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"Google a annoncé hier qu'il allait fusionner Insights for Search dans Google Trends, dans le but de créer le « new Google Trends ». Avant de vous présenter le résultat de cette fusion, sachez qu'Insights for Search est un outil qui vous permet de récupérer de nombreuses statistiques sur les recherches faites par les internautes sur l'ensemble des sites de Google. Ainsi, vous allez avoir la possibilité d'obtenir les tendances de recherche par mot-clé (courbe chronologique) avec une comparaison entre différents mots-clés, de lister les plus populaires, de filtrer des courbes de tendances par catégories, ainsi qu'une carte des pays, régions et villes où les requêtes sont les plus populaires… Quant-à Google Trends, est un outil issu de Google Labs permettant de connaître la fréquence à laquelle un terme a été tapé dans le moteur de recherche Google, avec la possibilité de visualiser ces données par région et par langue. Grâce à ce dernier, vous avez la possibilité de notamment comparer la fréquence de plusieurs termes. Une des fonctionnalités de Google Trends est la présentation d'articles d'actualités associés directement aux pics de popularité du mot clé. Dorénavant, le « nouveau » Google Trends comprend désormais des fonctionnalités des deux produits, et dispose d'outils basés sur HTML5, notamment grâce à Google Chart, permettant d'afficher les graphiques en ligne et la carte des pays. Pour ceux qui ne voient pas l'utilité de ces derniers, sachez que cela signifie que la page peut être chargée à partir de n'importe quels dispositifs mobiles, et les résultats peuvent être visualisés sans défilement. Malheureusement, Google va également afficher les "hot searches" mais seulement pour les États-Unis, l'Inde, le Japon et Singapour."

Thinking of truly embracing Google+ as your go-to social network of choice? The folks at Infographic Labs have put together a compelling infographic as to why the Google service is worth your time. From seamless integration with Google services such as Gmail, Google Docs and Picasa to better game integration, video chat Google Hangouts with friends and easy privacy setting enabling, Infographic Labs makes a good case for Google+.

Google is talking about a new world of search at the I/O developer conference. The biggest change is called Google Now. It's a new generation of semantic-style search. Google Now figures out where you commute to work and how. It gives you a faster route if there is a lot of traffic. When you're at a public transit stop, Google Now tells you when the next one arrives This is a developing story. Refresh for updates.

Think of Google Drive as a file system underneath Google Docs, but integrated with all the other Google services. All Google users get 5GB of storage for free. If you're a heavy Google Docs and Gmail user, Drive is probably best for you. If you use Office and Outlook, SkyDrive makes sense. Dropbox doesn't have the lock-in effects, but it also doesn't have the advantage of its own stack of applications. Then again, third-party apps that use Dropbox are great. It's up to you and your colleagues.

A new post over at the Google Fiber blog notes that with pre-registration now closed, 180 out of 202 potential "fiberhoods" in the Kansas City region have qualified for Google Fiber. As we noted back in July, Google encouraged Kansas City communities to participate in a six week rally to determine which neighborhoods were connected first. Not only did those rallies help Google determine the maximum deployment strategy for the best ROI, they also generated an immense volume of free advertising for the company. 

"Two more interesting analyses of the Google Fiber project (about which more here), following on from this previous post. An article in the Wall Street Journal ("Web rivals want what Google got") reports that rivals are seeking the same concessions Google obtained from Kansas City to support their network builds:"

Recently, venture capitalist and senior Kauffman fellow, Paul Kedrosky, gave the last of four scheduled presentations at the Kauffman Foundation relating to Google Fiber. He concentrated on what Kansas City should do to make sure it-and the U.S.-gets the most out of the Google Fiber innovation opportunity. Here are four specific lessons on Google Fiber innovation from Paul Kedrosky that likely apply to our organizations as we strive for greater innovation

""Google, et je ne dis pas cela négativement, ils voulaient tout maintenant". Cette phrase a été prononcée par M.Posner, lobbyist pour Google, dans la procédure de validation permettant à des véhicules sans chauffeur de rouler en Californie. Elle résume à elle seule la situation : Google veut opérer des véhicules robots dans l'état américain le plus puissant, rapidement."

