Category: Google
Google to axe URL bar in latest build of Chrome?
Google may be preparing to entirely remove the URL bar from Chrome according to plans for the latest update to their web browser. As shown in the image above, four new styles are being worked on by the Google team;…
Google music download service to rival iTunes set for Android Honeycomb?
Sanjay Jha, chief executive of Motorola Mobility, appears to have let the cat out of the bag regarding Google's plans for an Android music and video service. Speaking at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Jha said: "If you…
Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerburg and Eric Schmidt set to party with the President: Obama To Meet tech giants
Here's hopefully an encouraging sign that Steve Jobs is winning his health battle. The ailing Apple chief is apparently feeling well enough to meet President Obama at a private dinner in San Francisco tonight, along with Facebook figurehead Mark…
MWC 2011: Google's chief Eric Schmidt slams Nokia over Microsoft deal, fails to rule out Twitter buyout
Google's outgoing chief executive Eric Schmidt used his keynote speech in Barcelona to have a dig at Nokia after being snubbed by the Finnish mobile giant in favour of a partnership with Microsoft. During the talk, Schmidt revealed that…
MWC 2011: Android Honeycomb to get Movie Studio video editing abilities
Honeycomb tablets will soon be getting a movie editing software suite, Google's Eric Schmidt has revealed at the company's MWC 2011 keynote. Called Movie Studio, the app was shown running on a Xoom tablet, and appears to be tailored to…
Twitter in $10 billion sales talks with Google and Facebook
Google and Facebook are said to have entered talks with Twitter in order to assimilate the micro-blogging site into their web-conquering services. Twitter are apparently asking for a whopping $10 billion for the company however, despite a December valuation of…
Google brings Trekkie fantasies to life with 'universal translator' mobile app
It's a Star Trek fan's dream: the 'universal translator' is here. Courtesy of Google's new translation app for iOS devices, you can now speak into your mobile phone and it will translate for you. The app, free from the…
Google introduces priority email for mobiles
If you are feeling frustrated from having to sift through dozens of emails on your tiny phone screen every day, help is at hand – Gmail priority mail is going mobile. Using the same technology which makes its spam…
Vodafone nab Google's Nexus S smartphone, white version coming too
Though being available in the UK via Best Buy and Carphone Warehouse for a few months now, the Google Nexus S Android 2.3 handset has finally got carrier support through Vodafone. Those having waited for the 4 inch Super AMOLED…
Dubai, Saigon, Hanoi and Geneva get "street view" mapping, no thanks to Google…
Hoping to take a virtual tour of Dubai, Saigon, Hanoi or Geneva from the comfort of your computer desk? Well that hasn't been possible, as they are just a few of the many cities yet to be given the Google…
