After getting a new look approximately a month ago, Google is further improving our user experience by rolling out a feature that allow us to select a custom background image for the homepage. Think Bing, but with you having control which image is being shown. Photos can be selected from your computer, your own Picasa [...]

Google Maps is no doubt one of the most used tool to find almost just any location or place on planet Earth. There is one problem though. You can only enjoy such convenience if you are connected to the internet. There is an option to print on Google Maps, but the limited map size and [...]

Steve Ballmer iPad review parody Site Speed now part of Google’s search ranking algorithms As part of that effort, today we’re including a new signal in our search ranking algorithms: site speed. Firefox Lorentz Beta Isolates Plug-in Crashes for Uninterrupted Browsing Lorentz brings a Chrome-like process isolation to Firefox, containing messy plug-in crashes. Apple iPhone [...]

The PageRank of Google Japan has dropped from 9/10 to 5/10, serving as a penalty for Google Japan’s involvement in purchasing paid links. In another words, Google is slapping itself for breaking a rule it sets itself. Irony. Several days back, TechCrunch reported that Google Japan hired a local marketing firm to promote its newly [...]

Spotted earlier by Amit, Google fails to get the right description for itself, when you Google for Google. Ironically, its counterpart, Yahoo! and Live Search, got the right description for Google instead.