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What happens to your online life after you die?

Sure, you have a lot to do today – laundry, bills, dinner – but it’s never too early to start planning for your digital afterlife, the fate of your numerous online accounts once you shed this mortal coil. Facebook, Google,


Google Keep – Save what’s on your mind

Google KEEP is a memory notes app you can write any type of notes . They are never deleted because they are save on google servers and your mobile. Quickly capture what’s on your mind and be reminded at the


YouTube for Android debuts offline video playback in India

Google will soon allow Android users in India to download YouTube videos and watch them offline. The announcement was made alongside its first ‘Android One’ smartphones, a new initiative designed to give users a premium, Google-driven experience at cheaper price-points.


Google to launch Android One in India today

In about an hour, Google will launch the Android One initiative at an event in New Delhi, and also launch the first smartphones. These smartphones have been built by Google’s hardware partners that include domestic smartphone vendors like Micromax, Spice


Google offers startups $100,000 in cloud platform credits

If you are an early stage startup, Google wants to give you $100,000 in Cloud Platform credits for one year so you can host your applications on its servers (and not on AWS or Azure). This offer is part of


How to find out if your Gmail account was compromised in the Gmail hack

Almost 50 lakh usernames and passwords of Gmail users have been leaked to a Russian forum, although Google has denied any breach in its servers. The Russian forum admins have now removed all the mentioned passwords and have only left


Google buys polling startup Polar to bolster Google+

On Thursday, Google announced that it has acquired the startup Polar, which specializes in online polls, signaling that the search giant is still investing in its fledgling social network. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Dave Besbris, the current


Google To Refund Parents $19 Million For Kids’ In-App Purchases

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that Google has agreed to refund a minimum of $19 million to consumers who were charged for purchases made by their children without authorization. Google has also agreed to change its Play Store billing


How to Use Google Maps Without Internet

Lost in Nowhereland with no Internet connection as far as you can see? As always, Google Maps can help you find your way back, as long as you have an iOS or an Android device, even if you are offline.


Google Buys Visual Effects Rendering Service Zync

Google, the world’s largest search engine, said it bought Zync Render, the visual effects cloud-rendering technology company behind “Star Trek Into Darkness”. Zync provides online tools to render video. Rendering is the process of generating an image from a 2D