Google Gesture for Android
Google gesture search allows you to draw the alphabet on the touchscreen. It’s currently a lab product right now but it’s something I see being added to the Android OS once all the bugs are polished out. It allows you to find a contact, a bookmark or an application all in one place. [...]
YouTube Launches Auto-Captioning for Everyone
YouTube original launched captioning back in November 2009 but it was limited to small groups of educational institutions. Now that feature has made it to everyones account. I’m glad Google sees the need for this and that they have opened it up to everyone. We all know that speech to text isn’t [...]
Video: Custom LED Trackball on Nexus One
Google obviously built in the ability to change the trackball color but didn’t enable it in software. The video below is showing a rooted Nexus One with the feature enabled. Hopefully Google will add this in an update so people don’t have to root their Nexus One.
Google Releases Shopper for Android
Google Shopper is a app for Android that allows you to find prices, reviews and specs of things you are shopping for. You can scan the barcode, take a picture of the product or say what you want. It also saves your searches and you can email the results to friends. It’s [...]
Google Voice Explained
Google posted a new video explaining Google Voice. I use Google Voice as my voicemail since I got my Droid. The transcripts are awful but it’s still a great service.
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Extensions Come to Chrome for Mac
Google has released a new version of Chrome for Mac. The best part about this release is the extension support. Windows users have had the ability to add all sorts of cool and useful extension for awhile. I have been wanting the toolbar to come to Chrome but with extensions it really [...]
Google Street View Snowmobile
Most are probably familiar with Google Street View. Google mounts cameras on a car and drives the roads of the world. They have taken that one step farther for the Winter Olympics coming up. They strapped the cameras to a snowmobile and hit the slopes of the mountain. The video below [...]
Google Launches Google Buzz
Google today announced Google Buzz. Google Buzz adds some social features inside of gmail. It allows you to connect to your frequent contacts and share data publicly or privately. You can also connect flickr and twitter along with other services. It’s supposed to roll out to everyone over the next few [...]
Fix 3G on the Nexus One
Since the Nexus One was launched people have been complaining about the lack of 3G showing up. Kevin Tofel of jkontherun has figured out to fix the issue. It’s really simple and you wonder why Google hasn’t said anything about it yet. You basically need to search for networks. He has [...]
Store Your Files in Google Docs, Not Just Text
Google Docs will be rolling out a new feature in the coming weeks that will allow you to upload more than just text docs for online backup. You only get 1GB of space free but you can still purchase more space for $0.25 per GB. I’m surprised buy the 1GB limit but it’s [...]
