At the Google I/O conference this past week, Google announced that Google Wave, once touted as a tool that would revolutionize the way we communicate on the Internet, would be available and open to anyone who wanted to use it…
Google’s Out to Prove Chrome is Crazy Fast
Google’s known for its remarkable Chrome ads and Web videos, but this one, even though they tell you outright how the video was created, is still a little difficult to swallow. I keep looking at this and thinking these pages…
Spotify Coming to Android?
The fine folks at PC Mag caught this demo of Spotify running on an Android phone at SXSW, given by Spotify’s Daniel Ek. His phone is based in the UK, where (along with the rest of Europe) Spotify is amazingly…
5 Cool Things You Can Do with Google Voice
I absolutely love Google Voice. I was skeptical about it at first, but now that I have it, and I have the app on my phone, I don’t know what I’d do without the ability to review, listen to, and…
Spinning Gears: The Linux “Problem,” and How Apple and Google Are Solving It
I’ve been mulling over this column for a long long time, and it’s pretty difficult to write, but some recent developments have really thrust the topic forward. Let me give you the breakdown first: there’s a problem with Linux: it’s…
Google Wave 101
The shot above is from my own Google Wave inbox (is it called an inbox?) and I’ll admit that even though I’ve been fiddling with Google Wave for at least a couple of weeks and I’m still getting the hang…
Lifehacker’s Power User’s Guide to Google Chrome
When I’m at the office, Google Chrome is my friend. My computer there is low-powered and sadly so bogged down with company-mandated apps and plug-ins that even Firefox crawls barely through my daily browsing or through regular activities like clicking…
Google Chrome Party in Japan
(photo taken by Danny Choo) I know I just linked to Danny’s site last week, but he went to a Google Chrome party this past week that I thought was also worth posting. Google Japan knows how to party, too…
Google Addresses Street View Privacy Complaints with Adorable Video
Google has taken a few lumps over privacy concerns and Google Street View, especially in Japan where some members of the legislature have even taken steps to try and ban Google from mapping the streets and taking photos as they…
Google Announces Chrome Operating System
There’s been a simmering flamewar on tech news blogs, forums, and e-mail distribution lists for years: will Google ever release an operating system? The debate has gone both ways: On the one hand: “Never ever would Google release an operating…