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...
Microsoft Changes Browser Ballot Screen As EU Deal Nears
Prior to the release of Windows 7, Microsoft were getting all sorts of headaches from the EU, the antitrust case was sparked off by Opera in December 2007, saying that Microsoft was shielding Internet Explorer from real competition by bundling it with every version of Windows. So to make things fair,...
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...
Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) Needs to Fly Like Chrome
There’s no way around it, Microsoft needs to make the next iteration of Internet Explorer, IE9, as fast as Google Chrome, if not even faster. As a general rule, Google Chrome evolves at a much faster pace compared to Internet Explorer, after all, the Mountain View-based search giant has gone through...
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,...
