10 hours ago

[Geeks Are Sexy] Technology News Google is not only the name of a major search engine (among lots of other things), but apparently, it’s also a brand of Vienamese toilet paper. According to Google translate, the text on the packaging says: “Very long, soft, smooth. Of high vacuum, because you always!”Thanks Korben!Related posts:The Comfort Wipe: Because Yo (Read More)

14 hours ago

mashable We’ve been matching up popular web services, applications and mobile apps against each other in heated one-on-one battles here in our weekly Faceoff Series. Last week Microsoft Office bested Google Docs in a head to head race for the title of office suite champion.This week we turned our attention to a rather timely battle (Read More)

23 hours ago

mashable Hot on the heels of the launch of the Windows desktop app preview, Seesmic has brought its Twitter client to the mobile arena as well with the launch of clients for the Android and BlackBerry platforms. Both apps are available for free — get the Android version from the Android Market and the BlackBerry version by pointing (Read More)

3 days ago

MakeUseOf.com Last week I was finally able to buy something I have always wanted – a Google Android mobile phone. For ages, it was either an Android or an iPhone and the Droid won when it came to price and flexibility (and me being a Google fanboy didn’t hurt either!). As soon as I took it home, and it was activated, I started browsing (Read More)

2 days ago

All Facebook This afternoon I’ve been watching the Google OS announcement and all I can say is that this is what Mark Zuckerberg first announced when they released Platform, two and a half years ago. Many assumed that the acquisition of Parakey was a step toward truly building the web operating system of the future. Blake Ross, the de (Read More)

1 day ago

Google Blogoscoped Google is rolling out a design prototype to some users which will have a permanent new pane to the left hand side. Within that pane, as the screenshot by Search Engine Land (with more coverage) shows, there will be sections such as “Everything”, “Images”, or “Video”, as well as related search queries and more fine-tuning op (Read More)

2 days ago

Youtube - kevinawhalen Telling the story of Google Chrome and how it inspired an operating system. Produced by Epipheo Studios. (Read More)

2 days ago

Android Phone Fans The gPhone is still dead.Despite two years of fighting off the gphone vs. android phone fallacy, people still didn’t get it. Starting with industry analysts who perpetuated the distant rumors, trickling all the way down to consumers who had no clue what Android was or is but have heard about some sort of Google Phone or (Read More)

2 days ago

mashable About a year ago, Google launched Chrome, their super fast, open source web browser. Since then it has grabbed just over three and a half percent of the world’s web browser market, according to Net Applications. That’s not bad, but still puts Chrome firmly in fourth place behind Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari. One (Read More)

3 days ago

Lifehacker The mere promise of Google Wave inspired a rainbow of potential use cases, but Wave's best real-world use boils down to this: it helps a group get things done together. Here's how to manage a group project in Wave. Note: If you haven't gotten your Wave invite yet, check out our invitation donation thread first (or, better y (Read More)

2 days ago

Submitted by Patrozoo from Google Reader: A lighter version of the Motorola Droid, the Droid Eris runs the Google Android operating system and features a 3.2-inch touch screen, virtual keyboard, ... See all stories on this topic. (Read More)

2 days ago

Gmail Blog Posted by Chad Yoshikawa, Software EngineerGmail chat status (those green, orange, and red bubbles) indicates if your friends are online or not. But sometimes my buddies appear green when they're not really "online online" — they just have chat open on their Android phones.Turn on Green Robot, a new experiment in Gmail Labs (Read More)

3 days ago

Android Central  Here we go again. There's whispers going around that the device we've all been waiting for, since even before the existence of Android really, is coming early next year. Yep, the Google Phone, as in the hardware and design and all the little and final decisions that goes into building a phone is made by Google. According t (Read More)

3 days ago

MakeUseOf.com Last week I was finally able to buy something I have always wanted – a Google Android mobile phone.   For ages, it was either an Android or an iPhone and the Droid won when it came to price and flexibility (and me being a Google fanboy didn’t hurt either!).  As soon as I took it home, and it was activated, I started browsin (Read More)

3 days ago

TechCrunch The debate over Droid v. iPhone rages on, but lots more Android surprises are on the way. Get ready for the Google Phone. It’s no longer a myth, it’s real.The next “super” Android device will almost certainly be a HTC phone that’s much thinner than even the Droid or iPhone – The the Dragon/Passion. This is the phone the sen (Read More)

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