Archive for the 'Google' Category

Monitor Pages for Changes in Chrome

Sometimes keeping track of website pages can be a pain. Maybe you want to monitor a certain section of a webpage, such as the price of an item on Amazon. Page Monitor for Google Chrome lets you do exactly that, and does so intelligently.
Using this extension you get a lot of control over any page. [...]

Google accuses China of interfering with Gmail

It’s act three of Google vs. China. We’ve seen the two duke it out over accusations of cyberwarfare and search engine censorship, and now Google is throwing down the gauntlet over interference with Gmail. According to The Guardian, the number of complaints from Gmail users and advertisers in China has steadily risen of late. Google [...]

Panelize fixes one of Chrome OS’s fundamental flaws

If you haven’t played with Chrome OS yet, it has one fundamental niggle that harkens back to the DOS days of yore: windows don’t exist, and it has no way of displaying multiple tabs on screen at the same time. This means if you want to refer to a document while you compose an email, [...]

Google buys mobile game dev SocialDeck

SocialDeck has become the latest addition to Google’s Hall of Acquisitions. The creators of the popular iPhone game Shake and Spell have also produced Spark, which allows mobile gamers to challenge or chat with friends, recommend games, save games in the cloud, and more. In their own words, SocialDeck are “super excited to announce that [...]

Google Apps and Gmail Notifier for Multiple Accounts

Spiffy, is on the verge of being awesome. Spiffy is simple, and that is partially because it is available in a portable form. The rest of the simplicity comes from being able to configure up to 5 Gmail accounts in a few minutes.

Google Android Voice Actions

Google announced a new Android feature called Voice Actions today, and it’s useful, but maybe not a big enough deal to warrant the press conference they held for it. Voice Actions allows you to control your Android phone (2.2 Froyo only) with spoken commands: you can send email, call any contact, get a map of [...]

The best Chrome extensions, according to the Google Chrome team

Apparently, the Google Chrome team has been circulating a list of awesome Chrome extensions around Google, and everyone there liked it so much that they published it on the Official Google Blog. You can see the whole list there, but here are a few picks I wholeheartedly agreed with: Readability: Great for removing ads and [...]

2010 FIFA World Cup Final Gets a Google Doodle

The company has decided to get themselves into the 2010 FIFA World Cup final (Netherlands vs Spain) mood by creating a special Google doodle just for the occasion.

Google gets license renewed to stay in China

At the beginning of the month, we told you how Google’s license to operate in China was up for renewal. Well, that renewal has finally come through, and Google will be allowed to stay in the country. The search giant had temporarily redirected its Chinese site to Google.hk in Hong Kong, to avoid censorship, but [...]

YouTube’s mobile site gets a new look, beats up on native YouTube apps

For a long time, the best way to watch YouTube on a mobile device has been through a YouTube app, like the one that comes with the iPhone. The mobile site was confusing to navigate, and not all that attractive to look at. Well, that dusty mobile version has been revised into a pretty, easy-to-use, [...]