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Google Concentrates More on the Indian Market with YouTube India

Just days after launching Google translate in Hindi for the Indian audience, Google’s YouTube announced the launch of its local Indian site (www.youtube.co.in). YouTube India offers local features such as promoted videos, featured videos, and homepage promotions, localized user interface and help center, user support and community features (such as video ratings, sharing and content flagging).

A1Books Teams With Google Book India

A1Books.com, a U.S.–based online bookseller, has teamed with Google Books India to launch what it claims is the first online bookselling and retailer marketplace aimed at the Indian book market. Beginning this past December, Indian readers can go to Google Books India (books.google.co.in) to search for English-language or Indian titles and then buy the books through A1Books India (a1books.co.in), Google Book's e-commerce partner for Indian online bookselling.

Google launches YouTube India

ImageMay 8: Google has another gift for Indian market in YouTube India after the launch of its google translation application in Hindi. Coming just two days after the launch of google translate application in Hindi it shows that how much the importance the company accords to the expanding Indian market.

Google brings more insight to YouTube

Google added YouTube to the list of services for which it provides free analytics. YouTube Insight is designed to give content creators, content partners and advertisers more information on the performance of their videos, beyond how many views it gets, comments, favorites, and other basic data currently displayed, according to Tracy Chan, a YouTube product manager. Google already offers analytics for ads, Google Reader, and other services.

Google Sky Now Available Through Your Browser

Ars Technica brings word that Google Sky, formerly only available as an extension of the Google Earth software, is now accessible through your web browser. The interface of Google Sky is quite similar to that of Google Maps, complete with search and alternate views by spectrum. The story also mentions (and more importantly, links) ten of the more interesting sights. We discussed Google Sky's initial release last year. Quoting: "Visible light only shows us a small picture of the entire universe; non-visible spectra such as ultraviolet (UV), infrared and X-ray hold a whole other world of information. Here is where Google Sky becomes very cool. There are three more sections that highlight fantastic images from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, the GALEX Evolution Explorer (UV), and the Spitzer Space Telescope (IR).

The Tools Google Uses Internally

A web seminar Google held yesterday at KMWorld Magazine offered a great deal of insight into how Google manages projects and communication internally. The presentation by Google followed an employee through his first few weeks at the company, explaining the many tools he’s using: from the Google intranet MOMA, the Google Ideas site and Google Caribou Alpha, to Google Experts Search, “Googler Search,” and Google Apps. Following is a smaller excerpt of the large-size screenshots & info Google was showing in the 59-page presentation, with thanks to Brian – who has a wrap-up of the presentation as well as the full slides at his blog – for sending this in. KMWorld says the presentation will be archived at their site eventually, so perhaps if you register with them you might still be able to see the event.

Just Plain Strange - Google Bans Kids

Under 18? No Google for you. In what has to be one of the weirdest news items I've read recently, Google's Terms of Service prohibit any person under the age of 18 from utilizing any Google Web properties. So that means no searching, no YouTube, no Gmail. At issue here is Google's stance that a person under 18 is not capable of signing a binding contract - and that apparently you need a contract to search the Internet. Logically, if you have to be 18 to use Google's properties, you'd have to be 18 to have a Myspace page, right? Nope - Myspace only requires users to be 16 to publicly post their "preferences", religion, and those awesome pictures of that party at that kid's house when his parents were out of town. Facebook? 13. What makes this even more odd is that Google is sponsoring an art contest - Doodle 4 Google - for students K-12, w

Discovery of more genes involved in height

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Microsoft On Google-Yahoo Tie-Up: Google To Have 90 Percent Of Ad Market; Market Less Competitive

Microsoft has weighed in on this evening’s announcement, claiming that the agreement gives Google (NSDQ: GOOG) 90 percent of the online ad market, and thus makes the market “far less competitive.� So far, it doesn’t have an official strategic response, other than that it’s weighing its options. But it does deliver a key message to Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) shareholders: “Our proposal remains the only alternative put forward that offers Yahoo! shareholders full and fair value for their shares, gives every shareholder a vote on the future of the company, and enhances choice for content creators, advertisers, and consumers.� Basically, if you want to get paid for your shares, you’ll go with Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT). If you want to see the value of your holdings collapse, then sign an ad deal with Google and good luck going it alone.

