Google may purchase Whatsapp for $1 billion

Google is on the verge of buying mobile messaging service Whatsapp. There are reports making speculations that the cost of the app might touch $1 billion. The source of the reports happens to be the Digital Trends that speak of Google acquiring the app for the said amount.

However, there are efforts being made by Whatsapp to get a higher price. But as of now, the price is hanging around the $1 billion mark. It is difficult to predict right now what the final price tag of the app might be.

There is indeed a tough competition going on to acquire Whatsapp. Mega social networking site, Facebook, had made an attempt to buy Whatsapp the previous year. However, Whatsapp still remains unsold. That could have given hope to give it a shot. To add to it, Facebook had released their custom Android interface called Home.

About Whatsapp

Whatsapp is one of the most popular messaging services that provide a cross-platform service. Users who use iOS, Windows Phone gadgets, Blackberry or Android can easily send and receive messages with Whatsapp. Whatsapp is a paid-for app and is promising to be doing extremely well.

Whatsapp users are widespread and is said to be sending at least one billion messages on a daily basis. This figure had reached 18 billion on the New Year Eve.

If Google buys Whatsapp, it could have its own messaging service Babble this year.

Now your Google search pages will have a new look

Google has changed the way your search pages will look. The idea behind the change is to give its users a more engaging atmosphere. So the next time you search anything on Google, you will be welcomed by a new page where you will have simpler looks and a cleaner design.

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There is more space for the users due to the new design and there is enough to give the users the answers they are looking for. Whether there are the web results or anything from the Knowledge Graph, it is a win-win situation for the users anyhow.

The change that Google has made is that they have taken the tools to the top of the page, thereby giving more space to the left hand side of the screen as well. The advanced tools that you are used to are still there to be used. The users are required to click the “Search tools”.

In the older version of the search page, the categories like News, Blogs, or Images were on the left hand side. Google is trying to cater as much to the users as possible by making changes in the search results, brining out tablets as well as many other services they are already offering.

A look at the Google Nexus-10 inch tablet

As the name suggests, the Google Nexus-10” tablet is a 10” tablet, that has been manufactured with the help of another manufacturing giant Samsung. The best thing about the Google Nexus tablet is that it boasts of having the best screen resolution in the tab segment. The resolution is 2560 X 1600, which is equal to about 300 ppi.

This means the Google Nexus-10” tablet beats the iPad 3 and even the iPad 4’ Retina Display. The gadget comes with a pair of stereo speaker to the front. The speakers sit pretty to the either side of the tab. The tab is also equipped with two cameras. The 8MP camera is located to the rear, while the 1.9MP camera makes it to the other side.

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The tab is built with the help of dual-core processor. There will be 2GB RAM and the tabs with 16GB and the 32GB hard disk will be built with it. The Android 4.2 Jelly Bean will be seen in the Google device. It will have a unique feature like the gesture typing keyboard.

It is pretty much similar to Swype and is seen in Samsung products. There will also be the Panorama photo feature, which is also included in the iPhone 5. This Google product will be up for sale from November 13. It will take some more time until the device lands in India.

The cost of the 16GB version is $400 and the 32GB version will cost $100 more.

Google brings out the new Chrome laptop

In one of the latest developments for Google, the company has decided to bring out low-priced laptops to tackle their business rivals Apple and Microsoft. Even Apple and Microsoft are planning to launch their latest products soon. So it will be a good tussle in the market and consumers will ultimately benefit from it.

The lightweight gadget was unveiled yesterday – on Thursday. The price of the gadget has been fixed at $US249. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Google have joined hands to manufacture this product. Samsung also specializes in Smartphones as well as tablet that run on Android – an OS developed by Google.

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The new laptop will be functional on the OS that will have Google Chrome. The best part of the Chrome laptop is that it functions without a hard disk. It works on a terminal that is relatively dependant on a net connection to have the information. The entire data is stocked up in data centers that are looked after by Google and information providers.

