Mumbai, India – At last, users of Gmail in India have one more reason to cheer. In a fresh move to influence the growing markets, Google has extended Google+ Hangouts to all Gmail users in India. Making the announcement on its official India blog, Google stated that Gmail users will be able to initiate a […]

Mountain View, California – Get ready to grip some edges and hit the soil for a day of snowboarding or skiing at your favorite winter destination. Just in time with winter in full swing for ski season, Google this week bolstered its library of ski resort maps, announced that ski run and chairlift maps for […]

Sunnyvale, California — Struggling to re-establish its popularity among the masses, Yahoo! Inc., the biggest U.S. Web portal, today announced a non-exclusive deal with Google that will see advertisements from the search giant appear on its new partner’s web properties for users around the world as it seeks to boost sales from the content on […]

Mountain View, California — Relentlessly striving to embellish its declining ad business with new strategy, Google Inc., operator of the world’s most popular search engine, on Wednesday made colossal changes to its AdWords program, the core product that fuels its search business, that could help advertisers customize their placements on mobile by such factors as […]

San Francisco — In its unending quest to take on Amazon, Google on Wednesday has snapped up Channel Intelligence, a data service that helps brands and retailers boost e-commerce sales, for $125 million in cash as part of an ongoing effort to improve on the Google Shopping experience.

  New York – In a fresh move to popularize its service across various devices, the folks over at Microsoft on Monday released an update for its native Skype app for the iPad with a slew of new features including better connectivity, adding money from within the app, and a new sidebar for recent conversations.

San Francisco – After a sophisticated attack hit Twitter’s users over the weekend, the micro-blogging firm is ramping up their efforts to implement a “two-factor authentication” option that would make it impossible for hackers or vandals to break into accounts – even if they acquired the passwords.

Los Angeles – Last year, Facebook rolled out ads that used your Web surfing history to target you. But now, the popular social networking outfit Facebook has finally agreed to be more transparent about, well, the obvious: You are being tracked so advertisers can better aim at you, and you can opt out if you […]

New York — In a move to keep its users engrossed, the emerging social-networking site is mixing things up a bit to make its pins even more gripping. Pinterest, over the weekend showed off a new look that it will be testing out with a few select users. The update will roll out on Pinterest.com […]

San Francisco — If you are the kind of person who likes to send text messages using emoticons, then according to TechCrunch, Facebook just allowed a small number of its users post statuses this week that include small and colorful icons, similar to the emoticons people often use in text messages, emails and on Facebook […]