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Google’s new wdyl.com website asks “What Do You Love?”

Tuesday, Jun 28, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

Surreptitiously slipping out of dock like a ghost ship on a foggy night, Google have silently despatched a new web site onto the Internet seas, in the shape of wdyl.com (‘What …

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computing / Google / hardware / portable

Samsung Series 5 Chromebook hits the UK, priced at £349 upwards

Thursday, Jun 23, 2011Thursday, Jun 23, 2011 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Europe has had to wait patiently in line to bag a piece of the new Chromebook action, but from today, Samsung’s new Series 5 Chrome OS machine should be hitting …

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Google / web

Google hits a record-crushing one billion users in May 2011

Wednesday, Jun 22, 2011 - by Pete Railton

New research reveals that Google and its empire of related website were used by more than a billion people for the first time last month. The landmark figure was thrust …

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Google / web

Google releases voice and audio search. Barbara Windsor’s wotsits located

Wednesday, Jun 15, 2011 - by Lee J.

Google has unveiled a couple of neat updates to its search pages, and it’s now possible to search by getting chatty with your PC or by dragging images into Google’s search box.

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Google / mobile apps

Google Maps top the UK connected mobile apps list

Tuesday, Jun 14, 2011 - by Pete Railton

According to the latest figures, Google Maps is the most popular connected app in the UK, with an almighty 6.4 million Brits using the cross-platform app in April 2011.

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Google / web

Google launches the +1 button to let friends recommend search results

Thursday, Jun 2, 2011Wednesday, Jun 1, 2011 - by mike s

Frustrated by missing out on all the ‘like’ action enjoyed by Facebook, Google has officially launched its own version: the ‘+1’ button.

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Android / Google / mobile apps

Google Wallet: game-changing tech bids goodbye to paper and plastic money

Friday, May 27, 2011Friday, May 27, 2011 - by Pete Railton - 1 Comment

There’s some parts of your everyday life that you just know that the right technology could do better, and Google’s new Mobile Wallet looks to be a real game changer.

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Google / web

GMail People Widget makes us love email all over again

Friday, May 27, 2011 - by Lee J.

Heading to your GMail account any minute now is Google’s rather fab People Widget. We know it’s pretty hard to get excited about email but this looks to be a …

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Samsung Chromebook shown off in official video

Friday, May 13, 2011Friday, May 13, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

Samsung has released a promo video for their upcoming Samsung Chromebook, which runs Google’s new Chrome OS operating system.

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computing / Google / hardware

Google explains the Chromebook with a witty video

Thursday, May 12, 2011Thursday, May 12, 2011 - by Lee J.

Figuring that a lot of folks are going to have a bit of trouble getting their heads around what the new Google Chrome-powered notebooks are all about, the search engine …

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Android / Google / mobiles

Google launches Music Beta cloud service and a one-size-fits-all OS update

Tuesday, May 10, 2011Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - by Pete Railton

At Google’s big web developer-focused conference – known as Google I/O – the Android team threw around some impressive facts about the rise of Android and announced some interesting new features.

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Google / Palm / web

Finally, colour coding comes to Google Calendar events

Tuesday, May 10, 2011Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - by Lee J.

It’s a strange quirk that while the modern apps on our smartphones grow infinitely more powerful and sophisticated, when it comes to calendars, they’re all fairly rubbish in comparison what …

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Android kicks sand in Blackberry’s face as it stays #1 in the US

Monday, May 9, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

Google’s Android mobile OS continues to outrun the RIM/Blackberry platform as the number one smartphone OS in the U.S., according to new data from ComScore.

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business / Google / photography

Google offering free photo shoots for businesses [video]

Monday, May 9, 2011Monday, May 9, 2011 - by Pete Railton

Google is offering to send a photographer along to snap the interiors of businesses like restaurants, hotels and beauty salons with its new free service called Business Photos.

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Google / web

Great GMail power user email tips from a Google main man

Tuesday, May 3, 2011Monday, May 2, 2011 - by Pete Railton

We deal with a ton of email every day, and with GMail being our client of choice, we’re grateful to hear any new tips to make dealing with the daily …

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