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Google wishes you a happy travel season (with free airport wifi)

Google Nothing like hanging out at the airport, while your minor flight delay ticks over into its 2nd hour. And for what? A red-eye that plunks you down at Aunt Martha’s table, in front of a plate of dry turkey? Ugh. The indignity of sitting in...

from 2009 by Adriana Lee 2

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Google Navigation for Android 2.0 on Motorola Droid

Android Noah tests out Google Maps Navigation Beta for Android 2.0. How? He fires up the Verizon Motorola Droid and goes in search of dessert, of course.

from 2009 by Noah Kravitz 15

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Google Voice messages winding up on Internet

Google Leaving a voice mail for a Google Voice user? Be careful what you say… it might wind up all over the Interwebs. According to Boy Genius Report, GV’s service seems to have a few cracks in the gates, with some users’ voice mails ending up in...

from 2009 by Adriana Lee 2

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Mobile Developer TV: Nokia N900 running Google Wave

Google I was wondering how the Nokia N900 Maemo device would cope with Google Wave... would it work? Have Google created a custom version, as they have for iPhone and Android? How would it perform?

from 2009 by Ewan MacLeod 0

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MIPS: take Android home to Mother

Android Android's public profile is growing rapidly, and as its previously-overlooked power and flexibility become more apparent to the masses, companies are finding ways to maximize the operating system's potential. Last month, I wrote about...

from 2009 by John Walton 5

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AT&T, Apple, Google, on FCC's to-do

Google The Wall Street Journal published an article today detailing the contents of letters sent by the Federal Communications Commission to Apple, AT&T, and Google regarding the pulling of an application that facilitates the use of Google...

from 2009 by John Walton 7

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What is up with Google & Apple?

Business And Money Apple yanks Sean Kovac’s third-party Google Voice app, along with a similar one called VoiceCentral. The App Store has barred the Google Latitude app, and now the long-awaited official Google Voice app has also been denied. Is there a...

from 2009 by Adriana Lee 3

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Apple's ban of GV = WIN for Android

Android Likely attributable to Apple's snuggly relationship with AT&T, iPhone just suffered a serious blow in the form of non-competitive practices. For those who missed the news yesterday, Apple removed Sean Kovacs' Google Voice...

from 2009 by John Walton 8

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Google Search For My Location (iPhone 3.0)

Cell Phone App Reviews Got iPhone 3.0? Then check out Google’s search function using its new My Location feature. It’s available via Safari, which zeros in on a user’s area to deliver relevant local results, like nearby bars, restaurants or weather data. ...

from 2009 by Adriana Lee 2

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In-Depth Review: Google Voice

Cell Phone App Reviews Google Voice came from Google’s 2007 acquisition of GrandCentral. Like the old service, the crux of GV is to combine all of a user’s phone communications into a single number/account. Now GV has opened for public invitations, and the PR...

from 2009 by Adriana Lee 3

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I got my Google Voice invite. Did you?

Android The eagle has landed. I finally got my Google Voice invitation on Wednesday and boy, was I happy. Within twenty seconds I was searching for numbers containing favorable words in my area code. Yeah, I know it's actually more difficult to...

from 2009 by John Walton 16

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Android to get more social, hook up with anything

Android At the Google/T-Mobile gathering in San Francisco on July 10th, Andy Rubin clarified Google's intentions for Android and the Chrome OS, saying that neither excludes the other and that each addresses a different set of challenges. While...

from 2009 by John Walton 5

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Google announces Chrome OS

Gadgets On July 7th, the same day that GMail dropped its beta tag, wait...GMail is out of beta? Apparently so (more than five years after its introduction). Anyway, on the same day, Google announced the Chrome OS--a light-weight, cloud...

from 2009 by John Walton 2

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Geektech: how to run Android apps under Ubuntu

Android So you want to see what the Android fuss is about but don't want to ditch your contract or can't afford a new phone? Well you can try out an Android emulator on your Ubuntu computer, and it's really not too difficult. Marius Nestor has put...

from 2009 by John Walton 0

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Google Voice now more widely available

Google Can’t wait to get your hands on Google Voice? If you’re on the waiting list, you may not have to wait much longer. Looks like the service has (finally) opened up. Correspondent Janet Shamlian broke the news on The Today Show, and...

from 2009 by Adriana Lee 1

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Google Voice: never change your # again

Google There are telephony management services currently available from various companies. The ability to automatically redirect one caller to your cell cell phone and to send all calls from another number straight to voice mail are not...

from 2009 by John Walton 2

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Do you prefer a hard kb for Android?

Android In a recent article at Tech Crunch about hardware keyboard shortcuts for GMail, MG Siegler rips pretty hard into the G1's QWERTY - having much higher hopes for an Android phone with a software-only option. I'm ready to try something...

from 2009 by John Walton 7

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Google Wave in a nutshell

Google Google's forthcoming Wave system is definitely interesting. And the presentation is too - it's just very long. So here's the recap in ten minutes. Email, Twitter, blogging, social sites, office collaboration... Everything is one. That's...

from 2009 by John Walton 2

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Android update to RC33 and my first app purchase

Android I finally got the RC33 update, which means I can purchase items from the Android Market now. I think waiting for something slows down time. In this video, I run through the entire update process, set up a Google Checkout account...

from 2009 by John Walton 2

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Android app review: ixMAT Scanner

Android Did you ever speak with your friends in a secret language as a kid? Me neither. I wasn't bright enough to keep that stuff straight. But now, thanks to modern technology, I too have the ability to alienate outsiders and trade information on...

from 2009 by John Walton 3