March Online Search Market: A Rare Dip for Google

Things were ticking along nicely in the search world with not so much as a speed bump to be seen (set aside the market panic about Google’s (GOOG) paid click decline). Then along came March. Overall volume of search in March exploded, with total queries increasing over 6% and surpassing the 9 billion mark. That’s the biggest month-over-month increase in total search volume since July of last year. Interestingly enough, this growth was not driven by our perennial search leader Google. In fact, Google actually underperformed the market for the first time in 9 months and saw market share decline more than ½ a point. So where were the big gains?

Examine The Market for Nanotechnology 2008-2015

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, Apr 16 (MARKET WIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Nanotechnology industry is available in its catalogue. The Market for Nanotechnology 2008-2015 here The Market for Nanotechnology 2008-2015 provides detailed market analysis, commercial information and key players in nanotechnology. This 245 page report presents a clear picture of the scale of opportunity in nanotechnology across a wide range of materials and markets. Features include: Key Applications and market opportunity to 2015 Worldwide government R&D investment 2002-2006, 2007-2012 Key market trends and drivers 2008-2015 Market demands for nanomaterials 2008-2015 Current and potential revenues 2008-2015 Key players including application manufacturers, end users and nanomaterials suppliers Company segmentation

YouTube, Contacts added to Google APIs...

Google today updated its collection of data APIs, adding source code for YouTube and Google Contacts, and further said the entire API set will properly compile in the iPhone SDK. The YouTube API allows any video-capable program to upload content to the service, with the accompanying tags and posting information. Similarily, the Google Contacts API allows users to embed Google Contacts functionality directly into applications that could make use of such information.

Google's YouTube lets promoters target popular clips

Google, seeking to diversify beyond four-line text advertisements, is matching clients' promotions with the most popular video clips on YouTube. The buzz-targeting program flags clips based on the number of viewers, users' ratings and how many people tag them as a favorite, Google said Tuesday in a statement. Google is betting on video ads to curb its reliance on the text links that provide the bulk of its $16.6 billion in annual sales. Almost 85 million people in the United States watched a total of 4.3 billion videos on YouTube in March, market researcher ComScore said yesterday. Lions Gate Entertainment was the first client to use buzz targeting to promote the movie "The Forbidden Kingdom," which was released last month.

The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Friend: More on the Google-Salesforce Alliance

Today, Google (GOOG) and Salesforce (CRM) are officially announcing the complete integration of Google Apps [Docs, Calendar, Gmail, and Gtalk] and Salesforce’s online enterprise apps. TechCrunch broke the story last week. Now we have some more details. Google Apps will get exposure to Salesforce’s one million paying business subscribers, and Salesforce in turn will become more attractive to the “tens of millions� of business users on Google Apps.(Click images to enlarge.)

Defection Watch: Google's Director of Social Media Decides It's More Social at Facebook

If you are the director of Social Media at Google (GOOG), wouldn’t you rather be working at Facebook? That is what Ethan Beard decided to do. The Google executive turned in his resignation last week and will be joining Facebook. There he will join other ex-Googlers, such as Facebook’s new COO Sheryl Sandberg, CFO Gideon Yu (formerly YouTube’s CFO) and a slew of others. Both at the top ranks and at the bottom, Facebook is finding that the best place to recruit is Google. (It is doing to Google what Google once did to Microsoft).

Censors Take Down YouTube and Google News in China

Amid the recent protests and violent crackdown in Tibet, the Chinese government is closing off all media access to the region and censoring reports about Tibet inside China. That includes not just CNN, but YouTube and Google News. Both Google (GOOG) sites have been blocked from the Internet in China. News reports about the protests and images that appear to come from inside Tibet are available on YouTube. To prevent its citizens from seeing these videos or reading about them, the Chinese government has taken down all of YouTube and Google News inside China.

