Facebook and Google size up takeover of Twitter: report NEW YORK (Reuters) – Google Inc and Facebook Inc, plus others, have held low level takeover talks with Twitter that give the Internet sensation a value as high as $10 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported. Read more on Q13 FOX Seattle

Google launches Twitter workaround for Egypt SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc launched a special service to allow people in Egypt to send Twitter messages by dialling a phone number and leaving a voicemail, as Internet access remains cut off in the country amid anti-government protests. Read more on Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News

Have you heard of how Google tracks the number of hits on a particular term being searched by various users? There is a lot behind the scene and Google has been making a killing out of this technology. Lately they have come into the market with something called Google Trends. This is an add-on web [...]

In yesterday’s patches from Adobe, it was interesting to note the following in the acknowledgments section: Tavis Ormandy of the Google Security Team Indeed, if you read through Tavis’ collection of exploit reports, you’ll find he’s frequently requesting acknowledgement as “Tavis Ormandy of the Google Security Team” or “Tavis Ormandy of Google, Inc.” It seems [...]