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Google as part of its strategy to unify its services have rebranded the Android Market as Google Play and has integrated all its other stores like the Google Music Store and the Google EBooks Store into the new Google Play store giving customers a one stop shop for apps, games, music, ebooks, and movies. Where to Buy Smartphones Jumia.com.ng from ₦77,999.00 Buy Now   A Unified Content Store with Google Branding Google's major move here is to add its name to the store, bringing its brand name closer to consumers. This may also imply Google is looking beyond Android as the store will also...

Google Trader is a classified site offered by Google in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, and Uganda. Google Trader, like other classified Ads sites, enables users to buy or sell products and services online. However, the uniqueness of Google Traders is that users can find and post classified Ads using SMS on their mobile phone. Currently Google Trader SMS service is available on MTN and Airtel in Nigeria. This post is part of a free classified Ads series. How to post Ads with SMS To post classified Ads on Google Trader via SMS, you must register for Google Trader on your mobile phone. To...

All this while Google+ has been open to only people 18 years and above. But on January 26, 2012 Google+ amended its rules to allow people 13 years and above to join the social networking site. So for the first time all teens can join Google+ officially. To ensure that teens are protected online Google+ offers enhanced privacy features for teens. That Google+ is opening its doors to all teens does not mean teens have not been using the social networking site. After all they can raise their age to join. However, Google by these changes to its rules is...

Google+, Google’s own social networking service, now boasts of over 90 million users. This is more than 100% the number of users on the social networking site just three months ago. This information was made available by Google's CEO Larry Page, while announcing the company’s fourth quarter 2011 results. According to the result, Google made $10.58 billion in revenue, the first time the company is exceeding the $10 billion mark in a quarter in its history. However, Google's earnings fell short of analysts' expectations leading to a 9% drop in the value of its shares on announcement of the results....

Google Music is a new service from the world's leading search engine that enables users store up to 20,000 songs in the cloud, sync them across multiple devices, share and enjoy them from anywhere. According to Google's press release launching the new music service "Google Music is about discovering, purchasing, sharing and enjoying digital music in new, innovative and personalized ways". Google Music is currently only available in the United States.   Store up to 20,000 Songs Google Music enables users store up to 20,000 songs for free in the cloud. Users can upload their own songs from their existing collection or...

Samsung Galaxy Nexus is a powerful Android phone offering a large HD display and super fast data access. It is the first smartphone to feature Android 4.0 (Ice cream Sandwich), the latest evolution of the Android OS. Like the Google Nexus S, Samsung Galaxy Nexus is a Google phone, running a pure Android interface with no OEM skin. It is also known as the Google Nexus Prime. Where to Buy Samsung Phones Jumia.com.ng from ₦49,000.00 Buy Now   A powerful Android 4 Smartphone Samsung Galaxy Nexus is the first smartphone to run the Android 4 Operating system (Ice cream Sandwich). Android 4 offers a...

It is no longer news that Google Adsense, a leading advertising network, has launched its ads service targeted at mobile devices to Nigeria based publishers. What is however news is the low adoption of mobile advertising by Nigerian advertisers, going by the mostly foreign and irrelevant ads served by the Google Adsense Mobile so far. Google Adsense Mobile displays Ads when a webpage is accessed via a mobile device. It is optimised for mobile devices and takes advantage of their personal nature. Mobile devices are the leading devices used by Nigerians to access the internet, that is why it is suprising...

By now, you might have heard about the new social networking service from Google called Google+ which is generating a lot of buzz and forcing Facebook to make some quick announcements. Google+ now has over 40 million users, who from reviews all over the web are generally happy with the service. Having used Google+ for sometime now, I will like to join them in giving Google+ a pass mark. Google+ design is great offering a good user experience, better than Facebook, if you ask me. Your ability to share content to one or more select groups called Circles is one...

The long awaited cloud biased laptops from Google, Google Chromebooks have finally gone on sale in the United States. Google Chromebooks are now available for pre-order at Amazon and Bestbuy in the United States and starts shipping from June 15, 2011. Google Chromebooks are laptops running Google Chrome OS built for a new computing philosophy called cloud computing where your software and data reside securely on the cloud (web) instead of in local storage.Where to Buy LaptopsJumia.com.ngfrom ₦18,495.00 View Offers Konga.comfrom ₦44,900.00 View Offers The first set of Google Chromebooks will be coming from Samsung and Acer. Acer and Samsung Chrome...

Google+ is Google's latest effort at social media, its best so far. Google+ social networking site, borrows a few ideas from the world champion in social media, Facebook, but also introduced some new and better ideas that makes it a good alternative to Facebook. Google+ is now available to all users and according to Google, the social networking site boasts of over 40 million users. So far, user reviews from Google+ users including mine have been positive, with most commending how it handles privacy and the control it gives users to select who they share particular contents with. Google+ is...

Google Offers was a service by Google that helps you find attractive deals on products and services at local or online businesses, while you search the web. Google Offers will also be delivered to subscribers via email. The service is on beta in Portland, Oregon, United States and will soon be available in a few selected cities in the United States. Google Offers will display offers and deals on products and services relevant to your search term and location while you search the web or have them delivered to your email. Google Offers will be displayed on Google's search products...

Google Wallet is a new mobile app by Google that promises to turn your mobile phone to your wallet. With Google Wallet, you can shop and pay for goods and services at physical locations using an NFC (Near Field Communications) enabled mobile phone. Google Wallet replaces your current plastic payment cards, by enabling you store virtual copies of your credit cards and gift cards on your mobile phone, saving you from carrying a multiplicity of physical cards. Google Wallet will also store offers, coupons, and loyalty cards enabling users to save while shopping. Google Wallet is currently available on...

Google has unveiled its second branded smartphone, the Google Nexus S. Like the Google Nexus One before it, the Google Nexus S will set the pace for the next generation of Android based mobile phones. It is the first Android phone to run Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). Gingerbread is the fastest version of Android so far and with a 1GHz A8 chip processor (Hummingbird), Google Nexus S is sure to offer superfast performance. Google Nexus S, although branded Google is built by Samsung and is derived from the Samsung Galaxy S. Other features of the Nexus S include 5 megapixels...

Google has launched its own eBook Store. Google eBooks boasts of the largest collection of eBooks in the world with over three million titles already including hundreds of thousands for sale. Google eBooks is all about choice, your books are stored in the 'cloud' so you can read it anywhere you go with almost any device with an internet connection. You can also shop for Google eBooks from independent booksellers, giving you the choice to buy books online wherever you want. Google eBooks can be read across multiple devices. It is currently fully available in the United States with limited offering...

Having used Google Baraza for a while now, I guess I am in a good position to share some of my experience and tips on using the service. Google Baraza is a question and answer service developed by Google for Africa. It is a community where members turn on each other for answers to questions in almost any topic. It is a response by Google to the low level of African content on the internet. Africans have responded from Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa and the rest of the continent, helping each other out with questions organic search failed to...

Google Baraza is a question and answer service developed by Google for Africa. It allows members get expert advice on any topic from other members. Google Baraza may appear similar in purpose to Yahoo answers, but Google Baraza appears more social and has a reward system that I think will likely offer better results to members. Members are rewarded with points when they answer questions. Baraza means 'taskforce' or 'council' in Swahili. Understanding the Google Baraza model Google Baraza is a community where members turn on each other for answers to questions in almost any topic. However, in Baraza answers do...

Google map maker is a free online tool that allows anyone with a Google account to start contributing to Google maps. With Google map maker, you can add features like roads, bridges, railway lines, etc on Google maps. You can also add places like churches, schools, banks, hotels, as well as add street names on Google maps using the Google map maker. Google map maker provides a visual interface and is very easy to use, if you have used a computer before you can start contributing to Google maps with the Google map maker. Google maps is a free online...

Google maps was officially launched at the G-Nigeria event in February 2010. Google maps for Nigeria have always been there, but its official launch by Google means that Google is now out to make Google Maps for Nigeria better and more useful. Unlike before, major cities and towns in Nigeria are now searchable on Google maps. You can find places or locations and get directions on Google maps. Google has also made it easy to add places and directions on Google maps, so you can easily contribute to making Google maps more detailed and useful. Google maps is a free...

Google has unveiled its first branded mobile phone called Google Nexus One, a superphone running Android 2.1 the latest version of Google's Android OS for mobile devices. Although Google has in the past collaborated with manufacturers like HTC and Motorola to launch Android phones, the Google Nexus One will be the first true Google phone, designed by Google, but built by HTC. Google Nexus One offers superfast performance running on a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset. Some other features of the Google Nexus One include, A 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen, 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, GPS Navigation, digital compass, voice...

A new Beta Chrome browser is now available for Windows OS. Google in its official blog, says the new Beta version of the Chrome browser is faster. The official Google Chrome blog claims 30% speed improvement. In addition, Google Chrome Beta offers a customizable New Tab page, an improved Omnibox, browser themes, and HTML 5 capability. Google Announces Google Chrome OS: A free open source OS based on Linux Aside from improved speed which is one of the aims of the Google Chrome browser, the Beta Chrome browser has a number of improvements in user experience. One of this being that...