Google stole Microsoft’s Bing thunder with Wave

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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