Not being the kind of company to lay idle – out of the blue comes a huge revamp of the Android Market and rebranding: it is now Google Play. Google are really talking up and focusing on the cloud storage and syncing aspects of Google Play — clearly designed to challenge Apple’s iCloud service. Of [...]
Google releases Chrome browser for Android (finally!)
I can certainly say I’ve been waiting for this for a while now. Chrome is a fantastic browser (it has almost clawed me away from my current default browser: Firefox) and it has always seemed odd that there wasn’t a mobile version. The wait is over… but hold the phone… turns out the beta is [...]
Google+ now open to the masses
Google have recently opened up their new Google+ network to all Google Account holders. Go forth and share! And play, and stuff… with …. nobody. What will become of Google+ remains to be seen. While development of the platfor seems to be progressing pretty quickly, from where I’m sitting, there’s not much going on. Can [...]
Google +1 is here
Google has launched it’s ‘+1′ Button. This is Google’s take on the Facebook “Like” button. Websites, ads and all sorts of content can now include a Google +1 button and these are recorded against the user’s Google profile and also displays in search results. Why not head over to the Stomp Box homepage and try [...]
Google’s treatment of underscores vs hyphens
It seem Google DOES NOT treat underscores and hyphens the same. Do a multiple word search with hyphens and underscores between the words and you’ll see what I mean: Results 1 – 10 of about 502,000 for “search engine journal”. Results 1 – 10 of about 502,000 for “search-engine-journal”. Results 1 – 5 of 5 [...]
A periodic table of Google
For the Google fans… a periodic table of Google services. Nice. View in a WebKit browsers, Safari or Chrome. http://code.google.com/more/table/
