Google has launched high speed broadband service (Google Fibre) in the state of Kansas City with the trial in the area of Hanover Heights, nicknamed the ‘fibrehood.’
Users in Hanover Heights have reported more than satisfactory service with speeds of about 700Mbps.
Google Fibre Service Delivery director Alana Karen has said that the service will offer an enhanced experience at home.
“We want to be able to explain what we’re doing in easy to understand language, so it makes sense to you and it’s not just tech jargon! And of course we’re…
Selina Moses - 15 November 2012 | comments. Read more
Google broadband, anyone?
You can come forward and say yes, if you live in the US. It was Kansas City (Missouri) where the product has been recently unveiled.
Interested parties can pre-register and expect the product hitting shelves in September. In addition, the firm confirmed that broadband will be rolled out in more US cities in due time, dependent on how successful it becomes, no doubt.
It is not only households that are going to benefit from speeds reportedly 100 times faster than those currently available in the country – Google is…
Edita Lozovska - 27 July 2012 | comments. Read more
SimplifyDigital has just published a guide explaining some of the dangers that are lurking in the online world that could leave your data being exposed to third parties without you even knowing it.
In parallel, Google has just published a report which underlined that the firm’s security software was tracking down as many as 9,500 malware websites daily.
Of these, some websites were actually those who got attacked by virtual wrong-doers and started carrying the malicious scripts as a result. Others were far from innocent as these…
Edita Lozovska - 20 June 2012 | comments. Read more
According to the European Union, Google may have been abusing its high if not completely dominant position and has until early July to rethink its business strategy.
The EU demanded that the firm published a document which would reveal ways the search giant would alter its current policies.
Joaquin Almunia, the EU Competition Commissioner, sent a letter to the company less than a month ago saying that the EU’s investigation found that Google was unrightfully giving its own products priority over its competitors’ services. The aforementioned in-depth investigation into Google’s practices…
Geoff Slaughter - 8 June 2012 | comments. Read more
Search engine giant, Google, has been pressured to block piracy facilitating websites by the UK government.
Secretary of State for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), Jeremy Hunt, demanded that Google take “reasonable steps” to make “life more difficult” for websites that continue to facilitate internet copyright infringement.
Jeremy Hunt was quoted as saying:
“We do not allow certain products to be sold in the shops on the high street, nor do we allow shops to be set up purely to sell counterfeited products. Neither should we tolerate it online.”
The…
Emma Tiri - 14 September 2011 | comments. Read more
Within the next six months Google will be releasing its new innovative TV service which will allow people to use their TV screens for both television and internet.
Users will be able to watch channels such as BBC iPlayer and ITV player with ease by using a special set top box, which will allow users to access the services.
Smartphones and iPhones can also be used as remote controls for the box while searches can be made using voice controls.
Google TV will also have access to a special high definition version…
Anna Sheldrick - 26 August 2011 | comments. Read more
Don’t get too comfortable leaving passwords on your Android-based phone, researchers warned, as a certain design weakness could make it easy for criminals to target owners in phishing attacks and steal personal data.
Trustwave, a company specialising in security, said that the error can result in no-gooders faking a login page while an Android client is using web-banking.
According to the firm this was because the OS enabled a single app going to the front of the display leaving other open apps behind thus creating an advertisements or pop-ups-friendly environment.
Chris Mizon - 8 August 2011 | comments. Read more
The increased use of search engines and the internet to find information is causing people to have worse memory, according to a study carried out in America.
Using websites such as Google, Ask, Wikipedia and even IMDB makes users increasingly worse at remembering information.
“But we are becoming particularly adept at remembering where to go find things. And that’s kind of amazing,” said lead researcher Prof Betsy Sparrow, “We are becoming symbiotic with our computer tools, growing into interconnected systems.”
She went on to say: “We have become dependent on them to…
Anna Sheldrick - 15 July 2011 | comments. Read more
In addition to Google +, the search engine giant has now launched another social media website.
Photovine describes itself as a fun way to learn more about friends, meet new people and “share your world like never before”.
This seems yet another tool to compete with Facebook.
An excerpt from the frequently asked questions on Photovine’s website, states the following:
“In Photovine, vines connect you with people through the ideas and themes expressed in your photos.
“A vine is like a constantly growing family of photos connected through a common caption created by you,…
Ebony Hasselbaink - 14 July 2011 | comments. Read more
In a bid to fight spam, Google blocked the entire .co.cc domain as its 11m sites mostly contained malware.
However, security firm TrendMicro claimed Google’s efforts were merely short term solutions.
Martin Roesler, director of Threat Research, said:
“Based on our research and monitoring of malicious domains and cybercrime activity, we know for a fact that all major cybercriminals have already moved from .co.cc to other similarly abused SLDs like .rr.nu or .co.tv.”
Criminals often change domain names in order stay ahead of security measures. For this reason, TrendMicro believed that it would…
Ebony Hasselbaink - 13 July 2011 | comments. Read more
