With the FIFA foootball world cup, Akamai, the world’s largest CDN network reports 11 million visitor requests per minute and a total traffic increase of 230%.

Google is using browser sniffing to prevent Opera and Safari users from accessing the recently unveiled background image options.

After Google’s little easter egg, Twitter has also joined in on the fun by rolling out a new FIFA Football World Cup 2010 theme.

Google Maps with free voice guiding navigation is available for 11 more countries. Google, along with Google Maps also updated the supported languages in their Voice Search application.

Rejoice HTC-made-Google-branded Nexus One owners! Now you can record 720p HD videos on your Nexus One!

Google has introduced a new algorithm for search called Caffeine. Caffeine provides approximately 50% faster results than the older algorithm.

FIFA 2010 World Cup Easter Egg on Google. Check out a cool soccer related Easter Egg on Google when you search for footbal related news.

The Motorola Droid has got its share of Froyo love, thanks to the folks at My Droid World! Until now, only the Google-branded-HTC-made Nexus One had got the official Android 2.2 update. The Android 2.2 update for the Motorola Milestone/Droid is not an official one though.

Google acquired an ad technology startup invite media on Wednesday this week. Invite media helps buyers purchase advertising from a dashboard displaying multiple ad exchanges in real time.

Google is currently investigating a glitch, which makes Gmail slow for a “small subset” of users.

Google has announced a new custom background feature for the Google homepage. Users can now upload their own photo and set it as a background for Google.com. Bing already features backgrounds which are changed regularly on Bing.com.

Android has always been criticized for its “fragmentation”. Google did say at its I/O conference that with Android 2.2 Froyo, it is trying to stop fragmentation.

Google employees are told to quit using Windows and switch to other operating systems – Linux or Mac.

A recent report says Google has mapped every wireless router in Britain. In reply, Google said that other companies have also collected Wi-Fi data it in past.

Google has removed the new tab feature in Internet Explorer for users using Google Toolbar to adhere to guidelines and requirements posted by MIcrosoft for IE add-ons.