Gmail is by far the best and most popular email app, and they’ve made continuous improvements for years, and now they’ve launched “Priority inbox”, which sorts your email automatically based on what kind of mail you read and reply to. Watch the video above for more details on how it works.
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Posted by Paul in Entertainment, google, social media on August 30, 2010
Google has been acquiring game developers like crazy during the last few months, and they’ve now made another acquisition: SocialDeck, which developers social games mainly for Facebook. The Canadian developer was founded in 2008, and has created several titles for Facebook and other sides, as well as iPhone games. SocialDeck will join Google’s team in Ontario, Canada.
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Google has acquired visual shopping site Like.com, after months of rumors about an acquisition. Like.com was founded in 2006 but has yet to gain a foothold in the industry. Google reportedly paid $100 million for the company.
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Posted by Paul in Entertainment, business, google on August 20, 2010
The Facebook movie is already done and will be released later this year, and now London-based production company Groundswell Productions has acquired the rights to the book “Googled: The End of the World As We Know it”.
The company is currently working on an adaptation with a screenwriter, and are currently looking for funding for the project.
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According to latest reports, Google is betting big on a Chrome Web Store, where people will be able to buy HTML5 apps and games in their Chrome Browser. The great news is is the revenue split Google offers to developers: 95% of the money goes to developers, and Google only takes 5% in processing fee.
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What was to become a revolutionary Google product, Wave, has now officially been discontinued by Google, and will only be supported until the rest of the year, the company announced. Google has said it will offer users a way of exporting their Wave data by the end of the year.
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Google is one of the most environmentally friendly tech companies — at least when it comes to getting their power from renewable sources. Google has now announced that they’ve purchased 20 years of wind power electricity. On top of that, Google revealed that they’ve invested $38 million in wind farms this year alone.
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Google has acquired Metaweb, makers of Freebase.com, the open, large database of almost everything. Google will use Metaweb’s technology to, as they put it, “improve search and make the web richer and more meaningful for everyone.”. Metaweb has raised around $55 million in VC capital since 2008, and while the sale price hasn’t been revealed, it’s rumored to be at $100 million.
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