Blind man drives car with autopilot Google: Self-Driving Car Test
We announced our self-driving car project in 2010 to make driving safer, more enjoyable, and more efficient.
Having safely completed over 200,000 miles of computer-led driving, we wanted to share one of our favorite moments. Here's Steve, who joined us for a special drive on a carefully programmed route to experience being behind the
Google's Android has generated just $550m since 2008, figures suggest
Android generated less than $550m in revenues for Google between 2008 and the end of 2011, if figures provided by the search giant as part of a settlement offer with Oracle ahead of an expected patent and copyright infringement trial are an accurate guide. The figures also suggest that Apple devices such as the iPhone, which use products
Google demands payment through Google Wallet for its conference
When it opened registration on Tuesday, Google required potential attendees to use a Google+ account and pay the $900 general admission fee using Google Wallet, the company's new -- and not exactly widely adopted -- mobile payment system. It's a mandate that drew criticism from some in the tech realm. In a blog post titled 'Why I'm
Google launches monthly user-activity feature
Weeks after a policy change that sparked privacy concerns, Google has rolled out a new feature that will give users a monthly update to help them keep track of their activity across Google's multiple sites and tools. It's called Account Activity, and users can receive it via e-mail with a link to
Google Drive due as soon as April
Considering how strong a leader Google is, when it comes to cloud-based productivity solutions (Google Apps), it's a little surprising that the company hasn't introduced a bona fide cloud storage service yet. Google is expected to officially announce and launch an online storage service dubbed Google Drive, or GDrive, as soon as the first
Google should be forced to censor search results, say MPs
A cross-party committee of MPs and peers has urged the government to consider introducing legislation that would force Google to censor its search results to block material that a court has found to be in breach of someone's privacy. In a report published today, the joint Commons and Lords committee said Google should proactively monitor
Mies van der Rohe's Google doodle
Google's latest doodle pays tribute to one of the pioneers of modern architecture, Mies van der Rohe, who was born 126 years ago on Tuesday. He died 42 years ago, but his steel and glass buildings can be found in most major American cities. His most famous buildings include the Seagram building in New York, the Museum of Fine Art in
Google charts a careful course through Asia's maps
Google rushed out its panoramic Street View maps in Thailand on Friday as part of the country's efforts to show tourist hot spots have recovered from last year's floods. But it also marked something of a change of fortunes for Google itself, which has weathered several storms in Asia over its mapping products. Google rolled out
Google patents weather-based advertisements
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The internet giant envisages publicity with base on the local climate conditions, detected by sensors in a mobile gadget.
'When determining what advertisements to serve to end users, the environmental factors could be utilized independently
Juan Gris celebrated in a Google doodle
The Spanish surrealist painter Juan Gris is the latest cultural figure to be honoured with a Google doodle. To mark the 125th anniversary of the artist's birth, the search engine has transformed its logo using cubist imagery he helped pioneer. Gris was born José Victoriano Carmelo Carlos González-Pérez in Madrid on 23 March 1887.
Chrome wins weekend browser battle with IE: report
Google Inc's Chrome web browser overtook Microsoft Corp's Internet Explorer (IE) to become market leader globally for the first time last Sunday, web analytics firm StatCounter said on Wednesday. 'While it is only one day, this is a milestone,' said Aodhan Cullen, StatCounter's chief executive. 'At weekends, when people are free to
Android retains lead over iPhone as UK smartphone ferment goes on
Android is back in cruise control at the top of the UK's smartphone market, after the jump in sales of Apple's iPhone 4S dented its lead over Christmas. New figures from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech covering the 12 weeks to 19 February 2012 indicate that phones running Android comprised 48.5% of smartphones sold, as the proportion of
French data watchdog questions Google on privacy
France's data protection watchdog has given internet search group Google Inc three weeks to answer questions about its new privacy policy, as part of a Europe-wide investigation being led by the French regulator. In a letter to Google CEO Larry Page dated March 16, the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique (CNIL) asked Google to explain
Spring equinox Google doodle heralds switch of season
Google designated the vernal equinox, or even the first evening of Spring, utilizing a doodle depending on a style simply by simply Marimekko, the the Finnish textile organization illustrious because of its vivid, bold prints. Spring has historically going on the evening of the vernal equinox, which takes place on the night of
Google Parts Ways With First Business Apps Czar
Google's first venture employer is leaving the organization. On Friday, Google vp David Girouard , who had been hired in 2004 to operate the company's nonetheless gestating venture enterprise , stated he's parting methods using the technology giant to assist work a startup company known as Upstart.com. 'It's evermore value seeing
The top 50 Android telephone applications
There is distant more to smart phone existence as compared to Apple's iPhone. Google unveiled the Android software program in 2008 and has given that marketed a lot greater than 300m of their smart phones; presently, a lot greater than 850,000 are additional to that number every single day. More compared to 450,000 applications are
Mother's Day celebrated ... having a Google doodle
Google is remembering Mother's Day having a doodle that pays homage to the childish scrawls that lots of doting mother and father will wake up as much as on Sunday. The colourful graphic views the relookup motors symbol crudely redrawn as though with a youthful hands armed having a package of crayons. The 2nd and next letters of
Regulators probe Google privacy breach: statement
The Federal Trade Commission is analyzing no matter no matter if Google deceived consumers through planting so-called Internet cookies in Apple's Web browser without having users' agree, Bloomberg noted in Friday. The bureau is investigating no matter no matter if the cookies granted that to aim advertising and marketing at users of
