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Google Latitude hits 3m users, check ins coming?

Friday, May 7, 2010 - by mike s

Speaking at the Web 2.0 Expo yesterday, Google’s Steve Lee was quick to trumpet the growth of their Latitude service, while giving rivals Foursquare and MyTown a quick sand/face experience. …

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Google / web

Google whacks out a new look search interface

Wednesday, May 5, 2010Wednesday, May 5, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher

Excitingly billed as a “spring metamorphosis,” Google have unveiled a new look to their search pages. This “metamorphosis” is apparently “responding to the increasing richness of the web and the …

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business / Google / software

Google buys Recorded Future… to see the future!

Wednesday, May 5, 2010Tuesday, May 4, 2010 - by mike s

Google Ventures has just slapped a ton of wedge on the table to buy up Recorded Future, a company that uses technology to predict the future. Before you start making …

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Google serves up Earth view in Google Maps. We’re impressed.

Tuesday, Apr 27, 2010Tuesday, Apr 27, 2010 - by mike s

Google first wowed the world with with Google Earth back in 2005, and have been busy adding new imagery ever since, while making the tool available on a host of …

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Android / Google / mobiles

Google Nexus One hits Vodafone UK Friday, April 30th

Monday, Apr 26, 2010 - by mike s

Vodafone UK is set to serve up hot, fresh copies of Google’s Nexus One superphone this Friday, with prices starting from free. Pre-orders are being taken today, with stocks set to …

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Google / software / stuff / web

Loveable Google Chrome videos show off Extensions and Translate features

Wednesday, Apr 21, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher

We’re growing to really like Google’s quirky and engaging promo videos, and two more gems have just been released that are well worth watching. The first one shows off some …

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Android / Google / mobiles / stuff

Google Maps Navigation 4.1.1 offers free satnav to UK Android phones

Wednesday, Apr 21, 2010Wednesday, Apr 21, 2010 - by mike s

Rather unexpectedly, UK Android owners have been gifted free turn-by-turn navigation with voice directions, courtesy of Google Maps Navigation. The 4.1.1 Beta app has now been released in the UK,  …

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Google / web

Huzzah! GMail adds drag and drop email attachments!

Friday, Apr 16, 2010Thursday, Apr 15, 2010 - by mike s

We’ve been waiting for this one for ages. From today, Gmail users looking to include files with their email messages won’t have to faff about with all that “Attach a …

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Google / web

Google Docs gets tasty revamp

Tuesday, Apr 13, 2010Tuesday, Apr 13, 2010 - by mike s - 1 Comment

We’ve been using the cloud-based Google Docs for some time and have appreciated its ability to let us create, share, and collaborate on documents online. Google have now announced a …

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Google’s Model Your Town competition – cast your votes now!

Friday, Apr 2, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher

Now entering the voting phase is Google’s Model Your Town competition, which invited users to ‘show their civic pride’ and create a 3D portrait of their  community.

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Google / stuff

Google introduces Google Translate for Animals. Woof

Thursday, Apr 1, 2010 - by mike s

With Google’s long history as April Fool pranksters, they were unlikely to get very far with this one, but they gamely soldiered on, posting this excellent video. “Introducing Google Translate …

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Apple / Google / software / web

Google Chrome to offer built-in Flash support. Apple quietly fumes.

Wednesday, Mar 31, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher

Google has confirmed that future versions of its Google Chrome browser will integrate Adobe’s Flash plug-in. The move looks set to aggravate relations with Apple a little further, who have …

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Gmail Chat adds file transfers, Gmail support coming soon

Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Google has announced that users can now transfer files via chat in iGoogle and Orkut, making it easy to quickly send a file to someone you’re chatting to.

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Google / web

Google Street View- Japan cartoon style!

Friday, Mar 19, 2010 - by Lee J. - 1 Comment

This delightful cartoon from Google Japan shows how the Google Street View is created, with a cute little camera-bot rolling through a landscape of wooden trees and buildings. It’s all …

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Google / web

Blogger cruelly shunts off FTP support, adds a template designer

Friday, Mar 12, 2010Friday, Mar 12, 2010 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

After seriously miffing off old school bloggers with their troublesome decision to withdraw all FTP support, Blogger are looking to sweeten the pill with their new Blogger Template Designer tool. …

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