Ten (10) Biggest Acquisitions by Google Inc

Google is a growing and active company, to improve the quality of their products and services they decide to purchase some companies. These purchases will also help Google to keep the first place in the IT market. Why not?
Google has acquired over 100 companies, but below you will discover the 10 Google´s largest acquisitions.

1. Motorola Mobility.
This Mobile device manufacturer was acquired for $12.5bn by Google in 2011. This is their largest acquisition or the largest purchase in the history of google. This acquisition is integrated Android, Google Tv and Patent portfolio.

2. Nest
Google also invest huge money in home appliance business to increase quality of home living, that is the reason why it has acquired Nest ( Home automation) for $3.2bn in 2014.

3. DoubleClick
This Online advertisement company was acquired by Google in 2007 for $3.1bn. This business is integrated Adsense to increase its media Advertisements.

4.YouTube
This popular platform using for sharing and viewing video clips, was acquired for $1.65bn, in June 2013. It is obvious when you watch a video on this site, you see that Google displays ads at the bottom of videos.

5. Waze
A GPS-based navigation using for mobile mapping and route calculations, was acquired for $966m in 2013. This service is integrated Google Maps.

6. AdMob
Admob is one of the world's largest mobile advertising company, it was acquired In November 2009 for $750m.

7. ITA Software
Google invest Money too in Travel Technology, then it has acquired ITA Software in July 2010 for $676m, which provide management software and information on flights. This service is used as Google Flights.

8. Postini This company provides software that ensures safety communication. Google has acquired it for $625m in 2007. This service is used currently to ensure security of Gmail.

9. Wildfire Interactive
This famous social marketing platform was acquired by Google in 2012 for $450m. Now It is used as Google+.

10. Admeld
This is a online advertising company acquired in 2011 by Google for $400m. It is now integrated to Google's DoubleClick, Ad Exchange and Invite Media.

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The best trick you can use to protect your folder from unwanted access

All, we used to have important documents or files in the computer. Maybe you are not the only user on that computer and you have some private informations that you don't want anybody or others users view them. So the question is: How to protect those informations without any software? The answer is here! That is why we write this article, it is for your protection.
Then, how to put restrictions on your folder from unwanted access?
Follow this trick bellow step by step
1) Create a new folder and give it a name ( For example name it Private...
2) Drag all your important files or documents in the folder you have created
3) Make a right click on the folder, go to Properties
4) A new windows is open, go to Security and click Advanced button
5) An other new windows is open. To set the advanced security settings, click Disable inheritance button.
6) An other new windows is open with two (2) options. Select the second that say: '' Remove all inherited permissions from this object.
7) at the opening of windows security, click Yes and ok to apply the effect
8) We have not finished yet! Make again an other right click on the folder, select Properties.
9) Go to security, and click Edit
10) The permission for the folder is open, then check Deny and after click Apply.
So, this is the way you put restrictions on your folder, nobody can open it and even see what inside because it is protected.

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What is an Android Tablet?

As you read in a previous Googitechie´s article, Android was designed primarily for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. If you missed it you can find it here. The Motorola Xoom was the first device to run Android 3.0 also called as Honeycomb in 2011. The Honeycomb is the first version officially approved for Tablets. However, the first LTE Android Tablet appeared late 2009 and it was made by ICD for Verizon.
An Android tablet is a tablet PC. Microsoft used first the term Tablet PC in 2000 to describe a prototype handheld device with a flat touch-screen interface and a pen enabled. Nowadays, this mobile computing device is larger than a smartphone or personal digital assistant, generally you can find it at 7 inches (18 cm) or larger, and those devices are equipped with sensors, cameras, microphone, accelerometer which detects the physical movement and orientation of the tablet and also touchscreen, with finger or stylus gestures and a popup virtual keyboard usually used for typing, this great feature replace the computer mouse and keyboard.
A Tablet PC offer lots of great features, let s consider some of them:
1) Hardware: The physical elements that comprise a Tablet PC.
• High-definition, anti-glare display.
• Wireless internet connectivity (usually with Wi-Fi, but some Tablets can be sold with 3G or 4G wireless data access, then those Tablets require a Data Plan just like phones to access the Internet
• GPS satellite location.
• Front- and/or back- facing camera(s) for photographs and video.
• Lower weight and longer battery life than a comparably-sized laptop.
• Bluetooth for connecting peripherals and communicating with local devices.
• Docking station: Keyboard and USB port(s)
2) Software
• Minibrowser.
• Reader for digital books, periodicals and other content.
• Downloadable apps such as games, education and utilities.
• Portable media player function including video playback.
• E-mail and social media (such as Google+, Twitter, Facebook).
• Mobile phone functions (messaging, speakerphone, address book).
• Video-teleconferencing.
• Speech recognition (include voice dialling, call routing, speech-to-text processing, and so on)
3) Data storage.
• On-board flash memory.
• Ports for removable storage (such as memory cards)
• Cloud storage options for backup and syncing data across devices.
In 2012 Google introduced the Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 tablets. Hardware makers that have shipped Android tablets include now these companies: Acer, Asus, Samsung, Toshiba and Sony. the question is what is the best Android Tablet? The list below is considered the top 10 best Android tablets 2013.
10) Amazon Kindle Fire HD.
9) Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9
8) Asus Fonepad.
7) Asus Padfone 2.
6) Acer Iconia A1.
5) Barnes & Noble Nook HD.
4) Asus Transformer Pad Infinity TF700.
3) Sony Xperia Tablet Z.
2) Google Nexus 7.
1) Google Nexus 10.

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