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Google has said that it is launching its networking site Orkut on Android platform. Orkut is now among one of the free applications available on the Google Android Market.

The user can put the list of friends on live folder on the screen of the mobile and communicate with others through it. The users will be able to scroll through the friends list even when they are offline.

The service can also be used to upload pictures on Orkut. The users can access phone numbers and status messages.

Sprint has announced that it is going to launch Google Nexus One mobile phone on its network and said that it will announce the date launch soon.

Sprint's announcement shows it support and intention to continue with the Android platform of Google. Apple has filed a law suit against HTC which is one of the mobile partners of Google for violating its patents.

Google Inc in association with Intel Corp., Sony Corp. and Logitech International SA is working to bring web software on TV by developing a new television platform.

The project called, Google TV will see Intel chips along with a chip developed by the Logitech that operates as a remote control, indicated a source. Google is trying to expand its business presence in markets beyond the internet applications.

Internet major, Google has made available its Application Programming Interface (API) for developers and manufacturers to build energy monitoring devices for households.

The Nexus One phone of Google is already available for sale in some countries around the world and the company is now reportedly planning to launch it's scaled down model in the Indian market and possibly in other developing markets.

The scaled down Nexus One is believed to be thinner than the other version and will also cut down on features. It will offer fewer features and hence will be priced very less as compared to the original Nexus One.

Google is expected to unveil a more affordable version of its Nexus One smartphone with fewer features to attract users from emerging economies like India and Russia.

Auto-Caption from Google is now available for videos uploaded on YouTube. Google has moved its auto-captioning technology out of beta and now it can be viewed in YouTube.

The Auto-caption technology is basically a speech-recognition and closed-captioning technology from Google. It was introduced by the company to make the visual clips more accessible for those who are hard of hearing. It also provides a better experience of online video search.

In an initiative for convenience of the travelers, Delhi Metro and Google India have planned to give complete information of the routes and the schedules on the mobile phones and by other means free of cost. This new initiative has been named as Google Transit and is a help for people who often get confused about the routes and get misguided.

Microsoft Corp is reported to launch its most vehement and public attack on Google Inc on Friday, reckoning its Internet rival's actions potentially anti-competitive, and urging victims to file complaints to regulators.

In addition, it is reported that Microsoft is fighting a plan by Google to digitize millions of books, currently under scrutiny by the US Department of Justice.

A Harvard Law School student, named Eva Hibnick, 24, has reportedly filled a class action lawsuit against Google over the charges of breaching her privacy after it launched Buzz last week.

Hibnick initiated the step after discovering herself automatically opted in to the Buzz social networking site. She consulted one of her professors who put her in contact with a legal team.