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Google announces Chrome browser for Apple iPhone and iPad
Google / iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles

Google announces Chrome browser for Apple iPhone and iPad

Thursday, Jun 28, 2012Thursday, Jun 28, 2012 - by Tony Fletcher

We’ve been feeling the love big time for the Chrome browser on Android, and now iOS users can feel the luuurvve too with Google announcing that it will be releasing …

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Google Nexus 7 tablet gets priced for the UK market - and it's cheap as chips
Android / Google

Google Nexus 7 tablet gets priced for the UK market – and it’s cheap as chips

Thursday, Jun 28, 2012Thursday, Jun 28, 2012 - by mike s

The tablet wars have well and truly started in the UK, with the announcement that Google’s new Nexus 7 tablets will be available in from just £159 – an extraordinary cheap price …

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Google Project Glass computer specs demoed in spectacular parachute jump
Android / computing / Google / portable

Google Project Glass computer specs demoed in spectacular parachute jump

Thursday, Jun 28, 2012Thursday, Jun 28, 2012 - by Lee J.

Google pulled out all the stops yesterday with a stunning demo of their augmented reality, head-mounted  glasses being shown off by a bunch of earth-bound parachutists.

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Google snaps up Android and iOS office productivity suite QuickOffice
Android / business / Google / iPhone / mobile apps

Google snaps up Android and iOS office productivity suite QuickOffice

Tuesday, Jun 5, 2012 - by Lee J.

With the news of  their acquisition of the popular QuickOffice suite, it’s clear that Google is keen to expand their mobile and cloud office apps offerings.

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Google's greatest ever doodle: the Moog synthesiser
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Google’s greatest ever doodle: the Moog synthesiser

Wednesday, May 23, 2012Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - by Pete Railton

Positively imploring office workers to start wasting time at work is this wonderful interactive doodle by Google, which has been posted up to celebrate Robert “Bob” Moog’s 78th birthday, inventor …

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Google releases a snappy animation to show how email is sent
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Google releases a snappy animation to show how email is sent

Tuesday, May 15, 2012Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - by Lee J.

Every day you’ll be shovelling through a ton of the stuff  but it’s quite interesting to find out how an email travels from one person to another.

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Google explains how its ranking system works: a must see for webmasters
Google / web

Google explains how its ranking system works: a must see for webmasters

Wednesday, Apr 25, 2012Tuesday, Apr 24, 2012 - by Tony Fletcher

Google was asked on their Webmaster Help Forums to explain the mysteries of their search engine system, and produced a very handy video in response.

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Google Drive officially announced offering 5GB of free storage
Google / web

Google Drive offers 5GB of free cloud storage, Dropbox/Evernote can’t be chuffed

Tuesday, Apr 24, 2012Tuesday, Apr 24, 2012 - by mike s

  Google has officially announced Google Drive, billing it as a “place where you can create, share, collaborate, and keep all of your stuff.”

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Google's Art Project gets big upgrade, now contains 30,000 artworks
Google / web

Google’s Art Project gets big upgrade, now contains 30,000 global artworks

Tuesday, Apr 3, 2012Tuesday, Apr 3, 2012 - by Tony Fletcher

First introduced last year, Google has now announced a major expansion of their Google Art Project, adding sculpture, street art and photographs from 151 museums in 40 countries to their online collection of paintings.

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Google announces Nintendo Google maps and morse-code for Gmail
Google / web

Google announces Nintendo Google maps and morse-code for Gmail

Sunday, Apr 1, 2012Sunday, Apr 1, 2012 - by Lee J.

Those cheeky wagsters at Google have certainly put some effort into their April Fools’ pranks this year, announcing a version of their Maps service for the 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), …

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Google shows its love for Colossus and Bletchley Park
computing / Google / hardware

Google celebrates the UK’s Bletchley Park and ground-breaking Colossus computer

Friday, Mar 9, 2012Friday, Mar 9, 2012 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Google has enjoyed something of a love affair with Bletchley Park in recent times, Now known as the historic site of secret British codebreaking activities during WWII and the birthplace …

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Android / mobile apps / mobiles / reviews

View your Google Analytics data in a stylish fashion with Analytix for Android

Wednesday, Feb 1, 2012Tuesday, Jan 31, 2012 - by mike s

If you want to keep track of your Google Analytics facts’n’figures on the move, you’ll be hard pushed to find anything more comprehensive as the Analytix app for Android phones and …

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computing / Google / portable

It’s not all about the iPad – Google Chromebooks are also catching on in US schools

Wednesday, Jan 25, 2012 - by Pete Railton

There’s been much discussion about what kind of technology is best for students, with conflicting opinions arguing over the likes of the iPad and education-targeted machines like the Lenovo X130e. While we’ve taken …

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mobile apps / mobiles / transport

Google Maps integrates with Trainline to offer rail timetables and ticket buying

Thursday, Jan 19, 2012Wednesday, Jan 18, 2012 - by Tony Fletcher

Google has teamed up with online train ticketing website thetrainline.com, with the partnership integrating  national rail travel information directly within Google Maps.

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Christmas Google Doodle animates, bangs out ‘Jingle Bells’

Saturday, Dec 24, 2011 - by Lee J.

We reported on what we thought was a rather understated Christmas Google doodle yesterday, but an large extra dollop of festive spirit has now been added to the google.com homepage.

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