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Google prepares to launch its own digital bookstore this summer

Since everyone and their mother is in the e-book business now, it makes sense that Google would jump in with its own digital book offering. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google’s bookstore could go live as early as next month. The service, called Google Editions, plans to make its books compatible with as [...]

Google gets a new image search on Android and iPhone

If you used Google to search for images on an iPhone or Android before this week, you know the experience was a bit lacking. Fortunately, Google has revamped its mobile image search, doing away with that one-image-at-a-time, no-pinch-to-zoom nonsense. The new image results page uses square thumbnails to maximize the number of images on screen. [...]

Google Chrome 4.1.249.1059 Stable

Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster safer and easier It has one box for everything Type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and web pages Will give you thumbnails of your top sites Access your favorite pages instantly with [...]

Google Earth Now Shows New York in 3D

Thanks to Google Earth, you can now view New York with 3D imagery, right down to the street level. So, if you’ve already got the program installed, then why not take a virtual vacation right now?

Google Chrome BETA 5.0.342.3

Google Chrome a new web browser for Windows Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster safer and easier Search from the address bar Type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and web pages Thumbnails of your top sites Access your [...]

Google ‘99.9 percent’ sure to shutter Google.cn

Google, seemingly torn between Chinese censorship and Chinese opportunity, is now “99.9 percent” certain that it will shut down its Chinese search engine, Google.cn.
According to a Financial Times source “familiar with the company’s thinking,” the search giant, having reached an apparent impasse with the Chinese government officials, has drafted detailed plans to close the Chinese [...]

Tag Clouds for Google Maps Photo Layer

Google Maps has a photo layer that shows high-quality images from Panoramio. Finding photos from almost any place in the world makes Google Maps more useful, but sometimes there are too many photos to choose from. Now you can filter the photos displayed by Google Maps using the tag cloud generated by Google or using [...]

Google Maps Envelope

Google Maps may be nothing new, but using the maps for something other than directions is. The example above was created by graphic designer Beste Miray Dogan, who “showed that with a Google Map print out and a little ingenuity, you can make a custom envelop that pinpoints the exact location from which it was [...]

Google Explains the Nexus One Display and 3D Framework

Google’s Romain Guy and HTC’s Tomasz Hasinki explains the technology behind the Nexus One’s beautiful OLED display and 3D framework. In other news, the handset is rumored to be hitting AT&T sooner than later. Continue reading for the video. [via Engadget]
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GMail Gets Specially Designed Gboard Keyboard

Finally, GMail users get their very own keyboard. Meet the Gboard, which features 19 "finger-friendly" buttons. Simply plug the device into a USB port, turn on GMail shortcuts, and you’re ready to go. Available now, priced at $19.99. Continue reading for two more pictures.

[via G Board]