We've witnessed a shiny start to the week with the announcement of Google Chrome - a new browser offering from the search colossus that is already being lauded as a Microsoft and Mozilla killer. Here at bigmouthmedia, we assure that you won't be blinded by the glare of sparkling online events. Instead, you can sit back and enjoy the scorching digital news stories of the past week in the newsletter equivalent of a pair of shades.
Google has certainly shown dominance in our headlines over the last seven days as the ever popular search engine strips ahead of the competition yet again. The Mountain View giant continues to lead the pack with a plethora of fresh developments, such as the much discussed Google Suggest and new Satellite imagery for Google Earth, showing that the internet company knows that the digital race is a marathon and not a sprint.
What's more, US Olympic cyclist Kirsten Armstrong revealed this week that she used Google Earth to map out her gold winning route in Beijing - so the search engine has been sniffing gold in more ways than one this summer.
But with so many digital developers snapping at its heels, Google will have to keep up its efforts to continue in front - and that's one of the reasons that an intrepid bigmouth reporter delved into the world of contextual linking to explore business plans that might prove useful to the top ranking engine in the future.
In other news, the winners of the Android Developers Challenge have been announced and a whole host of new applications have been created to ease the lives of potential Android users everywhere. We also heard word of a number of changes on the horizon for social networking site Bebo. From a recent plan for international expansion to a deal with Channel 4, it seems that the site is hoping to network its way closer to people's hearts.
The importance of branding has long been known to marketing companies and successful digital businesses, and recent trademark related developments in the online world have only added to the consensus that trademarking and promoting brands is an increasingly savvy move on the web.
So making a name for yourself - and maintaining it - could prove one of the most important online endurance tests; luckily finding out about the latest online happenings will be no such feat - simply sit back and enjoy our weekly newsletter.
Bebo branching out this autumn
Social networking site Bebo has poached Google's Head of Industry Marketing to drive international expansion and is teaming up with Channel 4 to create the Battlefront campaign for social change.
Google Android challenge – Winners announced
Google reveals the winners of the first Android Developer Challenge
Google Chrome - a decorative development or a brilliant new browser?
Google have announced the launch of a free open source web browser, named Google Chrome, which will see the search engine compete with Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox.
Would Google benefit from buying an in-text contextual link network?
A bigmouth reporter investigates the possibility of online powerhouse Google purchasing a contextual link network
Branding - the importance of making a name for yourself online
The battle to establish brands online continues to itensify as more and more terms are submitted to trademark offices for approval.
Google to receive new satellite imagery for Earth
Google's mapping tools, including Earth and Maps, are set to benefit from new high resolution images captured by the GeoEye-1 satellite, due to launch this week.
Google Earth helps get gold
Olympic gold medalist Kristin Armstrong plugs Google Earth and explains how it helped her win the gold.
How Google Suggest will affect search
Google Suggest has officially been switched on as a default function on all searches, affecting what people search for and what they find.
