Google promises to open Etherpad source code
Google recently established a deal to acquire AppJet, the company behind EtherPad, a collaborative Web-based editing tool. Google aims to leverage some of AppJet’s technology in its own Wave communication service.
When the acquisition was announced last week, enthusiastic users of the service...
Google Launches Site Performance Feature
In mid-June, Google commenced an initiative known as "Let’s make the web faster." Late yesterday, the search giant performed a follow-through of sorts with the release of an experimental feature called "Site Performance." Google’s been growing more and more focused...
Google Gmail keyboard – the Gboard
Gmail has long had keyboard shortcuts, though learning them can be difficult. Enter the Gboard, a specialized mini-keyboard for Google’s e-mail service. It debuts this Friday at an asking price of $19.99.
The Gboard consists of 19 colored keys set in a standard size numpad-only keyboard. Clicking...
Extensions Gain More Steam As Shareaholic Is Chrome-Ready
Google has begun its big push to bring extension support to its Chrome web browser. Currently, it’s accepting extensions from developers that it will be placing in some sort of gallery to launch at a later date. Last week, we showed the nice, new Aviary extension for Chrome. Today, we get very popular...
Google home-page to sport a fade-in look.
The Google homepage is sporting a new look. Google has released a new version of its classic homepage. The main feature of the new homepage is that it “fades in” — when the page first loads, it shows only the logo, the search box and the buttons.
“For the vast majority of people who...
Google Launches Public DNS Service
When you browse the web, you type in the domain name of the URL you wish to visit. But behind every URL is an IP address – and it takes a bit of computing to get you where you want to go. The URL is kind of like a nickname, but your computer will actually need to access the legal name, the IP,...
Inbox2: One InBox And Communications Stream To Rule Them All
Mirror, mirror on the wall, which inbox is the fairest of them all? Inbox2 is betting on all of them with its online platform, which attempts to bring together all your message streams (email accounts, Twitter, Facebook) into a single master inbox. Today, recently launched Netherlands-based InBox2...
Google Turns To Twitter To Help Friend Connect Fly
Somedays, it seems like Facebook Connect is slowly taking over the web. It’s becoming so ubiquitous that it’s more surprising now to find a site that doesn’t allow you to log-in with your Facebook credentials. Seeing this, Google has been taking steps to make its own similar platform, Friend Connect,...
Google Maps 3.3 Released for WM and Symbian Phones
Google has just announced the release of a new version of its Google Maps for mobile phones running under Microsoft’s Windows Mobile operating system or under Nokia’s Symbian platform, namely Google Maps 3.3. One of the main features of the new version is the possibility to better synchronize...
Create and Share custom News sections
Today, Google News is making it even easier to follow the latest stories on whatever subjects interest you. We are happy to announce our Custom sections directory, which gives users of some of our English-language editions the expanded ability to create comprehensive sections to put on their Google...
