New Delhi: Legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray was today honoured on his 92nd birthday by popular search engine Google by presenting a doodle showing a scene from his iconic movie 'Pather Panchali'. The doodle shows a famous scene from the movie where Apu, the protagonist, runs along with his sister Durga across the Kash-reed fields to watch a train go by. 'Pather Panchali' was Ray's first film which based on the...
10:50 AM, May 02, 2013
New Delhi: In the doodle on the Google home page honouring the legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray on his 92nd birth anniversary, the characters Durga and Apu are seen running through the fields to catch a glimpse of a train. This is a famous scene from Ray's directorial debut Pather Panchali (1955). May 2 marks the 91st birth anniversary of legendary auteur Satyajit Ray, considered one of the world's best. Many...
09:15 AM, May 02, 2013
New Delhi: Celebrating the Labour Day this year, Google has posted a doodle on its homepage. The doodle features the Google logo in the shape of a building with several workers on their job. The doodle features an IT professional on her computer, a gardener watering a tree, a painter giving the letter 'O' a paint job and a plumber fixing a leak around the letter 'E'. There is also...
11:32 AM, May 01, 2013
New Delhi: Google has given its highly-anticipated gadget Google Glass to developers to work on creating more applications for the platform, a top company official said. The California-headquartered firm, however, did not give any particular date for the Indian or global launch of Google Glass - a wearable computer with a head-mounted display. "We are giving away a few for the developers ... the idea is for them to develop...
11:05 AM, May 01, 2013
New Delhi: Google is saluting the workers of the world with a building doodle on the occasion of Labour Day 2013. The doodle features the Google logo in the shape of a building with several workers on their job. The doodle features an IT professional on her computer, a gardener watering a tree, a painter giving the letter 'O' a paint job and a plumber fixing a leak around the...
05:56 AM, May 01, 2013
Orlando: Google Now is often compared with the Siri voice assistant on Apple's mobile devices, but its power lies in giving you information you need to know before you have to ask. It works best as a supplement to Siri, rather than a replacement, now that it has expanded from Android devices to iPhones and iPads. Both Google Now and Siri will respond to voice commands, whether it's to look...
05:01 PM, Apr 30, 2013
With Google's voice assistant, Google Now, now available on iPhones and iPads, The Associated Press used an iPad Mini to throw five test questions at Google Now and Siri in New York. Here's what the two digital assistants had to say for themselves: Question 1: What is the meaning of life? Siri: "I can't answer that now, but give me some time to write a very long play in which...
12:38 PM, Apr 30, 2013
San Francisco: Google Inc is bringing its Google Now technology to the iPhone, where it will compete head-on with Apple Inc's Siri to serve as the primary service that smartphone users rely on to get everything from weather updates to traffic forecasts. Google Now, which made its debut last year on mobile devices powered by Google's Android operating system, will be available as a feature in the new version of...
10:22 AM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: While we are already aware of the key tech specs of the Google Glass, other specs have also started emerging. According to a report from 9to5google.com, developer Jay Lee, who received a developer prototype of Glass - a pair of the Internet-connected glasses that the company is touting as the next breakthrough in mobile computing - has revealed that the device runs Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich. It...
11:40 AM, Apr 29, 2013
Seattle: Microsoft Corp came out on top in the first of two patent trials versus Google Inc's Motorola Mobility unit , as a federal judge in Seattle ruled largely in its favour. US District Judge James Robart in Seattle said Microsoft owed only a fraction of the royalties Motorola had claimed for use of its technology in Microsoft's Xbox console. Motorola had sought as much as $4 billion a year...
11:09 AM, Apr 27, 2013
Cambridge: Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt has been playing with his company's new combination glasses and mobile computer and said he finds the experience a little weird. Talking out loud to control the Google Glasses via voice recognition is "the weirdest thing," Schmidt said in a talk on Thursday at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. People will have to develop new etiquette to deal with such products that can...
02:13 PM, Apr 26, 2013
Yahoo Inc Chairman Fred Amoroso is resigning effective immediately, the struggling Internet company announced on Thursday. Amoroso will be replaced in the chairman role by director Maynard Webb Jr on an interim basis until the company's annual shareholder meeting on June 25. Amoroso, a former IBM Corp executive, will remain on the board of directors until the meeting, Yahoo said. In a statement on Thursday, Amoroso said he had informed...
04:26 AM, Apr 26, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought the Centre's response on a plea questioning how children below the age of 18 years are allowed to open an account on social networking sites including Facebook, even though Indian laws do not permit it. The court also asked two US-based entities - Facebook Inc and Google Inc - to reply to the plea of former BJP ideologue KN Govindacharya seeking...
11:49 PM, Apr 25, 2013
San Francisco: Google CEO Larry Page and his longtime partner Sergey Brin limited their salaries to $1 apiece last year, while four other top executives received combined compensation packages totaling more than $124 million. The breakdown disclosed in a regulatory filing Wednesday consisted mostly of stock awards that could ultimately be worth more or less money, depending on how Google's stock price fares in the future. Google Inc. also paid...
04:34 PM, Apr 25, 2013
New Delhi: On the 96th birthday of jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, we bring you some of her rarely seen pictures. These pictures depict her life and work. Ella Fitzgerald was also known as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". Jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald, at the age of 78, died at her home in Beverly Hills. Fitzgerald was regarded as one of the world's finest jazz...
12:51 PM, Apr 25, 2013
New Delhi: Today's doodle celebrates the 96th birthday of American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald. Ella Fitzgerald was a notable interpreter of the Great American Songbook. The doodle features Ella Fitzgerald giving a stage performance. Replacing the second 'G' of Google, Ella Fitzgerald appears in the foreground. Other accompanists playing a saxophone, trumpet, double bass and drums are seen in the background. Ella Fitzgerald was also known as the "First Lady...
10:32 AM, Apr 25, 2013
New Delhi: Commemorating the 96th birthday of American jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald, Google has posted a doodle on its homepage. Ella Fitzgerald, who was also known as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella", was a notable interpreter of the Great American Songbook. The doodle features Ella Fitzgerald giving a stage performance. Replacing the second 'G' of Google, Ella Fitzgerald appears in the foreground. Other accompanists...
05:02 PM, Apr 24, 2013
San Francisco: Google Inc has acquired Wavii, the Seattle-based startup behind a news summarisation app, for roughly $30 million in cash, a person with knowledge of the matter said Tuesday. Google's successful bid came after Apple Inc had expressed interest in buying Wavii to incorporate the startup's natural language technology into Siri, Apple's voice-activated personal assistant feature, said the person, who declined to be named because the deal has not...
08:25 AM, Apr 24, 2013
Melbourne: Internet search giant Google may soon revamp its iconic homepage, personalising it for each user by adding relevant information about weather, traffic conditions and even your favourite stocks. The current Google homepage comprises a white screen, a search box and a pretty logo. Google is reportedly working on bringing 'Google Now', its personalised homepage feature of its Android phones to the web and to its search page. The tech...
05:25 PM, Apr 23, 2013
Frankfurt: A German privacy regulator has fined Google for illegally recording signals from Wifi networks while it was taking photographs for its Street View service. Google's roving Street View vans picked up large amounts of personal data such as e-mails, passwords, photos and online chat protocols, said the commissioner for data protection and freedom of information in Hamburg city state, Johannes Caspar. Caspar fined Google 145,000 euros ($189,700), close to...
11:07 AM, Apr 23, 2013
