip

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What’s the net speed at Google’s campus?

Quite a few years back, we were stuck at 56kbps dial-up modems, then we slowly picked up with broadband and triband coming and speedometers touching 256kbps and 512kbps. The battle then began between telecom companies which brought in 2mbps and 4 mbps at cheaper rates. Of course consumers thought it was a bliss, till they [&hellip

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Top 25 rumors for iPhone 5 : A Comprehensive rumor list for the next iPhone

All Possible Rumors for the upcoming iPhone 5, the successor to the current iPhone 4. Better Camera – iPhone 4 had a camera of 5 megapixel while iPhone 5 is expected to have about 8 megapixel camera. Home Button – Home Button is set to disappear? (What? – That means some innovation could be expected [&hellip

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Google gives a blow to Oracle : Hires Father of Java, James Gosling

Guess who’s the new kid at Googleplex? It’s James Gosling, the developer of Java. The reason he migrated to Google from Oracle (Oracle had acquired Sun where James developed Java in 1991) was “openness” he found at Google. He has carefully considered his decision before making a move. At Google, Gosling proudly said “I don’t [&hellip

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Facebook’s Email Service, Titan coming this Monday

For all of you, Facebook freaks we’re breaking some real great news. Back in February, we reported Facebook could possible working on a WebMail service to replace its existing Inbox System or possibly redesign it. From what we are hearing now, Facebook is all geared up and set to release the service this Monday. Media [&hellip

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Nexus Two on Google’s Checklist for Holiday Rollout

Google’s foray into the smartphone market, the Nexus One is all set to be succeeded by the next smartphone, most probably called Nexus Two. London’s Newspaper Daily has reported that Google is in talks with Carphone Warehouse in the UK as an exclusive partner for Nexus Two’s release there. It’s quite obvious for two reasons. [&hellip

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