Posted by
Liam McCabe at 3:54 pm on November 22, 2009
Remember the milk has just launched a new gadget for the Google Calendar sidebar. With the previous version you had click a checkmark icon to bring up your tasks. However, now there is no need, the tasks are instantly displayed in the sidebar. The combination of Remember the milk and Google Calendar is certainly an appealing feature.
[Remember the milk blog]
Posted by
Christiaan Hendriksen at 1:29 pm on November 17, 2009
Google have added 3 new features to their translation service today; Translate instantly, which translates your text as you type it (as you can see in our image), text to speech, which allows you to listen to any translated phrase and ‘Romanization’, allowing you to read translations in languages with non-roman characters. You can read more about the new features on the Google Blog.
[Google Blog]
Posted by
Christiaan Hendriksen at 1:20 pm on November 17, 2009
Google Chrome currently lacks any sort of feed detection or handling, but all that is about to change. In the next chrome there will be an install extension for handing of RSS feeds, The extension “adds a button to the URL bar when a page has a feed that can be subscribed to”. When you click on the orange button, the extension previews the feed and it lets you subscribe using a feed reader. The extension is available now on the Chromium Developer Website.
[Google Operating System]
Posted by
Christiaan Hendriksen at 7:36 pm on November 15, 2009
Sometime next week the AppMunch Google Wave Giveaway will begin.. We will be giving away some wave invites every day for a number of days through Twitter, so Follow Us or keep checking our website to make sure you don’t miss out!
Posted by
Christiaan Hendriksen at 7:25 pm on November 14, 2009
One of my favourite features of wave, is searching for waves (with : public). The only problem with this is as soon as you click on one of the public waves, your wave account becomes crowded with all the public updates. Google have added a feature to wave however, which allows you to ‘unfollow’ a wave. Google give the following advice…
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Posted by
Christiaan Hendriksen at 12:23 pm on November 14, 2009
Despite Google’s original release date predicted release date of the second half of 2010, a ‘reliable source’ has told TechCrunch it is likely to be released in the next week. Google has previously said they are working with Acer, Adobe, ASUS, Freescale, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, and Toshiba on the project, but it is currently unknown which devices the new OS will be compatible with. You can read more at the TechCrunch blog here. The image below is one of the more convincing potential Chrome OS ‘leaks’.
[TechCrunch]
Posted by
Christiaan Hendriksen at 9:58 pm on November 13, 2009
Dave Girouard, president of Google’s enterprise division, says that next year businesses will have the choice to “get rid” of Microsoft Office.
He said in an interview that he believes that Docs is currently not as mature as Google Mail or Calendar, making it currently unsuitable as a replacement to Microsoft Office. He this will change though about a year, when docs will be ready to take on the competition. Read more at ZDnet
[ZDNET]
Posted by
Christiaan Hendriksen at 3:45 pm on November 10, 2009
Screenshots have been leaked of what appears to be a new UI for all of Google’s web applications. Although there has been no confirmations of the validity of the screenshots, it appears to be a Wave-like makeover for all of Google’s applications.
With the Chrome OS in the not too distant future there is a high chance these screenshots could be a glimpse of what is to come.
Then again, they may just be another set of fakes.
[See More here via Engadget]
Posted by
Christiaan Hendriksen at 1:11 pm on November 10, 2009
Google.com have been celebrating the 40th Birthday of Sesame Street this week some special doodles. From Oscar to Elmo, the whole sesame street cast have been featured. The official birthday of Sesame Street is today so here’s the full gallery of the doodles. Google is offering high resolution images here (they make great wallpapers!)
Sesame Street Ensemble
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