Taking a page out of  Twitter’s book , Facebook has launched verified pages and profiles. Verified pages and profiles will be shown with a little blue checkmark, indicating that Facebook has investigated and determined that the account is genuine, not a parody, and legitimately created by the person or brand it claims to represent. The move will “help people find the authentic accounts...

Google’s social network Google Buzz is finally going down, exactly eighteen months after the search engine giant announced that it will be shutting down Google Buzz, the time has finally come for the service to shut down completely. Google recently sent an official email to Buzz users, stating that as of July 17, 2013, Google will remove the posts from its public servers and archive them to...

After a bunch of rumors swirling around Android 4.3 and White Nexus 4, the rumors have shown around again. The White Nexus 4 has been spotted running at a Thailand event already, giving rise to the new-found rumor talk. The phone’s About screen was pictured depicting Android 4.3 as the OS version. It also ‘confirms‘ that the version will indeed be referred to as Jelly Bean going...

Google Inc is considering buying Israeli mobile satellite navigation start-up Waze Inc, which may lead to a bidding war with Facebook Inc, who has also earlier expressed interest to buy up the maps company. Waze has already been receiving expressions of interest from various Silicon Valley giants like Facebook. Reports had surfaced some time back that Facebook wanted to buy Waze for more than $1 billion,...

Google has given its Drive app for Android a major revamp with a number of new features. First up, Google has redesigned the app’s user interface to card like style which is similar to Google Play and Google+. The files are now displayed in a clean, simple grid view which enables easy surfing through the app. You can also swipe between photos and other files to see large previews, which should...

The Amazon App Store is finally available in India and users can download it to their Android device for free. The Amazon app store was built to service Amazon’s new Kindle Fire line which is built on top of Google’s mobile stack. Amazon also lets other users download the app store since that might get it more revenue. The good thing about the app store is the fact that you can get one premium...

In a move to encourage small business adopt cloud technology, Google India has announced a 45 percent reduction on pricing for its Google Apps for Business. As a part of the new pricing, new and existing customers in India will now pay Rs 150 per user per month if they are on the flexible plan and Rs 1,500 per user per year on the annual plan – a 45% reduction on the previous price. “India...

It’s been almost a week since Google announced their own streaming music service to compete with established services like Spotify and Pandora — Google Play Music All Access — and now that I’ve had a chance to play around with the app; I thought about sharing my experience with the app in a blog post. Google Play Music All Access app (yeah, the name totally sucks) was launched just about...

Apple has easily outsmarted its rival Google to become world’s most valuable brand. The iPhone,  iPad and iPod  maker is valued at $185 billion,  as per the annual BrandZ study of the world’s top 100 brand. Although Apple topped the list once again, its brand value only increased 1% to $185 billion, which is not as impressive as the 19% increase (from $153 billion in 2011 to $183...

Soon after adding whopping 41 features for Google+ last week during I/O, Google has now updated its Google+ android app.  The latest update focuses on images, location and the overall stream. Like the Web version,  Google+ for Android provides users with options such as automatic photo enhancements and Auto Awesome. Google+ will automatically show you “highlights” of each photo gallery...