One of the many advantages of owning an Android device over others is quick and easy access to Google products like Goggles, Earth and Voice for various reasons. Today, the Voice team released an update for Android with two home screen widgets that give you immediate access to your inbox and settings.
The Inbox widget pulls up the …
Google revealed “Google Instant” today—you can try it out here if you like, though it may already be activated within your browser at Google.com.
It’s pretty much just how it sounds. You begin typing your query into Google’s search box and your search results change in real-time with each additional letter you add, displayed …
We’re about to get started, folks. Please keep all hands, feet and other bodily parts inside the vehicle.
If you’re not sure what’s going on, then just check here and here.
Or watch this video:
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Gabriel Stricker from Google comms is now on stage making sure folks can connect …
For the second day in a row, Google has changed the logo on the main Search page with a grayed out logo that comes to life as you type in your query. Is it a coincidence that Google is holding a Search event later today in California? Nope.
Remember the video that surfaced last month wherein live updates were being tested? You know, …
The release of the Fascinate this week on Verizon marks the fourth and final Android-powered Galaxy S smartphone from Samsung in the US this year. Much like its brethren on T-Mobile, AT&T and Sprint, the Fascinate shares the same basic hardware specs with slight modifications here and there, including an LED flash for the 5-megapixel …
Google CEO Eric Schmidt took the stage at Berlin’s IFA conference to deliver the show’s closing keynotes. The full video is available here (it’s a little over an hour), and here are some of the highlights.
Augmented Humanity
The idea of “information at your fingertips.” Schmidt gave the example of a tourist using a smartphone to …
Over the weekend (9/4) Google celebrated the 25th anniversary of the discovery of the buckyball but today’s interactive logo on the homepage has us all scratching our heads. There is no major holiday, anniversary or historical event that would trigger a Google Doodle, so what’s the deal with today’s logo?
Google is holding a …
Google, you’re so clever.
Fire up a new doc in Google Docs and enter the Konami code (up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, b, a, enter) for an epic easter egg.
Reuters has it on authority from “people familiar with the matter,” that Google wants to get its long-rumored cloud-based music service launched by Christmas. According to these unnamed sources, Google’s Andy Rubin, of Android fame, “has been leading conversations with the labels about what a new Google music service would look …
While some of us at Techland mourn the impending loss of Wave more than others, Google released a “quick note” on what’s next for Wave.
• Wave.google.com will be available at least through the end of the year
• There will be ways to export your waves before the end of the year
Google will soon be rolling out an optional feature called Priority Inbox for Gmail users. Basically, it splits your inbox into three sections: the topmost section containing important and unread messages, the middle section containing messages you’ve starred, and the bottom section containing other less important messages to read …
It’s about time that someone created a film that enhanced your watching-videos-at-work experience.
Chris Milk’s The Wilderness Downtown is more than just a music video for the Arcade Fire’s “We Used to Wait.” The HTML 5 project — which can only be viewed on Google Chrome — turns your whole computer screen into an interactive …
