Don’t think for a second that Google is going to forget about those corporate espionage attacks that it may have incurred from within China. The search engine giant has teamed up with the US National Security Agency to further investigate the crime.

A recent Reuters article reports that thorny legal issues have created high stakes in the recent announcement by Google that it may pull out of China.

If you watched the Super Bowl, or just like most of us watched the Super Bowl for the commercials, then you’ve probably seen this Google ad. This is the first ever Super Bowl ad by search engine giant.
The ad is one of Google’s short stories series about its search product. The video called “Parisian Love” have [...]

Congratulations to the Saints for winning their first ever Super Bowl. Other than the game, the talk around the water cooler tomorrow morning will most likely be about the best and worst Super Bowl commercials. Here is a list of Websites to help you watch all the Super Bowl commercials aired during the 2010 Super [...]

Many are scratching their heads at why Google felt the need to air an advertisement in one of the most prized spots on television – during the Superbowl.

Imagine being able to speak to a Japanese client who doesn’t speak a word of English, and communicate without the help of another person. It could be on the way.

Google has made a very social network-like-type move. This week, Google has rolled out Google Buzz – which is, according to TechCrunch, “easily the company’s boldest attempt yet to build a social network.”

Google maps for mobile has been update to version 4 on Androids phones, Windows and the iPhone.
The main new feature appears to be Google Buzz layer, Users can post public buzz directly from the layer in Google Maps to share their thoughts about various places, attached a photo, see what’s happening nearby, or follow friends on [...]

Google saw a surge in its travel-related search traffic last month, compared to the same month last year, reports travel news site Travolution. The search engine recently reported that travel search queries were up 21 percent from last year, along with a seven percent increase in clicks.

Google pursuite of social networking hasn’t stopped with Buzz. According to a report by TechCrunch, Google has acquired social search service Aardvark for $50 million.
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Much as I don’t want to get excited about this, I’m afraid that my initial impressions of Google Buzz may have been confirmed. According to the Gmail Blog, more than 9 million posts and comments have been created as millions started to jump into the latest social craze two days after it was launched. Looks like Google made a hit with Google Buzz.

The Google folks must be smiling right now as they might have really done something good in Google Buzz. But then, since this is primarily a Gmail add-on, the statistics is not really surprising. Gmail users are automatically signed into Buzz  when it was rolled out. It was not an opt-in feature after all.

What Google should probably be taking note of is the fact that the Google Buzz mobile web app was able to generate 200 buzz  per minute. Now, that’s quite an achievement.

And to think that we’ve been hearing so many negative feedback about it. In fact, the feedback are so urgent that Google quickly rolled out some refinements to GBuzz.

These refinements include:

  1. More visible option to not show followers/people you follow on your public profile
  2. Ability to block anyone who starts following you
  3. More clarity on which of your followers/people you follow can appear on your public profile

These  are of course in direct answer to the most commented negative feature of Google Buzz pertaining  to user privacy.

So, what do you think? Is Google Buzz a hit or a miss? Too early to tell? Or you just don’t care at all?

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