Opera Turbo Sees 60% User Growth in One Month
Opera announced that five million people are using Opera Turbo, its compression technology, which is present in both Opera 10 and Opera Mobile. Opera Turbo reduces the size of Web pages by up to 80%, according to the company, dramatically improving browsing speeds over slow networks and saving money on "pay as you go" connections.
Google Maps Learns To Acknowledge Landmarks
A good drive can be one of life’s most enjoyable experiences. But a bad one is, of course, no fun at all, and poor directions are often responsible for making things take a turn for the worse. So Google appears to be overhauling the way in which it tells people to get from one point to another.
November Showed Significant Growth for Android
AdMob, which is in the process of being acquired by Google (regulators are still eyeing the deal), has released its Novemeber Mobile Metrics report. The themes for this one are that the Launch of new devices drove Android growth and the rise of smartphones resulted in a sharp increase in WiFi usage.
Cisco Completes $3 Billion Starent Networks Acquisition
Cisco announced that the acquisition of Starent Networks has been completed.
Cisco announced today that it is acquiring Starent Networks for $35 per share in cash, bringing the total to about $2.9 billion. Starent Networks is a supplier of IP-based mobile infrastructure solutions.
Google Joins the IPSO Alliance
Google has joined the IPSO Alliance, which is a group of technology companies aimed at promoting the Internet Protocol for "smart object communications." The idea is that items ranging from appliances to cars, and even factories, can communicate as individuals do on the web.
A New Google Answers Site on the Way?
Some Google users have had a mysterious link appear in their accounts when they visit Google’s product page. The link is for "Google Guru", and is accompanied by the text, "Ask questions and get answers from online users." Its icon is a question mark.
If it is showing up for you, it is located between Groups and Knol on Google’s "More Google Products" page:
MySpace And WSJ Sending One User To Davos
MySpace, The Wall Street Journal, and the World Economic Forum, are giving a MySpace user the chance to be a citizen journalist at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2010 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland.
The MySpace Citizen Journalist winner will be chosen by a panel of experts and will join the Davos press corps using MySpace to report on the conference news and interview world leaders about relevant issues. This year the contest is expanding to include entries from users in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Google Books Suffers Defeat In French Court
The Google Books project suffered a significant blow today in France as a Paris court found Google guilty of copyright violations. The search giant’s been ordered to stop scanning books, remove information from its database, and pay some hefty fines.
Twitter Gets Hacked by “Iranian Cyber Army”
Twitter was hacked last night, and when users went to Twitter.com, they were presented with a message from someone claiming to be the Iranian Cyber Army. TutorialsTips has posted a video on YouTube showing what Twitter looked like as it was compromised.
Amazon Kindle Breaks Monthly Sales Record
Amazon.com has announced that December has been the best month for sales of its Kindle electronic book reader.
The company did not provide any sales figures or comparisons for its Kindle, but did say it is the most wished for, and most gifted item across all of Amazon.