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T-Mobile G1 with Google Site launches

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A Day before the press-conference unveiling the T-Mobile G1 with Google Android mobile phone, the G1 site already went life.
The site does not have much content yet, which will be released after the press-conference tomorrow, which starts at 10:30am EDT. The web page indicates that T-Mobile will have an on demand video stream of the event on this site, after the event closes.
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Posted on Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:24:50 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Google muses about the Future of Mobile

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Google posted on their company blog about the future of mobile. Ten experts from Google predict what mobile devices would be able to do in 10 years.
The mobile devices of the future would have smart alerts, augmented reality, ubiquitous sensors, enable crowd sourcing for everyone, be future proof, and more secure. Read more

Posted on Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:48:31 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Google Android Phone T-Mobile G1 to be priced at $199

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As reported the first Android Mobile phone will be unveiled at an event on the 23rd by T-Mobile. The Wall Street Journal reports that their sources tell them that the first Android powered smart phone G1 would sell for $199.
The price is a pretty safe guess since the iPhone 3G sells for the same price and there is no way the Google phone can be more expensive if it wants to have a chance. Read more

Posted on Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:30:27 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

U.S. hires Lawyer for Google/Yahoo Inquiry

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has hired Sandy Litvack, who was its former antitrust chief and Walt Disney Co's former vice chairman, to consult on its probe of Google Inc's search advertising deal with Yahoo , a source close to the investigation said.
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Posted on Tue, 9 Sep 2008 00:27:37 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Google Chrome Reviews

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Now that the Google Chrome Browser is released the reviews of the new Google Browser are plenty. I posted a brief first impression of Chrome yesterday. I am though already back in my old ways using IE7 for surfing and Firefox for monitoring sites with the great Update Scanner Add-on.
Google Chrome is great, but it is really hard to change old routines. The reviews of Chrome are shiny, but they also raise the question if it will make users switch from their current browsers. In any case it is of course best to try Google Chrome for yourself, but take a look at the reviews below to see what others think about the new Google browser. Read more

Posted on Wed, 3 Sep 2008 02:02:48 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Google Picasa 3.0 launched

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Besides Google Chrome, Google also launched a new version of the Picasa service. Maybe not the best idea to launch two things at once, especially if one is seen as a huge deal, like Chrome.
Google Picasa 3.0 is a major technology upgrade to both Picasa and Picasa Web Albums.
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Posted on Wed, 3 Sep 2008 00:05:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Google Browser takes Advantage of Apple Software

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - Google Inc's new browser software is designed to work "invisibly" and will run any application that runs on Apple Inc's Safari Web browser, company officials said on Tuesday.
The company said the new Web browser, dubbed Google Chrome -- a long-anticipated move to compete with Microsoft Corp, Mozilla Firefox and other browsers -- would be available for users to download on Tuesday at 3:00 p.m. EDT.
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Posted on Tue, 2 Sep 2008 15:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Google Chrome first Impressions

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Google Chrome browser is now available for download. The download was pretty quick and my first couple minutes with Chrome where rather pleasant.
The rendering speed is great. Of course Safari's speed is similarly good, but I still use IE7. Next I imported my Internet Explorer bookmarks, passwords and settings. This worked pretty well. What I missed was the Home button, which I am totally used to. The home button is not available by default on Chrome. Read more

Posted on Tue, 2 Sep 2008 14:33:25 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Google Chrome Download available now

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The Google Chrome Browser is available for download now. The extremely hyped new web browser is in beta now and is based on the same rendering engine as Apple Safari.
The Google Chrome Press conference is still going on, but the Chrome download pages are live now. You can download Chrome on the Google Gears site.
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Posted on Tue, 2 Sep 2008 13:50:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Google Chrome Download supposed to start in about 2hours

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Google is holding a press-conference at 11am PDT in their Mountain View headquarters. The download of the Google Chrome Browser should begin around that time.
The Google Chrome announcement yesterday is still driving most tech news today. Henry Blodget already calls the Chrome Browser the Cloud Operating System and sees Google launching a major weapon against the Microsoft Windows OS domination. Read more

Posted on Tue, 2 Sep 2008 11:12:19 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Google Chrome Browser impact on Mozilla explained by John Lilly