This laptop happens to be the cheapest Chromebook Google has unveiled in the past two years. The two companies had jointly launched a slightly expensive Chromebook priced at $US449. As far as the latest launch is concerned, the device will be up for sale from the next week.

Google might bring Google Maps for Apple App Store soon

The Apple Maps app was probably the first ever failure for the company on such a huge scale and they are finding options for the app. However, Google may rope in the Google Maps for Apple App Store. It is expected that it may materialize sooner than later, probably this year itself. The release of iOS 6 saw the phone coming with pre-loaded maps app from Apple.

The decision of the company to do without Google Maps has proved to be on the negative front. There are loads of negative comments and complaints about the same. The reason is that there is a high amount of inaccuracies. However, Google might bring the Google Maps for Apple App Store.

According to the sources in the industry, Google was busy with the work of releasing the Maps app for the iOS gadets. Steve Troughton Smith, who is the iOS developer, confirmed the reports. If the latest reports are to be believed, Google may come up with the launch sometime before Christmas.

Apple had also brought out a statement replying to the complaints they were getting from the users and customers. The new app had come with an iOS 6 update. Apple was of the view that when more and more people will use it, the better it will be getting.

There will be newer features like the Siri integration and Flyover along with the turn by turn navigation. The features used in Siri as well as the traffic are available only in a few countries.

Google offers new service called the Account Chooser

Account Chooser will be the new service that Google will soon be launching account with their prominent service called Gmail. There is no doubt that Gmail today is the most popular mailing service being used by tens of thousands of people on a daily basis. People can retain multiple Gmail ids that can be used for both personal as well as professional use.

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Google now will be offering the services of a feature called Account Chooser. It will allow the users to have the option of logging in multiple accounts from one and only one page. Users will be able to choose from a list of the accounts. This automatically means that the users will be required to log-in less often.

The users will need to enable the account to first use it. Once done, they need to check ‘Stay signed in’ option and that’s all. And now if a user needs to sign in, he only needs to choose – click the account from the list. The name of the user, the email id and an avatar are the details that will be available for the accounts.

Users can add or remove the accounts from this list. The best part of the service is that you can disable the entire service – it’s all up to you!

Google to integrate Gmail in search results

Google has always been the preferred search engine all over the world. They are now trying to integrate Gmail in your search results. This will certainly augment the experience of the search results for the users. Searching the mails will be even easier than before. However, according to the official Google blog, this field will only be offered to a little number of users (for testing).

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This field can integrate the Google mail search results along with the Knowledge Graph in the search engine. At times the expected solution of a query is not available on the internet or the public domains. But it is accessible through emails. That is why there are efforts to develop a method to find the information.

The trial will be open to only the US users at the moment. The signing up process has been activated so that users can experience the latest technology developed by Google. There are more features the search engine will be trying to integrate. The search monster will be also working on using Voice Search.

The feature will be able to interpret the question for you and also answer back using complete sentences as well. This feature is already working on Android. It is soon likely to be available in the Apple App Store for those who are using iOS 4.2.

Google will bring out its tablet by yearend

People who are awaiting the Google tablet will not have to wait for an extended period of time. Before the turn of the year, Google is likely to bring for the users, their Android-powered tablet. It would be available exclusively through the Google stores. Users can reach Google stores if they want to get one.

There were all kinds of things being spoken about the Google tablet. Initial reports claimed that the Google gadget would pose itself as a challenge to Amazon’s Kindle Fire. Another round of reports carried the information that the device would have a 7” display and would cost anything between $149 and $199.

This amount will bring it in direct competition with the Kindle Fire. In one of the latest developments, Google would join hands with Asus for launching the reasonably priced tablet. Google is likely to rope in Asus and Samsung to manufacture the hardware for the gadget.

It is rumored that Asus will launch the tablet through the online Google Store anytime later this year.