IDLDPL unveils YES DPF700 - digital photo frame in the Indian market

Following personal computers digital TVs the next gadget that will change our contemporary lives is digital photo frame. With more and more people turning their aesthetic eyes to it, digital photo frame has become a hot product in the consumer electronic market. IDLDPL (India Digital Life Style Distributors Pvt. Ltd.), one of the leading distributors of IT and Lifestyle Products, is also no way behind in this arena to enhance its product capability and unveils YES DPF700- Digital Photo Frame in the Indian Market.

Google Sky Brings the Heavens Online

Google has extracted the recently released night sky browser out of Google Earth and released it on the web. While Google Sky is still part of Google Earth, it is also joining Google Moon and Google Mars with its very own URL and new collection of Google Maps-like features.

Claim: Android will have 'much larger market' than iPhone

Google has taken a dig at Apple's iPhone, saying the device has a much smaller market than phones which run Android, the mobile phone operating system Google helped develop.The search giant said that despite selling 4 million units within the first 7 months of its release, the iPhone was ultimately a more limited device than phones which ran on the Google-backed platform, because the potential for developers to build new applications using Android was greater.Rich Miner, group manager for mobile platforms at Google, was quoted by IT Week as saying: "Once you have devices out there from Motorola, HTC, Samsung, and so on, there's a much larger potential market on Android than for the iPhone."Mr Miner told a conference in Silicon Valley that whereas the iPhone had "a single manufacturer" and was "targeted at a particular demographic", develo

Google Apps Hacks

With 100,000 businesses running trials of Google Office, the venerable Microsoft Office suite has a serious challenger. But can Google's web apps make the cut? With scores of clever hacks, workarounds, and other undocumented tips, this book helps you get more than the obvious out of Google Docs & Spreadsheets, Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Presentations, and a host of other Google applications.

Google's Top 17 Easter Eggs, Gags, and Hoaxes

Buried Deep in GoogleGoogle Web site -- and many of the company's software programs -- are loaded with gags, goofs, and Easter eggs that have helped Google maintain a fun-loving spirit in the cutthroat world of Web competition. Of course, Google always has a good idea. Thousands of our readers have enjoyed past explorations of wonders like "The Strangest Sites in Google Earth" and "The Most Spectacular Sights in Google Sky." So when we heard stories of hidden teddy bears, a Google Romance beta service, and early morning appearances of the Loch Ness monster on Google home pages, we had to check them out. And most of them turned out to be true. Take a look. Artwork: Chip Taylor Google's Official Easter Egg GameIt's one thing to find Easter eggs, and it's another thing to catch them.

Infonetics Research: Internet content providers like Google buying growing portion of optical gear

CAMPBELL, CA, Mar 27 (MARKET WIRE) -- A new report from market analyst firm Infonetics Research shows that the amount of money Internet content providers (ICPs) like Google, YouTube, and MySpace spent on optical network hardware worldwide hit $204 million in 2007, and is expected to increase steadily over the next 5 years. The report, Optical Network Hardware by Vertical Market, says 86% of the 2007 $13.9 billion optical hardware market comes from service providers, with the bulk comingfrom incumbent telcos and mobile operators, of course, but with increasing amounts coming from competitive telcos, cable operators (particularly MSOs in North America), and ICPs. The remaining 14% of the global market comes from non service providers, with the majority of that share coming from the top 4 verticals: government, finance, utilities, and educat

Google loses marginal global market share

Google loses marginal global market share With all the noise around Microsoft and Yahoo, one could think it would all be green acres for Google who stood to gain market share if either company slipped up. And yet, according to a recent report Google has become less popular for search, losing a marginal 1/3 of a percent around the globe. And while 0.3% may not seem like a terrible lot considering that Yahoo's global participation dropped and Microsoft's stayed the same, someone else has picked up the slack, but we don't know who yet.

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