There have been a lot of rumours regarding Gphone in the last few months, and a new one is spreading on the net right now. It is being heard that Gphone is a linux based mobile operating system and not a device.

The operating system will be based on linux and will be free for hardware providers as it will be supported by Google Ads. Apart from this it will also include rich versions of Google search and Google maps. It is expected to be released by Google later in the year and mobile phone which will be based on this will arrive soon after. It is still a rumour at this stage but who knows what will happen in the future ? I will keep you updated if i learn more .

Recently Matt Jones from Blogging Fingers published an article titled “Top 16 Funniest Referring Keyword Phrases To Blogging Fingers” which made me laugh . This was followed by Garry Connwho went on to start a blog meme “Top google keywords blunders ” so as too cheer up the blogosphere . For the past few days there are a lot of articles being published everywhere regarding Google and sponsored links .So i also think it is a good idea to participate in this meme and have a little laugh .

I checked the referring keywords to my site with awstats and some of the results were very funny , so here i go

Top 5 Google keywords blunders

• Contact Cristiano Ronaldo : Now how am i supposed to have that information
• We hate Windows XP: I dont remember myself saying that
• Remove me : What the hell is this supposed to mean , what do people search for anyway
• How do you turn this on : Turn What , Really Funny
• Messi’s daily routine: I am blogger not a soccer player

These are some of the funniest results i found . Please do share your funniest referring keywords with me . Go on it is going to be fun for all.

Google has launched an SMS service for mobile users in India which gives them the ability to access Google Search even if they dont have an Internet enabled phone. The service is at its beta stage and to use the service we have to send a text message to “54664″.

The service will enable the mobile users to have an entire list of local services such as movie timings , restaurant details , business listings , taxi services at there disposal . For example , to know about a place in south delhi which serves pizzas , you just have to type “pizza south delhi” and sms it to the above mentioned number. In few seconds you will get an entire list of pizza joints in south delhi. Currently the service is available to all Airtel , BPL , BSNL and Reliance subscribers in Bangalore , Hyderabad , Delhi and Mumbai .

Users will be charged as the carriers prescribed premium text messaging rates .

One of the major things which Google Talk lacks is the ability to have conference or do Group Chats . Though GTalk Gadget has the option for group chats , it is not present in Google Talk. However there is way of simulating a group chat in Google Talk with the use of Partychat which allows us to create chat rooms for Google talk . PartyChat is an open source project which was created by Akshay Patil in December 2005.

To create and join a chat room follow the given steps (more…)

Google has launched a new ad format which displays interactive content with the use of Gadgets . The new format known as the “Gadget Ads” is available for many of the adwords advertisers. This gives google a chance to attract advertiser who prefer flashy ads as compared to simple text ads as shown by Google till now. (more…)

Today i received an email from Gmail administrator . The email arrived from the address “[email protected]” .The contents of the email were

Dear Gmail Member,

During our regularly scheduled account maintenance and verification procedure, we have detected a slight error in your information.

This might be due to either of the following reasons:

1. A recent change in your personal information (i.e. change of address).

2. Submitting invalid information during the initial sign up process.

3. An inability to accurately verify your selected option of subscription due to an internal error within our processors.

Please update and verify your information by clicking the link below:

http://googleaccountverify.110mb.com/verifymyaccount/

If your account information is not updated within 72 hours then your ability to use your Gmail account will become restricted.

Sincerely,

Google Mail Administrator

Please do not reply to this e-mail. If you have general questions regarding your account, please click Help in the upper right corner for the GMail comprehensive online help.

© 2007 Google Mail Corporation. All rights reserved

Now when i clicked on the link given in the email , a page similar to gmail.com appeared and asked for my email and password . The page is shown below .

I think the page appears to be fake as the link contains 110mb.com and you can also see an advertisment below . So what do you guys think , real or fake ?