Google stole Microsoft’s Bing thunder with Wave
May 29, 2009 by Peter Chubb
Filed under News
Yesterday was meant to be a big day for Microsoft, as they announced the launch of Bing, its new search engine. However, things never go according to plan, and Google stole Microsoft’s Bing thunder with Wave. This seemed to knock the wind out of Microsoft’s sails. Read more
Google Wave at I/O conference
May 29, 2009 by Peter Chubb
Filed under Computers
If someone was to invent e-mail today, I bet it would look very different to what we are used to today. Well Google have shown of a preview application of Google Wave at the I/O conference, and is considered the e-mail for tomorrow. Read more
Google I/O News: Android 2.0 (aka Donut)
May 28, 2009 by Peter Chubb
Filed under Cell Phones, Phone Software
For those of you who are just coming to grips with having and enjoying cupcake on your G1 handsets, then spare a thought for Google, as their engineers are hard at work on Donut, which will be better known as Android 2.0. Read more
Google Ion Review: Spitting image of HTC Magic
May 28, 2009 by Peter Chubb
Filed under Cell Phones, Handsets
Those lucky guys over at Engadget have managed to get their sticky hands on a Google Ion for review. The first thing that they point out is that it is a spitting image of the HTC Magic. The device that was sent to them came with 30 days’ worth of T-Mobile service thanks to the included SIM card. Read more
Google Chrome 2.0 Review: First Impressions
May 27, 2009 by Peter Chubb
Filed under Computers, Software
Google decided that they wanted to compete with the likes of Internet Explorer so came out with their own browser, Chrome and was meet with a mixed reaction. Google like other companies who develop browsers are always trying to improve the speed and stability, which is where Google Chrome 2.0 comes in. Read more
Delayed: Android 1.5 Cupcake Update
May 19, 2009 by Peter Chubb
Filed under Cell Phones, Phone Software
For those of you who are still waiting for the much anticipated release of the Android 1.5 ‘Cupcake’, T-Mobile Forums have informed users that T-Mo USA have announced that the update has been delayed by another week. Read more
Google Squared and Sky Map phone app
May 13, 2009 by Peter Chubb
Filed under Cell Phones, Phone Software
Google engineers have been hard at work and are set to launch a few new services two of these are Google Squared and the Sky Map phone app. Google Squared will be launching sometime this month allowing users to order up an instant spreadsheet on any topic that they choose. Read more
Google O3D: browser plug-in for IE, Firefox, Safari, and Chrome
April 22, 2009 by Peter Chubb
Filed under Computers, Software
On Tuesday Google released some new software called O3D, this plug-in will bring accelerated 3D graphics to browsers such as Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE), Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari , Linux and Google’s Chrome Read more
Android OS 1.5 officially released: G1 on-screen keyboard reality
April 15, 2009 by Peter Chubb
Filed under Cell Phones, Phone Software
If you have been waiting patiently for Google to launch its Android OS 1.5, then you will be pleased to know that they have officially released and “early-look” basis. The update comes with some cool new features, and one thing is certain, G1 owners will be happy to know that the on-screen keyboard is now a reality. Read more
What if Google bought Twitter?
April 3, 2009 by Peter Chubb
Filed under News
Would you like to hear the latest rumor, The Washington Post has learned from two different sources that Google is in the late stages of acquiring Twitter. It is not known how much the search engine giant is going to purchase Twitter for, but estimates out it at over the $250 million value. Read more
Google Voice and mobile number porting
March 30, 2009 by Peter Chubb
Filed under Cell Phones, Phone Software
Over the past month, much has been spoken about with the launch of Google Voice, the new name for grand Central. There was however one major problem with this new service, you had to change your main number to be able to take full advantage of Google Voice. Read more
Google Android phones to get Flash thanks to BSQUARE
March 26, 2009 by Peter Chubb
Filed under Gaming
BSQUARE Corporation, who are the leading software solutions provider for the global embedded device community has announced that they will start to port Adobe’s Flash technology onto handsets running on Google Android, including the T-Mobile G1. Read more
Google Voice and Phones: Blackberry, iPhone and more
March 25, 2009 by Peter Chubb
Filed under Cell Phones, Phone Software
In this day and age, a number of you all have more than one phone number and email address, this can sometimes prove a problem for us. Google understand this, which is why they are working on turning their GrandCentral project into the voice-transcribing along with a number of other features, such as phone number managing service and SMS text message sending. This new service is called Google Voice. Read more
Google Voice: An application for phone-related services
March 12, 2009 by Peter Chubb
Filed under Cell Phones, Phone Software
Google have re-launched is phone management service, the old name for this service was GrandCentral; the new name is now Google Voice. The service has kept most of the original core GrandCentral features that made it so good, such as voicemail transcripts, archived searchable SMS text messages and conference call functionality. Read more
Google Android v1.1 Firmware For G1: Fixes and improvements
March 10, 2009 by Peter Chubb
Filed under Cell Phones, Phone Software
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) makes it possible for us to purchase an unlocked T-Mobile G1 / HTC Dream. The way in which you can do is by purchasing one of Google’s Android Dev 1 devices, these cost $400 as well as a few fees. Many consumers have held back in doing this because of the frequency of OS updates. Read more
2012: Apple iPhone to be outsold by Google Android phones
March 10, 2009 by Peter Chubb
Filed under Cell Phone Information, Cell Phones
Informa Telecoms and Media have published a new report that’s states that Android Smartphone’s will exceed sales of Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone by 2012. It is expected that the share of Smartphone’s will go up, due to the fall in handset prices. Read more
Google Tip Jar Website: advice on how to save money
March 6, 2009 by Peter Chubb
Filed under News
Google is using their Moderator product to give advice for people who want ideas on how to save money. The new website powered by Moderator is called Tip Jar, and is certain to become very popular as people try to save as much money as possible in these lean times. Read more
Google Android app makers banned from own apps
February 27, 2009 by Peter Chubb
Filed under Cell Phone Information, Cell Phones
If you are lucky enough to become an Android developer, then Google will sell you an unlocked phone. That does sound great, having an Android phone that works on any network, but there is always a catch with things that good. The catch is that Google has banned those developers from downloading paid apps. Read more
Google explains Gmail and Talk attacks and takes action
February 25, 2009 by Peter Chubb
Filed under Computers, Software
It was not such a great day for Google Inc (GOOG.O) yeasterday, as they not only suffered from an outage of their email service, Gmail as well as a phishing scam on their Google Talk program. This chat protocol is embedded into Google’s Gmail Web interface. Read more
Keep track of your energy bills with Google’s PowerMeter
New software by Google dubbed ‘PowerMeter’ will aim to help users cut their power costs by 15 percent in the future after the software has been tested thoroughly. Read more
