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Google’s SketchUp free 3D modelling software hits version 8

September 2nd, 2010 5:03pm Pete Railton No comments

Google's SketchUp free 3D modelling software hits version 8

First released no less than ten years ago, Google’s SketchUp has proved to be a popular and powerful 3D modelling app, with the company claiming that a million people a week are all busy knocking out 3D wotsits with the free software.

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Handbags as Apple call out Google’s Android figures

September 2nd, 2010 9:15am mike s 1 comment

Handbags as Apple call out Google's Android figures

During Apple’s press launch event yesterday, Steve Jobs was doing his usual ‘big-up’ routine and bragging about the zillions of iOS devices being activated every day, adding what appeared to be a dig at their main smartphone rival, Google’s Android OS.

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Gmail Priority inbox promises to automatically prioritise your email

August 31st, 2010 10:26am mike s 1 comment

Gmail Priority inbox promises to automatically prioritise your email

If, like us, your inbox is a hideous, sprawling, disorganised mess stuffed full of assorted emails of wildly varying importance, then hope may be at hand courtesy of  Google’s new Priority inbox system.

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Google GMail users make one million calls in 24 hours

August 27th, 2010 9:15am mike s 1 comment

Google GMail call feature: one million calls in 24 hours

We’re still cruelly starved of this feature over here in Blighty, but Google is reporting that their new integrated Gmail calling feature has proved an almighty hit in the US.

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Google Realtime Search serves up streaming social networking search results

August 26th, 2010 7:45pm Pete Railton No comments

Google Realtime Search serves up streaming spcial networking updates

Google has launched its new Realtime Search feature, which serves up real-time, live search results from a wide set of sources.

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Google lets you call phones directly from GMail – if you’re a US user

August 25th, 2010 8:03pm Lee J. 1 comment

Google introduces 'Call phones from GMail' feature for US users

Google has introduced a new feature that lets US-based Gmail users call residential and mobile phones  directly from their web-based email client.

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iPhone Google Mobile app gets push notifications

August 23rd, 2010 8:06pm Lee J. No comments

iPhone Google Mobile app for gets push notifications

Google has announced that their Google Mobile App for Apple’s iPhone has been upgraded to be push notification compliant.

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Google Calendar Sync slams down support for Outlook 2010

August 18th, 2010 10:00am mike s No comments

Google Calendar Sync slams down support for Outlook 2010

Google’s hugely popular Calendar service works with with an array of desktop applications and mobile devices including iCal, iPhone and iPad, Blackberry, Android, Nokia/Symbian, and Windows Mobile phones, but a notable absentee was support for Outlook 2010.

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Google ‘Voice Actions’ Android app says that voice control could be the future

August 13th, 2010 9:15am Pete Railton No comments

Google 'Voice Actions' Android app shows that voice control is the future

Google have taken the wraps off their new and all-enhanced Voice Actions app for the Android mobile operating system, and we reckon we’re seeing a glimpse of what could be the future of mobile phones.

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Google’s innovative Gesture Search for Android app hits v1.2

August 12th, 2010 9:30am Lee J. No comments

Google's innovative Gesture Search for Android app hits v1.2

First launched as an experimental app in March this year, Google’s ‘Gesture Search’ app for Android is a fascinating concept, letting users search for anything on their devices by just writing a letter on the touchscreen.

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GMail contacts interface gets sprinkling of fairy dust

August 11th, 2010 9:30am mike s No comments

GMail contacts interface gets sprinkling of fairy dust

We’ve been mightily underwhelmed by the GMail contacts interface for a long, long timer, so we’re highly chuffified to report that it’s finally had a bit of fairy dust sprinkled over it.

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Google tots up all the books in the world, and there’s lots of them

August 6th, 2010 2:30pm mike s 1 comment

Google tots up all the books in the world, and there's lots of them

We can’t say it’s something that’s ever crossed our minds, but it seems software engineer Leonid Taycher and his team of boffins at Google were simply burning up over the question of how many books there are in the world.

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Google Wave comes crashing on the rocks, and promptly sinks

August 5th, 2010 9:45am Lee J. No comments

Google Wave comes crashes on the rocks, as the project is sunk

We were baffled by it. Most users were baffled by it – even after Google had released clever videos that explained what it did – so it comes as no surprise to see that Google is throwing in the towel on its Google Wave experiment.

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Amazon Kindle now adds free word games

August 5th, 2010 9:15am Pete Railton No comments

Amazon Kindle keeps on getting better with two new free games

Although Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos has said that the new Kindle eReader experience is sharply  focussed on reading books, the company seems happy to serve up a few distractions on its innovative device, with two free games now being announced.

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GMail adds drag and drop attachments and multiple accounts

August 4th, 2010 12:01pm Tony Fletcher No comments

GMail adds drag and drop attachments and multiple=

Like a DIY addict on a long Sunday afternoon, Google continues to polish up the GMail experience and introduce shiny new features, and the company has just announced  that it’s bolting on more drag and drop functionality to its phenomenally popular GMail browser-based email client.

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