If you feel you block a contact on Google + too rough, now you can avoid unwanted users by clicking the option ‘Ignore’.
Previously, Google + user can only perform block against other users. But if you do not want to be too extreme, this new option seems quite satisfactory for the user.
You also do not have to worry about the impact of these actions because Google will not tell contacts that you ignore. So that users are concerned is still a part of your circle of friends in cyberspace, without having to receive their updates.
Ignoring someone is basically saying that you are not interested (with them). Could be because you do not know them, or you just do not want to see what they are for the other users.
When clicking on the option ‘Ignore’ to other users, you will not see their posts in your stream or notification about their latest activities. In addition, you will not see their profiles on pages you Circles.
Even so, it does not mean users are concerned is completely gone from your social interaction.
Users who ignored the public can still comment on your post, to tag you in their photos as well as include you in Circles. Also, you can still receive notification if the user is to tag you in a photograph.
Furthermore, a time + Google advises users can return this to you.
A video that poke fun at Google’s email service, Gmail, has been posted online, and apparently produced by the internet search company’s closest competitors, namely Microsoft.
Video that introduces a character named ‘Gmail Man’ is, leaked by one of the visitors who attended the event sales of Microsoft Global Exchange conference. The video itself is now circulating on YouTube.
In the video Gmail Man says he filters out the users to target ads to their search.
The video also mentions the new cloud services from Microsoft, the Microsoft Office 365, and shows an office of a company named Contoso Ltd.. ZDNet says that the name of the company’s fiction is often used in demo Microsoft products.
With the new Office 365 which was launched last June, Microsoft is now stepping into the Google cloud, as well as compete with Google Apps service owned by Google to offer online software to users and the business sector.
Microsoft has yet to respond to the issue of their involvement in the video.
United States database vendors, Oracle, ready to sue Google to billions of dollars for alleged patent infringement on their Android operating system.
Lawsuits against Google is already posted Oracle since last year, shortly after they acquired Sun Microsystems that developed the Java programming language. Oracle pointed to Google’s Android operating system violated several patents Java theirs.
Now, Oracle finally mention their nominal charges. Oracle intends to ask for compensation up to “billions of dollars” to the internet giant from Mountain View.
In response, Google claims Oracle’s request “unbelievable“ and asked the court to ignore these demands. Moreover, according to Google, Oracle does not just ask for a license on their handset in the future, but also fines from violations in the past.
Google wants the matter closed, but Oracle insisted on sharing the details with the public. This demand was based on a methodology that has been generally accepted as well as many concrete evidence.
The case plan would be put on trial in November in Northern California.
Google will serve ads television its Chrome browser for the UK market in a live broadcast the Champions League final between Manchester United and Barcelona, next morning.
Internet giant from Mountain View that will display ads for its new Chrome browser, which features a boy named “Hollie“.
These ads will accompany the lovers watch the live broadcast of football matches between the two prestigious European rulers.
This is Google‘s first television ads in the UK, considering that during this promotion is limited to print ads and billboards.
Meanwhile, ads for the U.S. market, which is titled ‘Dear Sophie‘, first aired on live television‘s most prestigious football game in the U.S. (Super Bowl), making it as one of the most expensive advertising on television.
The software giant Google announced that they would bury the video chat feature that will come to the Android smartphone platform.
Google Talk instant messenger, will soon be built-ins for OS Android, which means that eventually will get the user will get a video and voice chat functionality. This feature first appeared in the 2.3.4 update for the handset‘s Android Nexus S.
This system will be operated between smartphone Android and Google Talk in Gmail web mail application on your desktop computer. Google said the video call feature can be made through 3G or 4G data network or through Wi-Fi.
New chat client that also will superimpose text chat on the phone screen and will allow users to exit the application to check something in another place on the phone.
Google says Nexus S will get updates during the coming weeks, following the then new devices other Gingerbread.
ITunes competitor that comes from Google Music, would soon become a reality. After the previous rumors about the arrival of this service was widely heard.
Google Music certainty of presence itself, after a source at the company said recently Google began testing. The source was also mentioned, workers in the Google start trying toughness of this music service to launch when there is no problem.
Google Music actually has a built in 2010. But Google refused to comment on this.
But the news from people in the music industry confirmed that Google was in talks about making music store that can be downloaded.
Google Music service allows users to listen to music through the laptops, PCs, smart phones, and tablets.
Some time ago Google Android 2.3 or update to the Nexus Gingerbread S. In this new update restrict direct integration into Facebook.
Google will apply the rules of the platform, in order to limit the official application up, from the direct integration in the contacts application on Android. As is known, between Google and Facebook are involved competition fierce, following Google’s desire to bring social networking itself.
Because of this change, users of the Nexus S later can download the application up from the Android Market.
Google claims that the only Nexus S undergoing changes, and does not happen on the phone Nexus. Google’s desire to save the data freely and allows portability to and from mobile devices.
Google added that further contacts data will appear in the application up. Previously, like all developers on the Android, Android-up are free to use the contact API, to integrate the user’s contacts on the device, so having control data.
Significant changes are currently Nexus S users can no longer direct contacts to import up to your smart phone.
Google make updates in its browser by presenting Chrome 9. Speed in opening the internet page is still a mainstay in this browser.
Several new features presented in the Chrome 9 which was just released, including the ability to support Chrome Chrome and WebGL, which can connect directly to the Chrome Web Store. In addition, users can modify and adjust the tab in accordance with the wishes of fast and young.
The presence in supporting WebGL Chrome, this browser tool lets play content or applications in desktop-based 3D. But unfortunately the online store Chrome Web Store is still only used on Amerka States (U.S.) only.
Claimed by Google, Chrome 9 able to load content quickly, it looks more spacious and easy to create a site that opened surfing becomes more comfortable when opened.
Google Browser Chrome continues bergeliat. Although still relatively small compared to Internet Explorer, Chrome is the most significant increase was recorded.
From the Net Applications data released on the latest reports on research related to the web browser market share, show that Google Chrome has a market share of nearly 10 percent in December 2010.
With these results as a whole during 2010 Google Chrome master browser appliance market up to 7.3 percent.
Google has just donated the money of USD250 thousand to iGotITtoo, an organization that delivers technology training and other tools to communities in need, whose charitable actions will be conducted throughout the city of New York.
IGotITtoo organization which was founded in 2007 year ago, operating in Brooklyn, where the members of the community will strive to ensure that all people in their area have access to technology tools, devices that can sometimes make a huge difference in access to services and quality of life.
Two founders of iGotITtoo began teaching computer classes and community iGot ITtoo now have to add a staff of 30 volunteers to teach two to three classrooms and labs per week in their teaching location in Brooklyn.
Santana Kenner, CEO of iGotITtoo said in a statement “is our mission to end the inequality of digital technology to build community capacity to influence the technology to enhance educational and economic opportunities,”
iGotITtoo plans to expand their technology training and education in 2011.