Eric Schmidt, Google’s Executive Chairman, is giving a lecture at theEdinburgh International Television Festivalin Scotland today, and he is set to outline the Internet giant’s plans to launch Google TV in the UK. Google TV is a Smart TV co-developed by Google, Intel, Sony and Logitech, which officiallylaunchedin the US last May, and the first set top boxes were rolled out in October. The service is Google’s attempt to take its advertising ‘offline’ and into users’ homes, transforming the humble TV into an Web-enabled video player, meaning you can watch shows from the major networks as well as access YouTube, the Web and various other apps....

Today at Google UK, the team behindThe Google Think Quarterlyhas launched its “Think with Google” online channel, which is steaming with inspiration, insights and ideas from the best and brightest in the field. The new online channelwill feature each new issue of Google’s Think Quarterly along withThink Voices, which showcases the shared experiences and insights of marketing leaders, digital influencers and academics. The content is filled with bite-sized TED-like videos for inspiring ideas on topics like the latest in digital technology, the future of marketing and how to channel innovation to inspire your business decisions....

After months of teasing, Google hasfinally unveiled Dart, its new programming language for building web applications, a new platform developed with simplicity, efficiency, and scalability in mind, combining powerful new language features with familiar language constructs into easy to define code. In September,we reportedthat the search giant might be working on a new programming language after a raft of new domain name registrations had been made. The registrations covered ‘DartLang‘, ‘DartLanguage‘ ‘Dart-Lang‘ and ‘GoogleDart‘ in ....

Google is trying to help spread the Valentine’s Day love with the unveiling of its new “Map Your Valentine” service that allows users to share a special place with their loved one using Google Maps. Search Engine Landalerted us to this sentimental tool; you simply need to enter your loved-ones’ email address, enter your own and then you search for the special location that may have significant for the two of you one time in your life....

Googlehas updatedits web-based Android Market portal to include app suggestions based on the downloads of others, incorporating a similar system to what its marketplace rival Amazon employs on its retail website. It appears the new update went live to coincide with a number of new app releases for new services announced at theGoogle I/O eventon Tuesday morning. The feature itself is not revolutionary but shows that Google is working to highlight apps based on human experience, not those recommended by it’s “Related Apps” algorithm that works by analysing keywords and categories....