The new iPhone 5 launch is just around the corner but Google didn't seem to wait for the launch of the new phone and released a new version of the YouTube app with some significant upgrades. The app that comes pre-installed in iPhones would not be present in the new phone or any iPhone upgraded to iOS6. Now with this new app Tens of thousands of additional videos can now be played through the iOS app, notably major-label music videos.

Internet search giant Google sees India as a big opportunity for its products as the number of Internet users in the country is growing fast.

Darren Baker, product manager at Google, recently said that increasing number of Internet users in India would provide them with major opportunities.

Google Apps customers will now be able to enjoy tools that can restrict posts so they are visible only to certain users, to integrated video conferencing. These will be made available through 2013 for free. Bolstering the appeal of Google+ to businesses, Google has added innovative workplace tools that the search giant hopes will bring in new business users for its ever-expanding services.

Google announced the details of pricing and availability of Google Fiber in July. Google Fiber could be transformative for the whole region and the region is embracing Google Fiber in a big way.

Google's patent search is giving prior art some love as well with the addition of the aptly named "Prior Art Finder" to its patent search tool. Marked by a patently obvious blue button, the new addition serves up relevant prior art results by using key phrases from a patent's text and putting them together in a search query.

In it's bid to become the premier destination for local reviews and online listings, Google will buy Frommer's, a travel guidebooks brand. The brand that was launched in 1957 when Arthur Frommer published his guidebook, `Europe on $5 a day'. An undisclosed amount will be paid by Google for Frommer's brand. This deal will give the Internet giant a vast and growing archive of digital reviews for its local listings, maps and mobile applications.