Call for Free Using Gmail Through 2011
Google has caught some of the holiday spirit floating around the world right now, or so it seems. When Google launched Gmail Calling back in August, they offered it up for free for the remainder of 2010. Today, the team announced that “In the spirit of holiday giving and to help people keep in touch [...]
Holiday Charity: Chrome for a Cause
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Bowman is using his time this week to urge you to help donate to charitable organizations – without giving up a single cent of your own money. From now until December 19th, Google will donate money on your behalf for every [...]
Do You Want Google Fiber?
Milo Medin has joined Google as the Vice President of Access Services. Essentially, he is now heading up the team behind Google Fiber. You remember that story, don’t you? Google wants to bring Fiber internet connections to homes all over the country… at speeds of up to 100 times faster than many people have now. [...]
What is the Chrome Web Store?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed This week, Marques is talking about the new Chrome Store. The things you’ll find here are sort of a cross between web apps and desktop apps. The Chrome Web Store is an online marketplace where you can discover thousands of apps, [...]
How do You get Your News on the Go?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I am fortunate to be a YouTube partner. This video was made for – and paid by – Google as a part of the Google Demo Slam project. If you’re like me, you love links and like looking at things, such [...]
Where Do You Read the News?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed My dog, Wicket, decided to demonstrate how to use Google News. I figured I’d let him. Wicket proved in a matter of seconds how easy it is to consume your news right within Google. You’re likely already using it as your [...]
How Does Google Affect Your Brain?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed TechCrunch had a great title for a recent article: “Just Because Google Exists Doesn’t Mean You Should Stop Asking People Things.” We get annoyed when co-workers or bosses ask us silly questions that they themselves could have Googled. However, the bigger [...]
Google Chrome Brings You Free Gogo Wi-Fi During Holiday Flights
Happy holidays from Google Chrome! The team behind the browser says that they love “innovations that make our lives on the web and in the browser better” so much that they are going to give all of us free Internet access at 30,000 feet this holiday season! These people truly feel that the innovations they [...]
Why Should You Use the URL Shortner from Google?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Marques has created a screencast to show all of you how to make use of the newly (publicly) released Google URL shortener. Short URLs are almost a must-have these days since much of our content is shared on Twitter. Google is [...]
View PDF Documents Right in Google Chrome
The newest beta of Google Chrome includes a built-in PDF viewer. This is a big deal for Windows users, since you’ll no longer have to install something just to read those types of documents. Chrome will let you open them right within the browser without waiting for an external program or app to load it [...]
Google Sues the U.S. Government
Google is ticked off at the US government – to the point of filing a lawsuit. When the Department of the Interior sent out an RFQ (Request for Quote) recently, they refused to accept offers and solutions from the Google team. The RFQ specifically stated that the solution had to be part of the Microsoft [...]
Do Google Employees Need Servants?
In the fierce competition for good programmers and employees, large companies are beginning to realize they need to offer more than just a cushy salary and stock option package. It’s not unheard of for Facebook to offer a half-million-dollar bonus to an employee who signs on that almighty bottom line. With carrots like that dangled [...]
Would You Let Google Drive You?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Google is currently testing cars that drive themselves in California. These cars are serious about safety and could actually speed up your commute.However, would you trust Google to get you and your family to your destination safely? Lamarr said that even [...]
Google, Verizon, and Net Neutrality
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed A recent caller wanted to discuss an article he had read on Lockergnome. Written by none other than Ron Schenone, the piece talks about how Google and Verizon have been discussing paths they feel the Internet should take. The proposal between [...]