Anyone can now track his or her citations via Google Scholar. The free citation service is "a simple way for authors to compute their citation metrics and track them over time," the company said in an announcement yesterday on the Google Scholar blog. Google announced a limited-release test of the service in July.

Google is getting into the Internet Service Provider (ISP) game, as you might have heard. Its new offering, Google Fiber was announced today in Kansas City. Right now, the service is only available there, but from what we can tell, it's ridiculously fast. For $70 a month you'll get "gigabit" Internet service, which is 100 times faster than your standard cable modem. Kick in an extra $50 a month and you'll get cable-TV-like-service as well.

"Google's long-running fight to digitize the world's written works has closed two more chapters, but the story hasn't quite reached the end. Despite stakes that include millions of dollars of ad revenue for Google versus the potential loss of revenue and royalties for publishers and authors, however, the epic saga's climax is turning out to be surprisingly muted. There are three parts to this story so far, with Google Books the protagonist (or antagonist, depending on your point of view) at the center of all of them. Following two separate court decisions this week and last, two of those parts are now concluded, leaving only one more thread of the tale to wrap up."

Google Translate has reached a milestone of 200 million users on translate.google.com. Ordinarily, we wouldn't report a basic usage statistic like that, but this one deserves to be celebrated. Google's scale could someday make it possible for all human beings to understand each other. Here's how.

Google unveiled its own Nexus tablet, the Nexus 7, at the Google I/O conference Wednesday in San Francisco. The 7-inch tablet running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean will have a 1.3GHz quad-core Tegra 3 processor as well as a 1280x800 IPS display with a 178-degree viewing angle.

"Google on Wednesday released a cloud-based version of its Google Wallet app that now supports credit and debit cards from Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover."

he Google self-driving car project has been around for some time, but has crossed a milestone of over 300,000 miles tested. If you hang out in Mountain View around the Google Plex at all, you'll see these cars driving around with funny contraptions on the roof. You might also spot one on the highway, it's kind of interesting to watch, but pay attention to the road.

A store of information dubbed the "Knowledge Graph" now adds useful context and detail to the list of links that Google serves up. Searching for certain people, places, or things produces a box of facts alongside the regular results. The Knowledge Graph is already starting to appear in a few other Google products, and could be used to add intelligence to all of the company's software. "Search was mostly based on matching words and phrases, and not what they actually mean," says Shashidar Thakur, the tech lead for the Knowledge Graph in Google's search team. Thakur says the project was invented to change that. The Knowledge Graph can be thought of as a vast database that allows Google's software to connect facts on people, places, and things to one another. Google got the Knowledge Graph project started when it bought a startup called Metaweb in 2010; at that time, the resource contained only 12 million entries. Today it has more than 500 million entries, with more than 3.5 billion links between them.

"un accord commercial optionnel permettra aux éditeurs d'utiliser toutes les plateformes de Google à des conditions attractives. L'autre point est la création d'un fonds pour l'innovation de la presse numérique doté de 60 millions d'euros par Google."

"A Google spokeswoman said that promise of wireless Internet connections refers to systems it will install at more than 400 locations around the city for free. Google promised the free hookups for locations to be determined by officials in Kansas City, Kan., and Kansas City, Mo., as part of the agreement in setting up its network. The two cities have, as part of the same agreement, given building space to the company and assigned staff to fast-track permits for the construction of the Internet service."

 Depuis le mois d'août, Google assure une présence dans la région de Québec pour sa division des visites virtuelles grâce à des photos panoramiques de boutiques, de restaurants et d'autres marchands pour ceux qui en font la demande.

"La librairie en ligne de Google a débarqué aux côtés d'Amazon et d'Apple. Et reprend discrètement les commentaires des lecteurs d'autres sites marchands. Une pratique normale ou une anecdote qui cache un petit abus de position dominante ? Enquête."