Google perhaps soon launches Google Drive

Posted by on September 26, 2011 No comments

Word on the streets is that search giant Google is all set to rebrand Google Docs, its massively popular online document service, into a hard drive in the cloud.

The reports about the company planning on a renovation in the service surfaced after Johannes Wigand – a prominent blogger and social media consultant captured and posted a blurry screenshot of what seemed to be a new version of Google Docs, called Drive, on the Web.

According to Wigand, the screen had appeared only for a few seconds during “an event powered by Google”.

The screenshot captured and posted by Wigand, however, was almost identical to the existing layout of Google Docs. But on a closer look, it becomes vividly clear that Google changed the word “Docs” on the upper left-hand corner of the screen to “Drive”.

In addition to that, the folder menu has also undergone a bit of changes – the new menu was called “My Google Drive”, thus replacing the previous “My Collections”.

“Expect Google Drive to reside at drive.google.com (not live yet). It’s not clear how docs.google.com (the current home of Docs) will be used – perhaps as the home of the word processor app or maybe it will just redirect,” TechCrunch reports. Read more »

Got red face while drinking? You are toxic!

Posted by on September 23, 2011 No comments

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Google Disables Uploads, Comments on YouTube Korea

Posted by on September 12, 2011 No comments

Google has disabled user uploads and comments on the Korean version of its YouTube video portal in reaction to a new law that requires the real name of a contributor be listed along each contribution they make.

The rules, part of a Cyber Defamation Law, came into effect on April 1 for all sites with over 100,000 unique visitors per day. It requires that users provide their real name and national ID card number.

In response to the requirements Google has stopped users from uploading via its Korean portal rather than start a new registration system.

“We have a bias in favor of freedom of expression and are committed to openness,” said Lucinda Barlow, a spokeswoman for YouTube in Asia. “It’s very important that if users want to be anonymous that they have that chance.” Read more »

Apple launched new product today – iQuit

Posted by on August 25, 2011 No comments

Today, Steve Jobs announced a new product – not iPhone 5, but iQuit.

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has resigned as chief executive seven months after going on medical leave and asked the board to name chief operating officer Tim Cook as his successor.

More than those of any other company, Apple’s fortunes and products have been closely associated with Mr Jobs, who gives final approval on all major initiatives. His health concerns have been nearly as big a driver of stock movements as Apple’s rapidly growing profit. The shares fell more than 5 per cent in after-hours trading following the news.

The company, which briefly passed ExxonMobil this month to become the world’s largest company by stock market value, released a short letter from Mr Jobs in which he said that the day had come when he could no longer serve as chief executive and that he wished to remain Apple’s chairman.

‘I believe Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it,’ Mr. Jobs wrote. ‘And I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role.

‘I have made some of the best friends of my life at Apple, and I thank you all for the many years of being able to work alongside you,’ he added.

From TechWeb, FT Chinese, The Wall Street Journal

iPhone 5 Hard Shell Cases Appear for Sale

Posted by on August 24, 2011 No comments

According to MacRumors, New “iPhone 5” cases based on the leaked design document have started appearing online. A Chinese manufacturer True Supplier has posted both “hard shell” case and soft case designed for the iPhone 5.

These new cases show the same tapered back design of the leaked design document, as well as the mute switch being moved to the other side.

The production and sale of these cases suggests that at least some Chinese case manufacturers are confident enough in the leaked case design specifications that they are willing to gamble some amount of money in creating these early cases. There is an enormous financial incentive to have inventory on the launch day of any new Apple device, as Apple doesn’t provide suppliers with detailed designs specifications until after the public launch of the device.

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