Tired of Crossword Puzzles? Try A Google a Day Instead

by Apr 19, 2011

It’s no doubt crossword puzzles are a popular brain game, but sometimes they just get repetitive, old, or just boring. Trivia games can be a new and exciting alternative to your daily crossword puzzles and now if you get the New York Times you will get an added trivia questions right above the daily crossword….Continue Reading

Forget Foursquare or Facebook Check-ins Use Longitude Instead

by Apr 15, 2011

Google upped its feature filled Google Latitude last month by opening up check-in offers for 60 places in Texas to test out their new check-in system to try and compete with both Foursquare and Facebook. They now have expanded their check-in offers for some of the most popular businesses all across the country. Businesses include…Continue Reading

Missed the Chance to Attend Google IO this Year? Catch the Live Stream Instead

by Apr 15, 2011

If you weren’t one of the few to catch a seat for Google I/O 2011 at Moscone Center in San Francisco, then you shouldn’t be worrying. The event sold out in 59 minutes, but now you can catch the event right from you living room via I/O Live. I/O Live will be your source for…Continue Reading

Google Fixes the Little Things in Gmail

by Apr 13, 2011

The members on the Gmail team are always finding new ways to update Gmail, but typically work on larger updates rather than the small annoyances you might find in Gmail. So, they’ve set out and changed a couple of minor updates that have probably been bugging you. The first little update is having the ability…Continue Reading

Google Brings More Enterprise Friendly Features to Android

by Apr 12, 2011

With an adoption of 300,000 new devices per day, the Android  platform is expanding at an exceeding rate. A lot of these new devices include enterprise solutions for many businesses. However, the Android platform hasn’t always been the best enterprise platform, but this is changing. Google has helped add some more business friendly features over…Continue Reading

Malicious File Downloads a thing of the Past with Chrome’s Latest Update

by Apr 11, 2011

Malicious files have been around for years and there’s really no stopping them. You have spam, adware, malware, popups, and many others that could easily take over your computer, requiring you to spend time and money fixing it up. These malicious files are now going to be brought to justice in the Google Chrome browser…Continue Reading

Liven Up Your Blog with Blogger’s New Templates

by Apr 06, 2011

Blogs have been around for years and haven’t really changed much in terms of design. Sure you’ll have your original blogs every now and again, but for the most part people follow the standard blog pattern. Blogger is set out to change the way blogging is done by completely redesigning their platform. The new platform…Continue Reading

Will You Use Google’s +1 Service?

by Apr 05, 2011

The web is a large place and Google understands that, which is why they’ve created their new +1 Service. Google +1 is a new social aspect to Google’s search engine that should be rolling out soon. +1 is a basically a way to share interesting ads and search engine results to your friends and other…Continue Reading

Google Updates Map Imagery to Include Post-Tsunami Japan

by Apr 05, 2011

Three weeks after the devastation in Japan has given many people a good idea of how bad the earthquake and Tsunami struck the northeastern coast. Google was quick to deploy some comparison images before and after the disasters. While it was only a few comparison photos, it still wasn’t enough detail to see the whole…Continue Reading

Is Google Going After Amazon’s Business?

by Apr 01, 2011

There’s no doubt that Amazon is one of the most popular buying websites on the web, so it isn’t a surprise that a big company like Google would be going after some of the online shopping market. Google is trying to take over online shopping with its shopping feature on its website along with many…Continue Reading

Store Unlimited Photos and Videos in Picasa

by Mar 29, 2011

Picasa Users have had a 1GB storage limit on videos and photos for quite some time now and quite frankly, it’s not enough storage space for the avid photographer or videographer to share their files. While you can still purchase additional storage with as little as 20GB at $5 per year, it’s not something everyone…Continue Reading

How to Disable Face Recognition in Picasa

by Mar 21, 2011

If you have a ton of images in Picasa and find that Picasa is using a lot of resources it may be due to face detection that occurs when Picasa processes the images. Normally this process isn’t noticeable, but if you have thousands of images and they were recently added to Picasa it can make…Continue Reading

How to Transfer Your Delicious Bookmarks to Google Bookmarks

by Mar 17, 2011

If you are a Delicious.com user then you’ve probably heard the news about the service’s imminent spinoff. The Delicious team at Yahoo has tried to diminish fears of data loss and shut down by promising that the service will continue in some new shape or form, but if that wasn’t enough to make you feel…Continue Reading