According to figures released by search engine giant Google, the British government is one of the most likely in the world to request information on peoples web usage. The ‘Transparency Report’ listed 26 developed countries in order of how often their governments requested data. The USA had the most requests with 4,601, however when population [...]

Data figures released from Comscore have revealed that search engine giant Google and their associated websites were visited 1billion times during May. This landmark figure is the first for any company, and goes to show the immense popularity of Google as a search engine, along with its android, Gmail and Youtube services. These statistics show [...]

The first laptop running Googles ‘chrome’ operating system has gone on sale in the United States. The machine which is made by Samsung replaces traditional ‘desktop’ files with browser based apps which store files online, a system whcih Google claim will help enable a new way of computing, whilst eliminating the need for anti-virus software [...]

Google have made further steps to increase the speed at which users get the information they are looking for. The 2 newest updates see the introduction of Google ‘Instant Pages’ and also Voice Search. The instant pages update will take the already used ‘Google Instant’ – which brings up search results whilst typing – to [...]

Google have announced that from August 1st they are phasing out support for ‘old’ internet browsers. The move is step to stop the usage of older browsers which are often insecure and unable to support the latest web technologies. Those using browsers such as Internet Explorer 7, Safari 3 and Firefox 3.5 (along with their [...]