Google: "Froyo is not optimized for use on tablets"
Google’s director of mobile products, Hugo Barra, was speaking to technology site techradar.com when he uttered the following: Android is an open platform. We saw …
Google Voice application GV Mobile getting reinstated by Apple?
There hasn’t been this much controversy about a ban since Pete Rose was ousted from baseball. Okay, maybe that was embellished a bit, but this …
Google responds to Apple's iOS statement: "great news for everyone"
Shortly after Apple announced that they would be easing developer restrictions for the iOS platform, Google published a statement giving their proverbial thumbs up. In a blog …
Google Maps for Android updated, walking navigation and new search bar included
Today, Google announced that it would be updating its Google Maps application for the Android operating system to include voice-guided walking navigation and a new, …
Google Voice widgets for Android made official
A few weeks back, we told you about Google Voice widgets for Android that were extracted from a leaked T-Mobile G2 ROM. Today, Google has made …
Google announces 'Google Instant', predictive search results as you type
Today, at Google’s search event, the Mountain View company announced a new search service titled Google Instant. Google details that over one billion users use the company’s …
BlackBerry App World hits 10,000 applications
According to Research In Motion, the company now has over 10,000 applications in their application store, App World. While 10,000 is not a number to …
Google adds missed call notification emails to Voice
If you rely heavily on Google Voice, as we do, but don’t have an Android handset — preventing you from leveraging the superb Voice app — …
Schmidt: Google TV coming to U.S. this fall
Reuters U.K. is reporting that Google’s CEO, Eric Schmidt, has stated that his company’s Google TV will debut in the U.S. “this autumn.” Speaking at IFA …
Android mobile web presence continues to rise
Quantacast has released their mobile web consumption numbers for August 2010, and Android continues to perform extremely well. The study shows that the Android web …
Reuters: Google to have music service up and running by December 25th
Reuters is reporting that Google’s VP of Engineering, Andy Rubin, has been conducting talks with record labels in an attempt to launch an online music …
Net Applications: iOS has over 1% of global browsing share, Android at 0.2%
Net Applications has released their report on global browsing usage numbers for iOS, Android, and Linux. The numbers show that from October of 2009 to …
Google refutes Apple's activation innuendo
During yesterday’s music-event keynote, Apple CEO Steve Jobs informed the crowd that his company was activating around 230,000 iOS devices every day. The figure 230,000 …
Gmail adds Priority Inbox to repertoire
Last night, Google announced the addition of a Priority Inbox to its Gmail email service. As Google explains: Priority Inbox splits your inbox into three …
Leaked T-Mobile G2 ROM brings Google Voice widgets for your existing Android phone
If you’re a Google Voice lover, there is a pretty good chance you’ll jump at the opportunity to install the latest leaked version. Not only …
Google adds 400 full-length videos to YouTube catalog
Google has launched a new “Movies” category on its streaming-video site YouTube. The videos, which range from bizarre to obscure, are full-length films (we’re not sure some …
Google: 1,000,000 Gmail calls in 24-hours
Google hath tweeted that their new integrated Gmail calling feature announced yesterday has already seen 1,000,000 phone calls placed in just under 24-hours. The new service allows …
UK style Google Voice phone booths to start appearing in U.S.
At the same event where Google introduced voice calling in Gmail, the search giant also announced that it would be placing Google Voice phone booths …
Google makes Gmail calling official
Well that didn’t take long. This morning we told you about a rumor that Google was working on a feature that would allow Gmail users …
Google testing Gmail VoIP feature?
CNET is reporting that “Google is testing a Web-based service within Gmail that will allow users to place phone calls from their in-boxes.” The new …
Windows Phone 7 browsing experience gets video walkthrough
It looks like the chaps over at PocketNow got their hands on the LG GW910 complete with Windows Phone 7. The device, which recently crossed …
Yahoo! News: Google Goggles to iPhone by year's end
Today, Google announced that they would bring their Goggles application to Apple’s iOS. Speaking at the Hot Chips conference at Stanford University, Goggles’ project lead …
Google Mobile app for iPhone gets push notifications
Today, Google announced that their Google Mobile App for Apple’s iPhone will be push notification compliant. Google Mobile will be able to push Google Calendar …
Google adds Linux support to browser voice and video chat in Gmail
Thursday, Google announced that it added support for browser-based voice and video chat in Debian-based Linux distributions. If you rock Ubuntu, or any Debian-flavored OS, …
Google HTC Nexus One out of stock
First Google killed the HTC Nexus One, then resurrected it for developers, and now the phone is just plain-old out of stock. In a quick blog …
Google adds ability to search for mail and documents in Gmail
Today, Google posted a quick note to let everyone know about a new “labs” search feature that is available to all Gmail users. The new feature will …
Google and HTC launching Chrome tablet with Verizon?
Are Google and HTC planning to launch an Android tablet on Verizon Wireless before the holidays? According to Download Squad, yes. They even have the …
Google Calendar Sync will keep Outlook 2010 up to date
Just a quick note here… Google has announced that its calendar desktop syncing conduit for Outlook — Calendar Sync — is now compatible with Microsoft Outlook 2010. The blog …
July search engine numbers out, Google down, Yahoo! up, Bing more of the same
comScore has released their search engine numbers for July of 2010. The search market share numbers were gathered using a new methodology which only accounted …
Adobe CEO: we've moved on from Apple and the iPad
iPads?! We don’t need no stinking iPads! Shantanu Narayen, Adobe’s CEO, was recently asked about his feelings on Apple’s iPad, more specifically the Cupertino company’s …
