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In what could be seen as a defining moment for tech, Apple has surpassed Coca-Cola to become the most valuable brand on the planet.

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This article was written on September 05, 2007 by CyberNet.

Much like the Google Phone, the rumors of a Google file backup/storage service called GDrive have been around for a while now (here and here).  Originally it was thought to be just a service for Google employees to store and share files, but now we have further indication that it might be released to the public. Tony Ruscoe has been amazing at digging up dirt on Google services and features, and this is a perfect example of that. Yesterday he managed to disable GDrive on his Google Apps account, even though it’s not a service he had or could enable.

How did he come across this discovery? Ruscoe says, “Anyone familiar with my previous Google-digging will know that I try to keep track of Google service names used by both Google Accounts and Google Apps. By changing query string parameters on various pages, it’s possible to get a glimpse into what Google might be working on.” In this situation, he changed the “service” parameter which then allowed him to disable GDrive as the image shows below:

What a great find, huh? Of course this is no guarantee that GDrive will be released to the public, especially because we know that Google employees use Google Apps, and this feature could be something only for their use. I’d like to think though, that Google would have interest in providing a file backup/storage service to their users, but you never know!

If you have a Google Apps domain, you can give it a try:

https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/example.com/DisableService?service=www10

Just be sure to replace the “example.com” with your own domain. I tried it, and I got the same thing. Hopefully this means GDrive is finally coming soon?

Source: Google Blogoscoped

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Apple has something new to boast about as it grabs a coveted top spot in the most valuable brands of 2013. Following closely is search giant and Android maker Google at second. The two technology companies have displaced former king Coca-Cola for the first time in the list’s history, possibly signifying a shift in market […]

The European Organization for Nuclear Research aka CERN reached the attention of the masses when they finished the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator. Physicists and other scientists all over the world have high hopes for the LHC, while the rest of us are thoroughly impressed with its name. Now you can be even more vaguely impressed with cutting edge technology, thanks to Google’s Street View tour of the CERN site.

The tour is the final product of a two-week shoot by Google’s crew back in 2011. They took images of 5 different areas of CERN’s facilities, including nearly 4,000ft of the LHC tunnel. Check all of them out on Google Maps. Be sure to nod approvingly as you gaze at the images. Doing that helped me resist passing out from sheer confusion.

[via NOTCOT & Google]

Google‘s search app for Android now starts a new voice search when you say the hotword “OK Google” instead of just “Google”. Additionally, the new hotword also starts a fresh search while the app is displaying results from the previous search. This change comes bundled with the latest (2.8.7) update and activates when you manually […]