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The Google Chrome Download launch is imminent and the web is going crazy over Google Chrome and it's possible impact. I am still against a new web browser, but it is a power play that will take place no matter what. John Lilly CEO of Mozilla Corporation already blogged about how he sees Google Chrome impacting Mozilla.
First of all he welcomes more competition. Firefox 3 is an incredible great browser says John Lilly and 3.1 will be even better. Read more

Posted on Tue, 2 Sep 2008 06:39:40 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Google set to introduce its own Web Browser

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By Eric Auchard

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc is set to introduce on Tuesday a new Web browser designed to more quickly handle video-rich or other complex Web programs, posing a challenge to browsers designed originally to handle text and graphics.
Google officials confirmed news of long-rumored plans to offer its own Web browsing software, entitled Google Chrome, in a company blog post after it mistakenly mailed details of the plan to a Google-watching blog, called Blogoscoped.com.
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Posted on Tue, 2 Sep 2008 06:01:07 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Google Chrome Screenshot leaked

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The Google Chrome download did not officially start yet, but the Chrome download page was briefly live already. The pages were online long enough for some screenshots of the new Google browser to leak out.
As Google already revealed in the Google Chrome Comic book Chrome features the tab bar above the address bar. The homepage of Google Chrome features by default an app launch pad. Read more

Posted on Tue, 2 Sep 2008 02:12:29 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Google Chrome Browser launches Today

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As reported Google sent out a comic book unveiling the Google Chrome browser. Google now also officially announced Chrome on their blog and says that the beta version of Google Chrome will be available for download today.
Google's reason for launching a new web browser is their believe that they can add value for users and, at the same time, help drive innovation on the web. Read more

Posted on Tue, 2 Sep 2008 01:05:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Google Chrome Browser explained as Comic

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Google apparently chose an interesting way to announce their open source web browser project dubbed Chrome. They hired Comic legend Scott McCloud (known best for Understanding Comics) to draw up a 38 page comic book explaining Google Chrome.

Google Chrome browser is based on Webkit and will include Google Gears and a Javascript engine called V8.
The Chrome browser features tabs above the menu to stand out. Read more

Posted on Mon, 1 Sep 2008 12:52:28 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Verizon, Google close to Mobile Search Deal

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The WSJ reports that Google and Verizon are close to a search deal.
The deal would make Google's search the default on all mobile devices on the Verizon Wireless network.
The deal is not finalized yet, but it seems Google already beat Microsoft for the Verizon deal. Read more

Posted on Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:11:52 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Apple worth more than Google

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Apple has surpassed Google in market capitalization as of yesterday. Google stands at $157.23B and Apple at $158.84B. The news made its round quickly through the Apple focused blogs.
To compare Apple with Google is in my mind not really making sense. I rather see Apple competing with Microsoft. Microsoft stands currently at a market capitalization of $254.83B. Read more

Posted on Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:39:34 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Google resolves Gmail Access Problems

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SEATTLE (Reuters) - Google Inc said on Monday it has resolved an issue with its contacts system that caused many users of its Gmail service to have trouble accessing their online e-mail.
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Posted on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:47:39 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Google Translate for Apple iPhone available

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Google offers Google Translate now with an optimized interface for the Apple iPhone.
Google Translate for iPhone is optimized for speed, supports all of the existing Google Translate language pairs, and uses a client-side data-store on your iPhone to hang on to your past translations so you always have them at hand, even if you can't use the local data network. Read more

Posted on Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:59:43 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Google admits its AOL Investment may be impaired

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By Eric Auchard

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc's 5 percent stake in Time Warner Inc's AOL unit may be worth less than the $1 billion the Web company paid for it in 2006, Google warned in a regulatory filing on Thursday.
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Posted on Fri, 8 Aug 2008 10:05:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Olympics 2008 in 3D on Google Earth

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Google announced several services for the Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing including detailed 3D models of the Olympic venues in China.
Google also recently updated satellite imagery in Beijing and have added detailed bilingual maps in China.

A special Google map shows the medals won for each country. To access all Google Olympics services you can visit the Google 2008 Summer Games page. Read more