SAN FRANCISCO — Google’s (GOOG) mystery barge is still under wraps but new documents obtained Friday show the giant tech company has quietly promoted it to local officials as “a curious and visually stunning” structure, with sails “reminiscent of fish fins,” that will serve as a floating exhibit hall at sites from San Francisco to...Read More
An artist’s rendering of the so-called Google Barge, featuring large sails. (Credit: LLC,By and Large) The once-mysterious Google Barge is becoming less and less so every day. A new report from The San Francisco Chronicle suggests that the large structure currently under construction in San Francisco Bay is intended to be a large exhibition space,...Read More
(CNN) — You’re attempting to make meringue and your egg whites are a runny mess. What if you could pick up your phone or computer and instantly video chat with a cooking expert who can take a look at your kitchen disaster and tell you exactly what you’re doing wrong? Google launched a tool called...Read More
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a…floating showroom? Google’s mysterious barge in San Francisco Bay just became a bit less of a mystery. KPIX, a CBS affiliate in the Bay Area, has dug deep and found sources that tell the station the barge will house luxury showrooms and a party deck for the search...Read More
(CNN) — Google on Thursday released its latest candy-themed mobile operating system: Android 4.4, more deliciously known as Kit Kat. The system will launch immediately on Google’s new Nexus 5 phone and then roll out to other Nexus devices, the Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One, in the next few weeks. Nexus devices are Google’s...Read More
ADVERTISEMENT Massive cloud networks from companies like Google and Yahoo cache and serve up much of the data on the Internet — and the NSA has secretly tapped into the unencrypted links behind those company’s enormous servers, according to a new report from the Washington Post. By tapping into that link, the NSA can collect...Read More
Shareholders sent the stock up 8 percent in after-hours trading on Thursday, after Google’s better-than-expected third-quarter financial report. Still, the results revealed the company’s deep challenges: as its desktop search and advertising businesses mature, along with overall business in the United States, its growth rate is slowing and the amount of money it makes from...Read More
Researchers at USC have stumbled on a huge change in how Google architects its search services. The result? Reduced lag in serving search queries, especially in more far-flung regions (as in, far from Google’s own data centres). The insight into Mountain View’s pipes stems from other research the team was doing to develop a new...Read More
At yesterday’s iPad event, CEO Tim Cook followed Apple’s announcements that iLife, iWork, and even Mavericks would be free with a simple statement: “We are turning the industry on its ear.” It was a shot at Microsoft — one that Microsoft tried to deflect today — but it also had a less obvious second target:...Read More
Six years ago, in November 2007, the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) was announced. The original iPhone came out just a few months earlier, capturing people’s imaginations and ushering in the modern smartphone era. While Google was an app partner for the original iPhone, it could see what a future of unchecked iPhone competition would be...Read More
Based in Vancouver, BC and serving North America, RippleSmith Services is Google AdWords certified and is recognized as a trusted business partner of Google. Get in touch to learn more how we can help your business.
