Category: Google
Google Editions E-Book Store To Launch This Month
According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, Google's long awaited Google Editions could launch as soon as this month. There has been talk of Google entering the e-book business since 2009, but has continually been delayed, until…
Google Earth 6 goes green with 3D trees
Feeling your Google Earth forestry was a little flat? Not enough bush in your undergrowth? Well the search giants have just brought their Google Earth mapping and navigation software up to version 6, and with it comes the addition of…
Have Google bought Groupon?
Rumours are picking up pace that Google have bought the group buying site Groupon. A $2.5bn deal has reportedly been finalized after weeks of negotiations. It is believed that Google initially made a bid of around $2bn on November 19th….
Racing-themed Chrome notebook codenames revealed. We're guessing they're speedy.
The codenames for the first Chrome OS packing notebooks have been revealed. Mario and Andretti are the monikers of the first two, as in "Mario Andretti of Formula 1, Nascar and IndyCar racing fame". In other word's, Google are pretty…
New Google Docs for iPad, iPhone and Android devices launched
Google has updated it's cloud based word processing web-app, Google Docs. iPhone, Android smartphone and iPad owners will now be able to edit their documents on the go using the new application. Hitting English speaking countries in the next…
Less than 3% of Germans opt out of Google Street View
Google, who are bringing their Street View mapping service to 20 German cities later this year, have announced that less than 3% of German residents have opted out of having their home displayed on the web app. Since announcing the…
Attack of the Nerds: Google's Andy Rubin hits back after Steve Jobs's anti-Android tirade
Like a first-born child, your first kiss or your first beer, your first tweet can be a momentous occassion. Sort of. Well it certainly is when you use it to go head-to-head with the tech titan Steve Jobs in an…
Android 3.0 Gingerbread details leak
Some new details concerning Google's Android version 3.0 OS, AKA Gingerbread, have leaked online, courtesy of the Phandroid blog. Apart from the mandatory visual tweaks, the big draw looks to be video-calling headed to the open-source OS. VoIP features…
Sony Google TV details leak online
Hot on the heels of Logitech's Google TV plans comes leaked news of Sony's web-TV roadmap. With a glitzy launch event planned for the 12th October in New York, Sony Insider appear to have grabbed details of what to expect…
Document editing comes to Android
Android seems to be the OS of choice for most new tablet PCs, with Chrome OS still seemingly a way off, and with scant details available, Andriod desperately needs to add some core functionality to its OS to give iPad…