Google has been working hard on giving a lift to Google Chrome platform. Even do still there is a long way to go, during the last two week some interesting developments put additional hope on Chrome’s future. For instance they launched a Beta version for Mac and Linux and also a extensions gallery from where you can upload and download a growing number of applications.
The current gallery is extremely simple, but you can get a good feeling on the top applications downloaded by users. And based on that ranking, I would like to share the top 10 extensions for Google Chrome.
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What kind of things people has been googling during this year? Google just released their official list with the fastest rising searches for 2009.
Honestly, Google doesn’t provide a unique list , but several rankings that gives you a global and local perspective.
It really worth to go trough the different rankings, as Google search is the number one search engine and a good reflection on what is happening on Internet. The list gives you some interesting trends and also reflects the most important events during this 2009.
Check a short summary below
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Google make it again and took the market by surprise launching Google Maps Navigation for Android 2.0, as a nice sneak preview on what we can expect from their new Android version. In the site you can also get more information about what is going to be the first mobile using Google Maps Navigation which is going to be launched by Verizon Wireless in the US and Motorola. (Motorola Droid).
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Google launched a new GPS navigation system for cars (launching Google Maps Navigation) that will work for any Android 2.0 enabled device and will include 3D views, voice navigation among other interesting features.
Right after Google announced this new service, shares from Garmin and TomTom literally crashed on stock markets. From a market point of view the message was clear: Google changed the game again by creating a better service and for free!
Shares price from Garmin went down 16.38% on Nasdaq index, meanwhile TomTom shares price plunged 20.8% on Amsterdam stock exchange. The picture above shows the dramatic situation. You can also follow their share on real time here.
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For most of us the perception of Internet traffic as a fragmented collection of websites, similar to the long tail of content available is a fairly good representation.
But according to a latest reports from Arbor Network there is a consolidation happening. In that sense, 6% of world’s traffic is related to Google sites, becoming the company that receives more traffic in the globe.
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