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GrandCentral closing up shop

The service Google snatched up in 2007 that lets users attach multiple phones to a single phone number is officially closing its doors on December 31st this year. An email went out to users of the service stating Google’s intentions to close the doors ...

From GARETT ROGERS, ZDNet,  22 Nov 2009

Chrome OS will give Microsoft a run for their money

Ballmer just laughs off the operating system being developed by Google (and now the open source community), but you can’t deny that Google’s lined up to hit a home run. The new operating system is designed for netbooks — those mini computers that you ...

From GARETT ROGERS, ZDNet,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation

Google Image Swirl: Looks neat, but useless

I have a problem with things like Google Image Swirl. Not the offering itself, just the strange notion that somehow cool design equals usefulness. There are tons of examples floating around that have the exact same problem — things like Bing’s “Visual ...

From GARETT ROGERS, ZDNet,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation

Is imminent Chrome OS launch reckless?

It sounds like Google will be releasing an early version of their Chrome OS sometime this week — that leads us to a question of whether anybody will use the new operating system, and if they do, will they like it? The initial release of Chrome OS will ...

From GARETT ROGERS, ZDNet,  14 Nov 2009

Google can be your alibi

Wrongly accused? Got no alibi? If you turn a new feature released today, Google Latitude lets you retrace your footsteps — complete with timestamps. The fact that you can now re-play your life is a bit creepy, but it’s your choice if you want to enable ...

From GARETT ROGERS, ZDNet,  12 Nov 2009

Google gives you movie showtimes in a fraction of a second

Google just announced some updates to their feature that lets you get movie times for movies playing in theaters near you. This feature isn’t exactly new, but they have made some pretty great enhancements that make it even better. Search for a movie ...

From GARETT ROGERS, ZDNet,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Google Inc.

Google spent about $780 million dollars today

AdMob was the the most expensive acquisition — Google signed an agreement to acquire the company for $750 million dollars. AdMob is an advertising network that has taken root in the mobile app space — something that Google hasn’t done a good job with ...

From GARETT ROGERS, ZDNet,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: AdMob,  Skype

Coming Soon: Free video conferencing from Google

According to Rishi Chandra (a Google Apps product manager) who talked to SFGate, Google is set to roll out their first update in a long line of updates that will include multi-user video conferencing. The video conferencing will be rolled out soon — ...

From GARETT ROGERS, ZDNet,  8 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Google Inc.

See what Google knows about you, kind of

Google has launched an all-in-one dashboard that attempts to show you what they know about you. It’s basically an updated “Google Accounts” page that gives you more information than was available previously. The complete list of Google services that ...

From GARETT ROGERS, ZDNet,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Google Inc.

Microsoft doesn't believe Google Apps numbers

Google Apps has been picking up some steam recently — announcing a huge deal with the city of Los Angeles, and revealing numbers that suggest over 20 million users and over 2 million companies using the service. Microsoft, on the other hand, doesn’t ...

From GARETT ROGERS, ZDNet,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  Google Inc.

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