Google Maps have been the go to web based mapping tool used by pretty much everyone since its launch. Over the years, the interface of maps has changed very subtly even as new features have come into play. According to sources, Google is going redesign the interface of Maps soon. This will probably be announced during the Google I/O event next week. According to some screenshots that have surfaced,...

India has seen a huge increase in total online video consumption since past two years. As per the latest report from comScore, India has watched 3.7 billion videos per month on their personal computers.  This dramatic growth has been driven by a sizable increase in the number of online video viewers, in addition to increasing consumption per viewer. The total online video audience in India has...

Microsoft, which is currently having a hard time encouraging developers to create apps for their Windows Phone 8 platform, is doing its best to entice the developers to join in the Windows Phone 8 ecosystem. Apart from that, it has always been introducing new features on their mobile operating system. In a recent blog post, the company has revealed evidence stating that Windows Phone 8 app downloads...

Youtube has revealed that it has now crossed the 1 billion visitors per month figure. Youtube started upon a fresh new path sometime back in 2007 by partnering with content creators to get fresh and original content on the platform. This strategy seems to be working well for the platform, as it is seeing a higher number of visitors as well as a good increase in revenue.  The service generated a revenue...

Google Now has finally landed on iOS. The service that Android users have enjoyed for a year, just became available on iOS devices in the form of an update to the Google Search app. ”Google Now is about giving you just the right information at just the right time,” Google said in a blog post. Google Now has been an integrated feature of Android 4.1 since June 2012, but now, it will,...

A report by Symantec Corporation, which provides antivirus solutions, has revealed that Bot infections in India have catapulted to a level of 280% in its Internet Security Threat Report, Volume 18 (ISTR). The report also emphasized that this stat is a whopping 42% rise in global targeted attacks of the similar nature, than the earlier year. These cyber attacks hit small and medium enterprises the hardest,...

Vine, Twitter’s video sharing app that was launched a while ago, is coming to Google’s Android soon, according to Vine’s co-founder Dom Hofmann. Twitter released an iOS app for Vine about 4 months back which went on to become one of the most popular apps in the Apple’s App Store. He has stated that Vine for Android users is actively being worked on, and will arrive soon, though...

Google has announced that it will be shutting its Meebo Bar tool which was used by website publishers for engagement and shareability of the content they were publishing. Google acquired Meebo in June of 2012 and promptly integrated Google+ social functionality. Now, the company has announced that the Meebo bar will be retired on June 6th. The reason being given out the company is that they want to...

In a bid to strengthen the security measurements around its ecosystem and it’s app hub Google Play Store, Google has added a new condition in their Google Play Developer Program Policies. The new addition states that any app vendor/distributor/developer that provides app updates to Android users outside the Google Play Store will be banned and removed from the official Play Store. Simply speaking,...

We had written about how Google had gotten into trouble with the Google Mapathon contest which it held in February and March. According to the complaint raised by the Survey of India regarding the illegality of the contest. According to the National Map Policy, the Survey of India is the only authorized body which can map places in India. The Mapathon contest depended on user generated content....