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[27 Feb 2010 | View Comments | ]
Nexus One Coming To Vodafone In April

According to the Telegraph, the Google Nexus One will be coming to Vodafone UK in April. The long awaited Google Phone – Nexus One has been available in select regions sim free for a while now. During Googles press conference release they said that Vodafone would be carrying the Nexus One in Europe but gave no date.
We finally have news from the Telegraph here that the Nexus One will be coming to Vodafone UK ( Hopefully more ) in April. It will be on sale through Google.com/phone only, as the company …

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[18 Feb 2010 | View Comments | ]
Google Could Be Making $497 Million A Year From URL Typos

You know everytime you type something into your address bar, then once you hit enter and land on the wrong site you realise you’ve made a common typo, yet again. Well it’s nice to know that you are helping Google make up to $497 Million a year when you do that.
For example if your quickly typing in “Facebook.com” you may accidently type in “Favebook.com” and if you hit enter you will find yourself on a page full of adverts, and this is where Google are make their money.
According to a study …

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[10 Feb 2010 | View Comments | ]
Social Networking Coming To Gmail

Google are looking to ride on the wave of social networking created by Facebook and Twitter. Google are looking to add some social networking featuers into Gmail. Today Google announced a new service called Buzz which is a social networking add-on to Gmail which borrows a few things from Twitter.
Appearing as a new option under your inbox link in your email, Buzz will automatically connect you with the contacts you email and IM, giving you the option to add more as you go. It is very like Facebook and Twitter …

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[6 Feb 2010 | View Comments | ]
Doodle For Google!

Google has kicked off its very own Doodle For Google competition for the 3rd year in a row. A nationwide art contest for students in grades K-12. Google are looking for students to design a Doodle for the Google homepage. Students can submit their own “Google Doodles,” and the winning Doodle will appear on Google’s homepage for one day. What’s more, the winner and his or her school will receive money and scholarships.
The theme for this year’s Google For Doodle competition is “If I Could Do Anything, I Would …” …

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[4 Feb 2010 | View Comments | ]
Google Shows Off Chrome OS Tablet Ideas

It looks like Google are looking to get in on the Tablet scene after the recent release of the Apple iPad. Google are now showing off some ideas with its browser-based Chrome Operating System.
On Monday, Glen Murphy, a user interface designer for Google’s Chrome browser and the Chrome operating system based on it, pointed to image and video concepts of a Chrome OS-based tablet that went live two days before the iPad launch. Apparently nobody noticed initially, because only now did Murphy tweet, “Apparently our tablet mocks have been unearthed.”
The site also …

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[3 Feb 2010 | View Comments | ]
What Is Google Goggles?

Yesterday Google released an update for the Nexus One which added multitouch and a new feature called Google Goggles. Not only is this a cool name, but it’s quite an interesting app, what it basically lets you do is surf the web using pictures.
This isn’t as far fetched as it sounds, in fact it’s quite genius. You can simply point you Android mobile phone at a painting, book, shop, monument or landmark and take a picture of it. Then you will automatically be shown results for it on the web, …

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[2 Feb 2010 | View Comments | ]
Nexus One Update Enables Multitouch

Nexus one users can now rejoice and prospective Nexus one buyers now have an extra incentive to purchase Google’s Nexus One. Google were criticised for not having multitouch enabled on the Nexus One in the US, while it was available in Europe. Well a software update today now adds multitouch to the Nexus One.
The update also adds Google Goggles, which allows you to search things on the web by just taking a picture of them
It also adds an updated version of Google Maps and a fix to help solve issues users have …

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[1 Feb 2010 | View Comments | ]
Google Phasing Out Support For Old Browsers

It seems Google are beginning to get fed up with people refusing to update their browsers, this may be caused by the recent attacks against their company and others, which are said to have occurred through vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer 6. Well as of March 1st Google will no longer support IE6 on its Google Docs and Google Sites services, it announced last Friday.
Not only will Internet Explorer 6 be hit, but also older versions of Firefox, Safari, Chrome and Opera. You will need to be running Firefox 3.0 or higher, Google Chrome 4.0 …

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[26 Jan 2010 | View Comments | ]
Google Voice Finally Makes It To The iPhone

All the arguments and back stabbing that occurred when Google’s “Google Voice” App was rejected from Apple’s App Store caused an uproar on the blogosphere and lead to a bunch of FCC investigations. Well know we can finally forget about all that, sort of.
Google Voice is now here as a Web App for the iPhone and also for the Palm OS
Users of the iPhone running OS 3.0 or higher can now access Google Voice as a web app through the browser. It’s still only available for current users of Google Voice which …

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[22 Jan 2010 | View Comments | ]
Is Microsoft’s Bing Going To Replace Google On The iPhone

Last time I checked, Microsoft and Apple weren’t the best of friends, but now in a change of heart between the two companies they seem to be sitting down and trying to strike out a deal which would see Microsoft’s Bing.com become the default search engine for the iPhone/iPod.
According to BusinessWeek
Apple is in talks with Microsoft to replace Google as the default search engine on its iPhone, according to two people familiar with the matter. The talks have been under way for weeks, say the people, who asked not to …

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