By Brandon Russell |
Your Instagram experience may soon migrate to the Web. We’ve seen the company bring commenting and liking to the browser, but the online offering is still a bit dry feature-wise. A new discovery by Web designer Cole Reinke, however, suggests that’s all about to change.…
By Brandon Russell |
You can now take your Google Maps experience offline. No more relying on Wi-Fi or Internet connections. The update has been added to the Google Play Store, allowing the more than 400 million activated devices (assuming they have Android 3.0 and higher) in on the…
By Todd Haselton |
Google just announced that it has updated its Google Currents application with embedded Google Translate support. That means you can open up your favorite news site and quickly change the language to your native tongue. It works in just seconds and, during Google’s I/O demo,…
By Killian Bell |
I’m 23 now, and I still have just as much fun building LEGO houses with my daughter as I did when I was her age. In fact, I’m sure I enjoy it more than she does. And thanks to Google, it’s now possible to avoid…
By Brandon Russell |
Google has Microsoft’s monopoly on the enterprise market firmly in its sights. According to GigaOm’s sources, the search giant is preparing to announce a comprehensive cloud service at its I/O conference next week that will apparently directly target Microsoft and its strong enterprise developer community.…
By Brandon Russell |
So we haven’t yet figured out how to grow money trees, but Google probably has the next best thing: YouTube. The video-sharing website is growing at an astronomical rate, which in turn is bringing in gigantic revenue for the search giant. In fact, according to…
By Brandon Russell |
Over the next couple of days, Google will introduce a feature that will allow Gmail users to set custom backgrounds. If the company’s recent Gmail overhaul isn’t to your liking, you’ll now be able to put little Steve-O behind all those messages from Uncle Ray.…
By Killian Bell |
If you’re a Google Chrome user, you may have been worrying about having to switch to Safari for a little while to enjoy its high-resolution artwork on your new MacBook Pro. However, in an effort to stay ahead, Google has quickly rolled out a new…
By Brandon Russell |
It won’t be long before exploring virtual destinations is considered to be an actual vacation. The experience of being there can’t be replaced by what you see in pictures, but darn it, Google is doing its best to try. The search giant announced a brand…
By Adriana Lee |
Some people were ooked, seeing themselves or neighbors pop up in Google Street View. Imagine how they’re going to feel when they see themselves sunning it up in their backyard, thanks to Google’s camera-packing airplanes. Google has contracted a fleet of planes to capture aerial…
By Todd Haselton |
Google announced on Wednesday that it has made several improvements to its Google Earth software for Android and iOS devices. The company explained that it uses automated technology to extract 3D imagery from satellite images to improve the 3D models used in Google Earth. Planes…
By Todd Haselton |
During its Maps event today Google announced several new Google Maps features. Until now we’ve usually needed a Wi-Fi or 3G connection to access Google Maps. Today, Google said it’s taking Google Maps offline, which means you won’t need a signal to view maps. Better…
By Brandon Russell |
It’s nearly impossible to keep a secret these days. Take, for example, the recently updated Google Maps for Android. It was an unassuming release of mostly social features and Zagat scores — and then someone started digging through the APK, which hint at some interesting…
By Brandon Russell |
We’re expecting Apple and Google Maps to part ways when WWDC kicks off on June 11. The week before, on June 6, Google wants to show the world why this is a very, very bad move on Apple’s part. The search giant is apparently preparing…
By Brandon Russell |
Google Voice already gives you control over how to handle callers from your contact list, but what about those that aren’t in your little black book? The service was updated on Wednesday to address this issue by adding two new groups of callers: People in…
By Mark Hearn |
Google Maps has received an update today, which introduces as new tab to check out local hotspots, appropriately named “local.” In addition to keeping you abreast about what’s happening around town, this new update introduces Zagat scores and summaries to the mix. So, you can…
By Adriana Lee |
Maybe we always suspected that habitual email use was bad for our health, but now here comes proof from the researchers at the University of California, Irvine: Their recently released study, “A Pace Not Dictated by Electrons: An Empirical Study of Work Without Email,” suggests that…
By Brandon Russell |
How long is sixty seconds, really? Enough time for Nic Cage to steal a 1967 Shelby Mustang GT 500. And also the time it takes for 72 hours of video to get uploaded to YouTube. Wow. Sounds like I have a pretty significant back catalogue…
By Brandon Russell |
Whether you’re willing to admit it or not, we’ve all gotten lost in a mall or department store at one point or another. Google’s latest update to Maps for Android is making sure that never happens again with indoor walking directions (U.S. and Japan only).…
By Mark Hearn |
As the discussions of multi-core processors and gigabytes of RAM tend to be the norm here, we easily forget that there’s still a niche market for the not so smart feature phones. Fully aware of this, Twitter has retooled its mobile website to offer phones…
By Todd Haselton |
Google announced on Tuesday that Gmail users will now be able to store up to 10GB of email for free. Google only offered 7.5GB of free storage until today but made the announcement boost in celebration of the introduction of its Google Drive cloud storage…
By Brandon Russell |
Google’s fabled Google Drive cloud storage has just gone official. And just as the rumors foretold, users will get 5GB of storage right off the bat. The search giant on Tuesday announced the service via the official Google Blog, promising to give folks a place…
By Killian Bell |
Earlier today, a source “familiar with the matter” claimed Google Drive will make its debut today, April 24, offering each and every user 5GB of free cloud-based storage. Google has now strengthened that claim by increasing Google Docs storage from 1GB to 5GB as standard.…
By Killian Bell |
Following weeks of speculation, Google Drive is expected to make its debut this week, bringing with it 5GB of free storage for each and every user. According to a Reuters’ ”source familiar with the matter,” the announcement could come as early as today, April 24. Furthermore,…
