Samsung Electronics unveiled the first smartphone – Samsung Galaxy Nexus, which running Google‘s latest version of the Android operating system on Tuesday, 18th OCT 2011 at an event in Hong Kong. The global launch of this next generation of smartphone co-developed by Samsung and Google kicks off in NOV 2011 and comes as competition intensifies between Samsung and Apple Inc. to win market share in the booming tablets and smartphones industry. The official introduction of this latest smartphone previously has been delayed until this week as a tribute to the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
Recently search engine giant Google raised another “war” in the competitive social media by unveiled the Google Plus project, also known as Google+, in order to gain back some momentum and market share in this highly lucrative realm where Facebook and Twitter have dominated over the last few years. Google+ consist of few functions which are grouped into 5 categories, each with their own icons – Circles, Hangouts, Instant Upload, Sparks and Huddle. While its very easy to see the similarities between Google+ and Facebook, Google stress its new take on social media is quite a different animal with Google’s mantra of simplicity came into play in this inception as well.
Google launched new product called Google Buzz, which allow users to quickly share message, web links and photos with friends and colleagues directly within Gmail. This might create some impact to online social networking leaders Facebook and Twitter. You also can activate the buzz in your mobile.
Features:
No setup needed – Automatically follow the people you email and chat with the most in Gmail.
Share publicly or privately – Publish your ideas to the world or just to your closest friends.
Inbox integration – Comments get sent right to your inbox so it’s easy to keep the conversation going.
Photo friendly – See thumbnails with each post, and browse full-screen photos from popular sites.
Connect sites you already use – Import your stuff from Twitter, Picasa, Flickr, and Google Reader.
See updates in real time – New posts and comments pop in as they happen. No refresh required.
Just the good stuff – Buzz recommends interesting posts and weeds out ones you’re likely to skip.
According the 2009 Zeitgeist for Malaysia by the popular search engine Google, social networking, health and women in the news were the fastest rising topics searched by Malaysians in this year.
Another year has come and gone. As always, it’s time to take a moment to look back at the happenings of 2009 – the people, events and memories that made this year unique. Google Zeitgeist has just posted its list of the top-10 search terms of 2009. The late King of Pop, Michael Jackson, ruled the Internet this year with his name crowned the most popular (or fastest rising) search term globally at Google.
The leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, The Webby Awards, has recently announced a list of the Top 10 Most Influential Internet Moments of the Decade. The list underscores the Internet’s impact on major decisions in the lives of people around the globe. Read more…
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