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Google Chrome Creeps to 7.2% Worldwide Browser Share

Google Chrome grew to 7.24 percent, up from 7.04 percent in May when Chrome cracked the 7 percent mark

July 1, 2010 – While Chrome is still growing, Microsoft Internet Explorer rose back above 60 percent to 60.32 percent after falling to 59.95 percent in April and 59.75 percent in May. (eweek.com)

Announcements

Google Voice Offers New Calling Features

The search engine and cloud computer development company, Google, officially launched its telecommunications service, Google Voice, after being in beta mode in the past year. (theepochtimes.com)

Google buys travel software company ITA

July 1, 2010 –

Google said it plans to use ITA's technology in its Web search tools and to allow potential passengers to shop for tickets right from Google. Travel search makes up a huge portion of Google searches, but it's a complicated type of search to express in a query box. (eweek.com)

Google News Gets Personal, Social Makeover

Google rolled out several changes to Google News, led by News for You, a headline stream based on users' interests. Users can rank subjects they are interested in. Google News now also lets readers see more news from brands such as The New York Times or the Wall Street Journal.(eweek.com)

Google Looks to Emerging Markets for Android's Growth

July 4, 2010 –

Google is taking steps to hasten Android’s growth. By increasing its presence in new markets like South Korea, Google managed to drive up the number of users who activated Android devices to 160,000 a day in June, from 100,000 in May, the company said. The majority of the sales of Android-based phones were in the United States. (nytimes.com)

Google Chrome Extension Powers Android-Based Payments

July 6, 2010 –

The Android Payment Chrome Extension lets merchants with Google Checkout accounts generate a QR code image on their Google Sites-hosted Web store checkout page. When captured by an Android-based QR code scanning application, the QR code provides the Android phone with the necessary information to authorize the transaction. (informationweek.com)

Google Buzz Links Added to Social Search as Google Me Precursor

June 30, 2010 –

The service links users' Google accounts and their Google profiles, surfacing users' content in what Google calls a "social circle." This social circle includes users of social services Google users have listed in their Google profile. (eweek.com)

Blogs, Events and Communities

Google brings good tidings to Adobe Flash fans

July 5, 2010 –

“We have already started making YouTube videos available in the WebM format. Adobe has also committed to support VP8, the video codec for WebM, in an upcoming Flash Player release.” (zdnet.co.uk) (informationweek.com)

The best Google Analytics apps for Android

July 8, 2010 –

“DroidAnalytics' default view shows you an easy-to-read chart with a slew of stats for the past 30 days. You'll see columns indicating the total pageviews, visits, visitors, pages-per-visit, bounce rate, and average time spent on the site for each day.”(computerworld.com)

Google Makes the iPhone YouTube App Obsolete

July 7, 2010 –

“The site (in English only for now) has a number of new features that match those found on the normal YouTube site and are devised to cater to the growing number of mobile YouTube users.” (nytimes.com)

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