In an announcement made today, @Last Software says it has been acquired by Google Inc., as noted by MacCentral. Co-founder Brad Schell gives an overview of what this means for the 3D sketch software and a breakdown of how it happened. “Are we going to give up on design and all the cool new features and products we have in the pipeline? No way! In fact, the mission doesn’t change at all,” says Schell.
Read MoreGoogle has released three new widgets for Mac users, reports WebProNews. “The Blogger Widget enables quick and easy posting to your blog. Checking your Gmail inbox becomes a matter of pressing F12 with the Gmail Widget. And the Search History Widget allows you find that website you saw last week while searching Google,” notes the official blog.
Read MoreToronto, Ontario (February 1, 2006) — RAGE Software announced today the
immediate availability of RAGE Google Sitemap Automator 1.1. A free update
to the software package allowing web-masters to automate the process of
generating Google Sitemaps. RAGE Google Sitemap Automator helps search
engines which utilize Google Sitemaps to locate and index important
documents on a website.
Google Sitemaps are a way of telling search engines, namely Google, about a
website.
Google has denied a story in The New York Post that claims the search giant is considering acquiring the Napster music subscription service, reports Reuters. “We have no plans to acquire Napster, nor do we have plans to develop a music store at this time,” Google spokeswoman Sonya Boralv said in a statement.
Read MoreAccording to a survey by Brandchannel.com, Google leads the pack as the most influential global brand, notes Macworld UK. “Over the past five years, Apple has won the title twice, in 2001 and 2004, while Google has won the rest of the time. Google Earth, Google Mini, Desktop Search and its popular stock all helped Google win the award in 2005,” notes the story.
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