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 head quarters. 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 calls the Chrome Browser already 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 where 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 to launch 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

Posted on Fri, 8 Aug 2008 00:52:55 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Google Box for Offices can search 10 million Files

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 By Eric Auchard

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc said on Tuesday it is an offering an upgraded version of the hardware appliance its sells to companies and government organizations for Google-style Web search of office documents.
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Posted on Wed, 6 Aug 2008 18:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Google launches free Music Service in China

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 By Samuel Shen

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Google Inc has launched a music search service in China that will give users access to free downloads of licensed songs, while capturing advertising revenue for music providers in a market rife with piracy.
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Posted on Wed, 6 Aug 2008 16:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Google Draws fire for Hypocrisy

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Google is under fire for issuing contradictory statements on privacy. In California Google told California State Assemblyman Joel Anderson, "Google takes privacy very seriously." On the same day a Google "Evangelist," named Vint Cerf told participants in the Washington Technology Alliance's luncheon that, "nothing you do ever goes away, and nothing you do ever escapes notice... There isn't any privacy, get over it."

Aaron and Christine Boring filed a suit against Google for invasion of privacy after a Google Street View vehicle with cameras drove down their private drive to take images of their Pennsylvania home. In response to the suit Google stated, "Today's satellite-image technology means that even in today's desert, complete privacy does not exist." Read more

Posted on Fri, 1 Aug 2008 10:25:15 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

HTC Google Android still on Track for Q4

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In June the WSJ reported about some Android delays that would push the release of Android phones into 2009. Digitimes reports that HTC is still on track to ship Google Android mobile phones in Q4 of 2008 to carriers.

Even if HTC is shipping Android phones, it might still take carriers some time to actually get these phones into stores. Read more

Posted on Fri, 1 Aug 2008 06:16:36 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Former Googleers unveil Cuil, a new Search Engine

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By Eric Auchard

MENLO PARK, California (Reuters) - A start-up led by former star Google engineers on Sunday unveiled a new Web search service that aims to outdo the Internet search leader in size, but faces an uphill battle changing Web surfing habits.
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Posted on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:11:17 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Google Knol launched for Everyone

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Google opened its new Knol service to the public today. The company announced Knol last December.

Knols are authoritative articles about specific topics, written by people who know about those subjects. The key principle behind Knol is authorship. Every knol will have an author (or group of authors) who put their name behind their content. It's their knol, their voice, their opinion. Read more

Posted on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:36:05 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Google buys Digg for $200m?

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TechCrunch reports that Google is in final negotiations to acquire Digg for around $200 million.

Google was apparently in acquisition mode for the last six weeks.
The deal is said to still take several weeks and because of ties to Microsoft the deal could still fall apart. Read more

Posted on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:48:48 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr