And The Searches Goes On

The Oscars: glamor, glitz, much fanfare- and many fans, the search of Google has increasingly becoming a part of watching live TV experience. Before and during the Academy awards broadcast in U.S., it was seen related search on Google dominating the hot searches list on Google trends. People searched for the TV schedule, streaming video sites, printable ballots for voting on favorites, film information and nominee. Here are some of the top searches categories which done:

Fashion: All of us are aware of the fact that red carpet is all about the popular dresses worn by the actors. So which actress made the best or worst?Dressed list in search? Zoe Santana's purple colored Givenchy haute couture gown won the day in searches. The next search was followed by the searches of Miley Cyrus, she walked down the carpet in one of the Jenny Pack ham's creations.

Winners: Throughout the night Oscar related searches rose and fell as the nominations were introduced and winners were announced. Before the ceremony 'Avatar' had the most searches,but as the Hurt Locker received more awards, searches for that film exceeded all others and and was at peak when it won the Best Picture.

Gossip and memorable moments: People always are eager for more information,about Hollywood stars- like their personal stats like height, age, family and dating status. During this Oscar ceremony, Kathryn Bigelow's height and Mikey Cyrus mother's tattoos were among the hot topics.

Google Now Buys Online Collaboration Operator Doc Verse

Google acquired a company that allows Microsoft Office users to their documents with collaboration on the Web. The acquisition of Doc Verse will no doubt allow the users who are married to Word, PowerPoint and Excel to edit their documents through services of Google.

Google and Doc Verse made their announcement, with each noting that transitioning to cloud document storage and collaboration has been like a challenge for Office users. Google further said that the current Doc Verse users will be able to continue using the service, but the new sign ups have been closed until the company is ready to share what is next. This is of no doubt a foreshadowing of Google's plan to mix Doc Verse capabilities into Google Docs that allows its users to collaborate simultaneously on Google-hosted word processing, presentation documents and spreadsheet.

The move is just one another step in Google's strategy to chip away at Microsoft's dominance in the productivity space. Although, there are ways for Office users to share documents online- Share Point is a popular solution among businesses, but according to the functionality it is still different from what is offered through Google Docs. The Doc Verse acquisitions, combined with Google's recently announced file- storage capabilities. It will help beef up Google Docs to a point where it will be even difficult for small businesses to resist signing up for Google Applications.

Google Buzz By Google

Google has now introduced a new service called Google Buzz. This a new feature through which you can share your updates, videos and photos. This service is built in Gmail which already has 176 million users according to sources. The features of Buzz will also be available on Android operating system based phones and also in iPhone, with the facility of real-time updates.

Google also hopes to merge with the most frequently visited sites like Twitter, Picasa, Flickr, Google Reader and YouTube so that the users can stay connected to everyone through a single browser window.

If you have a Gmail account there you can see Buzz has a built-in group of friends which are automatically selected including the people that the user communicates with the most frequently through Gmail and Google Talk.

Google Buzz will be available as Web application in mobile, allowing the user to provide status updates by voice and geotagging their posts. Updates that are location based can be read while one is using Google Mobile Maps.

According Google executives said Buzz would help to solve the problem of information overload, as Google would apply its algorithms to help people find the information that is most relevant to them.

Today there are millions of users who are using Facebook, Orkut, and Twitter. Therefore Google Buzz will have to compete with such sites.