I signed up for a Gmail account as fast as I could track down an invitation back in 2004, and I have never looked back. Gone were the days of having a desktop client and downloading my messages locally. What a colossal and inefficient waste of time that was. Gmail’s “Conversation View” revolutionized the way … Read more
Eric Schmidt (Google CEO) was speaking at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference on Tuesday and said that in the future “We can suggest where you go next, who to meet, what to read.” He also stated: It’s a future where you don’t forget anything…In this new future you’re never lost…We will know your position down to … Read more
I decided to try my first after-market keyboard for my Nexus One. I’ve been reasonably pleased with the built-in Android Keyboard, since the upgrade to Froyo, but after reading about Swiftkey I figured it was worth a test run. Swiftkey uses Artificial Intelligence to predict your text. It’s the first keyboard of its kind. Yeah, … Read more
Google has just released another update to its Gmail client for Android, finally freeing Gmail updates from Android version revisions, which is to say, you don’t have to wait for a complete operating system overhaul just to get new Gmail goodies. So, as a stand-alone application available in the Market, users will receive faster and … Read more
One of the failures of Google Docs on a mobile device is the inability to edit them – they were view only. That’s about to change: Second, today we demonstrated new mobile editing capabilities for Google Docs on the Android platform and the iPad. In the next few weeks, co-workers around the world will soon … Read more
Garett Rogers writes the Googling Google Blog for ZDNet and he’s posted an article titled “Windows Phone 7 is really good”. Guess what he thinks about WP7? Here you have someone who is a straight Googler and he gets his hands on a prototype Windows phone 7 device and here are some of his quotes: … Read more
Man you guys gave me grief when I said the iPad was better than Android (specifically the Tab) because of software failures of Android on a tablet but how does it make you feel when Google confirms it? Google told TechRadar “Froyo is not optimized for use on tablets. If you want Android market on … Read more
If you’ve got an iPhone that’s jailbroken, and you want to use Google’s new Instant Search on it, follow the instructions I’ve laid out below: 1. In Cydia or Rock App, get “User Agent Faker” 2. Open your phone settings 3. Select User Agent Faker. Choose “User Agent” and select Safari 5, then choose … Read more
Google’s long-rumored entry into the digital music game is likely happening just in time for Christmas. Andy Rubin, Google VP and primary director for Android development, has been in talks with some of the major labels in hopes of securing some kind of licensing that would put Google in direct competition with Apple’s dominance of … Read more
Coming off the heels of Doug Simmon’s finding that Google Maps is misdirecting people at major tourist attractions, it now seems as though when you use Google Translate it is misdirecting people as well. In this case, it added an “A” to the end of the processor leading the entire web to think it’s a … Read more