The brand agency Landor, has unveiled results of its ‘The 2011 breakaway Brands study’. According to the study, Facebook, Skype and YouTube are among the leading brands that have grown dramatically over the last three years.
Google search data revealed that people tend to turn to internet and online tools for information and communication during crises. The last week Hurricane Irene only proved the importance of National Preparedness Month, a campaign initiated by the FEMA Ready to teach Americans how to prepare for emergencies. On this account, the major technology developer yesterday introduced a new Google Crisis Preparedness website with information and educational tools on using technology to prepare for crises.
Google continues to work on web technology improvements. The company has already speeded up surfing with instant pages and voice search. On the World IPv6 Day, Google joined other major companies to solve the problem of Internet space. Now trying to speed up Internet, Google, OpenDNS and some other companies are now forming the Global Internet Speedup initiative, a new system for sending data on the Internet to end users faster by locating generally where in the world end users are.
Google launched a new website for music fans called Magnifier. With this music discovery site featuring hundreds of music, video performances and interviews with artists, Google follows its recent project Music Beta. It’s a service that allows users to upload your personal music collection to the cloud and listen to it on the web or to an Android phone or a tablet.