Google Launches Knowledge Graph in Canada

 By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Google users in Canada will be able to access Knowledge Graph, a new feature that enables you to search for things, people or places that Google knows about—landmarks, celebrities, cities, sports teams, buildings, geographical features, movies, celestial objects, works of art and more. This is the future of Search and helps users by pushing forward information that they might not have thought relevant.

 This is a critical first step towards building the next generation of search, which taps into the collective intelligence of the web and understands the world a bit more like people do. Below is a detailed overview on knowledge graph from Google.

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Standard YouTube App to be dropped from iOS 6

Looks like the YouTube video App that's been one of the stock applications on all iOS devices will no longer be included as a default app in the next revision of Apple's iOS.

Apple has already replaced the Google Maps app with their own application and now the YouTube app is gone as well. Google is expected to make available a standalone version of YouTube that iOS users will need to download on their devices.

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Google's Nexus 7 tablets arriving in Canadian stores before pre-orders ship

Updated on Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at 12:53PM by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Updated on Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at 4:11PM by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

A number of Canadian early adopters who pre-ordered Google's Galaxy Nexus on June 27 are upset that their tablets haven't yet shipped while some retail stores like Staples have already sold out of their initial stock. Some buyers, like myself,  are thinking of cancelling their onlinepre- orders and instead hope to find one of these 7-inch Android Jelly Bean tablets in the wild. This would  save them some money as Google Play demands a $20.00, 2-day shipping and handling charge.

The 16GB variant of the Google Nexus 7 is apparently available online and in stores from Staples.ca with free one day delivery.

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iGoogle personalized home page shutting down along with less popular projects

As Google prepares to rid itself of various straggler projects in order to focus on the essentials, a number of once popular properties are being shut down. iGoogle, the personalized homepage that allowed users to pick a theme and customize their news and search feeds in one page is shutting down along with Google Video, Google’s Symbian Search App (bookmark Google.com, Google advises), Google Talk Chatback and Google Mini among others.