Posts Tagged ‘Google’

San Francisco, July 17 (DPA) Web search giant Google reported a 19-percent increase in profits as cost cutting made up for a decline in online ad spending due to the recession. Profits rose 19 per cent to $1.48 billion from $1.25 billion a year ago. Revenue rose just 2.9 percent, down from 6.2-percent growth in the first quarter. Excluding sales passed on to partner sites, second-quarter ... Full story

Google has blamed an error in one of its systems for a glitch that earlier today saw hundreds of thousands of internet users world-wide unable to access many of its services, including the Google News website. In an article posted on its official company blog, Urs Hoelzle, senior vice president operations, said, “about 14 percent of our users experienced slow services or interruptions one of ... Full story

New York, Dec 3 (IANS) Feeling the pinch of the global economic slowdown and the US recession in particular, Google, the internet search engine giant, is resorting to austerity measures, The Wall Street Journal has reported. Prominent among them include ... Full story

London, Nov 19 (ANI): British iPhone users are facing a tough time using the new voice recognition software, because it does not understand British accents. The new Google iPhone gives its users an opportunity to search for information using voice-recognition. The high-tech programme was launched this week ... Full story