Google Shows You the Hottest Searches of the Day. (CC)

“Hot Searches” or the idea of trends in search is not a new concept for Google, but now the same concept comes with major changes.
Hot searches, available at www.google.com/trends/hottrends, is a new page from Google that allows you to see the most popular searches in any given day. The system will start from the last day and will go back merely for the purpose to show how many tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands, of …

Europe Wants to Charge Internet Giants.

Google, Facebook and Netflix are just a few of the companies whose presence defines how we perceive the Internet as a whole. With hundreds of millions of users who access their services everyday, it’s easy to see how the activity of these companies come to occupy a significant proportion of the volume of traffic carried over the Internet. The problem is that all this traffic puts pressure on the infrastructure of the ISP companies, which forced …

Google Nexus Tablet is rumored to be released by the end of June (Image: via coated.com)

Creators of the Google Nexus Tablet are quiet about its release date, and they haven’t shared any device specifications, but rumors are saying that the tablet will be released by the end of June.
Rumors have become a common trend among highly popular and anticipated products.  That happened to Apple’s famed iPhone 5.
Developers are silent about Google’s new Android device and avoid all …

Fascinating! The Internet Is Older Than You Think! (Image via Huffington Post)

Belgium’s Paul Otlet invented the Internet, at least as concept, 80 years ago, writes Huffington Post.
Was the Internet invented in 1934 or not? This was one of the topics discussed at the World Science Festival held last week in New York.
In discussions, Vinton Cerf, who is recognized as one of the Internet “parents” – a title shared with the American scientist Bob Kahn, also participated. The two have …

Google will have to thank Apple and its iPhone and iPad for kicking in two-fifths of the total mobile profits of the internet search and advertising giant for 2012, an analyst is estimating.
According to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster in a note to clients released yesterday, the Apple iPhone and iPad will generate about $1.6 billion of Google’s total mobile profit for 2012.
The analyst suggests that Google will make $4.5 billion in mobile revenue for the year. Apple will be paying 40 …

Google is flying a fleet of small airplanes over several cities to create 3d Maps (Image: SebastianCross (CC) via Flickr)

Google is flying small airplanes equipped with cameras above a couple of cities as the Internet company aims to create a 3D global digital map.
The company expects to release these first set of 3D maps by the end of 2012. So far, the company is not stating what the cities are, but it demonstrated a 3D aerial view of San Francisco.
Peter Birch, one of Google Earth’s …

Research firm IDC is making a bold forecast that Microsoft’s Windows Phone will actually overtake Apple’s iOS mobile operating system in terms of market share in 2016.
That’s four years from now but given the traction Microsoft currently has with Windows Phone, the prediction is still bold.
According to the Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker report of the research firm, Microsoft’s Windows Phone will grow to take 19.2 percent market share in 2016 or almost quadruple the current …

Google Street View Technology In A Backpack. (Image via Google)

In the image above, even if it’s not obvious, that person carries with great enthusiasm all the technology needed to record widescreen content with Google Street View.
With a weight of 13.6 kg, the backpack in the picture is loaded with no more than 15 digital cameras, oriented in all directions in order to capture panoramic 360-degree content. Each camera has 5 megapixels, and the whole assembly contains a series of sensors …

Google is facing antitrust investigation from the FTC for possibly manipulating search results for the benefit of its products and services. (Image: adria.richards (CC) via Flickr)

The Federal Trade Commission, or FTC, is investigating Google for allegations that it may be manipulating its search engine results to prioritize its services, such as Google Plus, Google Maps, and YouTube.
Google’s adversaries are saying that the search company should not clamp down competition this way, but …

What Google Does With Its Business Solutions. (Image via The Verge)

Companies nowadays increasingly depend on Google’s cloud computing services. Unfortunately, this is not enough, and Google tries to win even more support and confidence for its new Google Apps solutions.
In a period when security is the main concern, Eran Feigenbaum, Enterprise Security Director at Google, made a very interesting analogy between his cloud computing services and 1900’s banks.
“They had to convince us to …