Jul 07, 2009

Official Google Blog We're often asked why so many Google applications seem to be perpetually in beta. For example, Gmail has worn the beta tag more than five years. We realize this situation puzzles some people, particularly those who subscribe to the traditional definition of "beta" software as not being yet ready for prime time.Ever since we (Read More)

Jun 27, 2009

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Jun 05, 2009

Lifehacker Mac/Linux: We've already seen unofficial Mac and Linux builds of the Google Chrome browser's open-source base, but now the Chromium team is throwing them out for real—even if they're also saying "DON'T DOWNLOAD THEM" That is, of course, just a tongue-in-cheek warning that these early builds will certainly see bugs, crashes, (Read More)

Jun 03, 2009

ReadWriteWeb Three weeks ago Google demonstrated a new product in Labs called Google Squared; it's a search engine that creates structured data from big piles of information and lets users compare various things by their attributes. TechCrunch said it was "How Google Will Crush [science inspired search engine] Wolfram Alpha." Google S (Read More)

May 14, 2009

TechCrunch Since launching back in 2004, Gmail has set the gold standard for webmail clients, offering a large amount of storage and a highly usable interface, free of charge. But for many people it has remained out of reach - no matter how appealing Gmail might be, they’ve racked up thousands of messages on other services that they (Read More)

Mar 03, 2009

TechCrunch Flock, a social-focused browser startup that has raised nearly $30 million in venture funding, has ceased building on top of the open source Firefox browser, say multiple sources. The next version of the Flock browser will be built on Google’s open source Chrome browser platform. The last version of Flock was released (Read More)

Jan 09, 2009

ReadWriteWeb The Google Chrome team keeps releasing updates to Google's browser on an almost weekly basis, but it is interesting that the latest version in the developer channel is now already being called 2.0. This comes just about four months after Google first released its browser to the public. This new version (2.0.156.1) is only a (Read More)

Dec 04, 2008

ReadWriteWeb Starting today handset manufacturer Kogan began accepting pre-orders for the second Android phone, the Kogan Agora Pro, which makes its debut in Australia for $399 AU ($256 US). Unlike T-Mobile's G1, this phone comes unlocked for use on any carrier. However, what's really interesting about this second coming of the Googleph (Read More)

Oct 05, 2008

Submitted by Mcastel from Google Reader: tectonic.co.za: Search giant Google has finally launched a repository of its software for Linux users. The repository will house the latest Linux versions of its software and make it easier for Linux users to keep up to date. Advertisement: read more. (Read More)

Oct 06, 2008

Submitted by Louisgray from Google Reader. Source Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google, and SEO: Om Malik wrote an interesting post about Google Chrome one month after the public launch. While I was reading Om’s post, I realized that I wrote a post for the Google Chrome release that I never published. I’ll include it here, and then let’s meet at the bottom and compare notes. Like many Google engineers, I’ve been runni (Read More)

Oct 05, 2008

ReadWriteWeb It's now over a month since Google released its open source web browser, Chrome. An interesting theory we heard recently is that Google will use Chrome to index the password protected Web - a.k.a. the 'dark web'. Right now the Chrome Terms of Service (TOS) prevents Google from indexing private data. But when you consider th (Read More)

Oct 06, 2008

Google Operating System One more step towards a consistent Google Docs interface: Google Spreadsheets has been redesigned and it now includes the same old-fashioned menu like the word processor and the presentation app."We were hoping to accomplish three things with it: make it faster, make it more consistent with our siblings (documents and prese (Read More)

Sep 25, 2008

TechCrunch Google Moderator launched this evening, a simple tool that helps groups determine which questions should be asked at all hands meetings, conferences, Q&A sessions, etc. The idea is that there are always lots of good questions to ask in a limited period of time, but it’s hard to know which questions the attendees are m (Read More)

Sep 03, 2008

TechCrunch Google has posted their official video of the Chrome press event we live blogged earlier today. I still prefer the comic book version, but if you want to see the official presentation, there it is. Larry Page steps on stage for the last two minutes. He talks about how he’s been using Chrome on an older computer to tes (Read More)

Sep 03, 2008

Submitted by Michaelfidler: I didn’t expect this. I fired up Google’s web browser, Chrome, expecting very little except a stripped down early beta with a plethora of bugs. After playing with it for a while, it’s too early to say that I’m blown away, but I must admit that I’ve stumbled onto some impressive feats which show that the team that built Chro (Read More)

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