American wireless phone company Sprint has announced that it will offer a service that can help a user spot the locations of his or her friends through mobiles around the world. The service that uses the Global Positioning System (GPS) technology will also automatically upgrade the location of a user’s friends every 15 minutes. The…
If reports are to be believed, Internet giant Google is eyeing mobile territory with plans for a new search service for mobile phones that would help users pay for and download digital content onto their handsets.                                                      With a slew of mobile applications like search, mapping, news, email, and calendar services already in place, Google’s logical…
Google’s enterprise unit continued its recent barrage of product rollouts and other moves, unveiling Google Custom Search Business Edition, a paid version of its popular ad-supported site search tool. The service allows users to customize the search results page to match their Web sites’ look and feel. They can also choose whether to display the…
Now that the euphoria surrounding the launch of Apple Computer’s iPhone has died down, the gizmo’s once again made it to the headlines… and how? SPI Labs’ security researchers have cautioned iPhone users not to use the ‘Web Dialer’ feature that allows them dial telephone numbers over the Web through iPhone’s Safari browser Lead researcher…
Google has said that its cookies, tiny files stored on a computer when a user visits a website, will auto delete after two years. They will be deleted unless the user returns to a Google site within the two-year period, prompting a re-setting of the file’s lifespan.The company’s cookies are used to store preference data…