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Gmail Now Open To Everybody

Just a quick tip for y’all: Google just opened up Gmail to everybody in the whole wide world today, so if you’re one of the few who doesn’t have an account yet, get to it. Don’t forget that Gmail now works splendidly with Java-friendly cellphones, too. Shame it still reads all your e-mail messages. https://gizmodo.com/gmail-mobile-rushes-e-mail-to-your-phone-211927…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Feb 14

More Execs Bring the Hate for YouTube

Fresh off the Viacom slap, NBC Universal’s Jeff Zucker and News Corp.’s Rupert Murdoch lined up to take their shots at GooTube. https://gizmodo.com/viacom-bullies-youtube-into-removing-100-000-videos-234001 Zucker whines that “YouTube needs to prove that it will implement its filtering technology across its online platform. It’s proven it can do it when it wants to.” It sounds strange, considering…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Feb 8

Google “Warns” ISPs About Online Video, Suggests Google Video

Google has come out and warned ISPs that the Internet can’t handle people watching TV or movies on it. With the large file sizes of video, especially HDTV, they say that major infrastructure upgrades are needed to meet upcoming user demand. Google, sweethearts that they are, offered to “work together with cable operators to combine…

Tech News Adam Frucci Feb 8

GoogleTV Beta: A Total Hoax, but an Impressive Hoax

So that GoogleTV Beta video that we posted last Friday is, unsurprisingly, totally BS. It’s a hoax, a joke, a trick, all perpetrated on us by Fatal Farm. They usually make twisted remakes of 80s sitcom openings (which are actually pretty funny), but I guess they got tired of making Alf look like he was…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 29

Google Adding Maps to Books, Ads to Follow?

Google’s been busy this week, and they’re wrapping it up by mixing Google Books with Google Maps. Locations listed in certain books will have a link to that same location in Google Maps, so you can, um, check it out on a map. It’s kind of cool, I guess, at least with some of the…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jan 27

GoogleTV Beta: Annoying Easter Egg or Shenanigans?

Now this, my friends, is fishy. Some vidcast on YouTube called "Infinite Solutions," a show that just so happens to have posted all 4 of its episodes about 12 hours ago, claims to show us how to sign up for a super-secret beta of GoogleTV. You need to jump through a bunch of hoops, including…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 26

YouTube’s Stab at Profitability: Premium Content, Google Video Search

When Google bought YouTube there was plenty of speculation as to what the fate of Google Video would be. Well, it looks like some of our questions are finally getting answered. Google Video is going to turn into a mere video search engine, indexing content from YouTube as well as other video sites on the…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 25

Fox Hunting YouTube User for Uploading 24 and Simpsons Episodes

20th Century Fox smacked YouTube with a subpoena yesterday demanding the Google-owned company rat out the identity of one of its users who allegedly uploaded un-aired episodes of “24” and repeats of “The Simpsons.” Fox is claiming “irreparable harm” in justifying its hunt for the the YouTube user who goes by the name of… https://gizmodo.com/official-google-buys-youtube-206331…

Tech News Louis Ramirez Jan 25

Hope You’ve Got Broadband: Here Come Google Video Ads

Using its nearly ubiquitous AdSense network, Google is going to start delivering video ads from The Wall Street Journal, Life/Style Television and others to a small group of sites that choose to test the new program. Like their standard text ads, the video ones will be determined contextually. Of course, we can expect this relatively…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jan 25

Google Announces Plan to Open Online Bookstore; World Domination Details to Follow

We knew that the beta of Google Book Search really was, for once, just a beta version of a much grander project. Now we know what that project is. BusinessWeek is reporting that Google has disclosed to publishers its intentions to expand its Book Search beyond a mere search and preview service into one where…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jan 23

Apple, Google and Yahoo On Stage

10:34: Jerry Yang, Eric Schmidt, and Steve Jobs sharing the same stage. How many countries could they buy if they pooled their money? It takes Steve to bring two web-enemies together. 10:35: Eric talked about the engineering effort to get all the Google services on the iPhone. Praises Steve for the phone. 10:36: Jerry’s talking…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 9

The iPhone: Google Maps

10:26: Google maps widget just looks like google maps on the PC. 10:26: Steve brings up the keyboard, starts typing, and finds Starbucks. Then, he punks them by ordering 4,000 drinks. Oh you! 10:28: Steve switches to sat mode and zooms way in on the Washington Monument. 10:29: Now the Eiffel Tower. Now the Colisseum…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 9

San Francisco, Google, Earthlink Finalize City Wide WiFi Deal

Google, Earthlink and the City of San Francisco have agreed to a 4-year deal to blanket the city in WiFi. Earthlink will build the $14-17 million system, and they’ll earn their cash back by charging $21.95 a month for a connection boosted to 3-4 times the speed of the free service. Google will sell ads…

Tech News Brian Lam Jan 5

Rumor: Google Phone – Why We’re Not Impressed

Rumor has it that Google, Orange (the UK cellphone provider), and HTC (our favorite Windows Mobile cellphone maker) are in talks to make a new Google-branded phone. Thanks to Google’s ever-expanding backpack of webapps—Gmail, Google Calendar, RSS Reader, Google maps just to name a few—people are more and more reliant on an all-Google solution to…

Tech News Jason Chen Dec 18

Google and NASA Join Forces; Nerds Everywhere Flip Out

Google and NASA, sitting in a tree, p-u-t-t-i-n-g… space related data on the internet. Yes, two of the biggest names in geekery have joined forces to give the gift of virtual space exploration to the masses. Control yourselves. Plans include incorporating NASA’s moon and mars data into Google Earth, real-time tracking of the International Space…

Space & Spaceflight Adam Frucci Dec 18

Windows Live Search For Mobile vs. Google Maps Mobile

Microsoft’s Windows Live Search for Mobiles just went live last night, and we took it for a spin, comparing it to Google Maps for Mobile, which has traffic, maps local business searches and directions as well. Windows Live Search runs on both J2ME (Java) phones and on Windows Mobile phones, whereas Google Maps only works…

Tech News Jason Chen Nov 30

Verizon To Censor YouTube For Cellphones

Watching YouTube videos on your Verizon Wireless cellphone will cost $15 per month, according to the New York Times. The deal is expected to be officially announced later today and launch next month but it’s important to note that you won’t be paying $15 per month for the YouTube you know and love. Nope, the…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Nov 28

Helio Drift Phone with Google Maps Plus GPS Buddy Stalking

Helio’s Drift, which we wrote about awhile back, has just gone official. What makes this phone special is that it ships with google maps, as well as an integrated GPS module. Cool, but cooler is that it adds dodgeball-like meat space social networking with its Buddy Beacon. Flip it on, and friend with the same…

Tech News Brian Lam Nov 9

GMail Mobile Rushes E-mail to Your Phone

Google’s recent updates to GMail Mobile are making it easier and faster to check your GMail from your cell phone. The app (which can be downloaded from Google for free) pre-fetches your e-mail automatically and lets you view attachments like PDFs, images, and Word files from your cell phone. The folks at MobileCrunch gave it…

Tech News Louis Ramirez Nov 2

Android Does Karaoke, Gets Bored

It’s been awhile since Korea wowed us with one of their robots, but we gotta say, their follow up to the Ever-1 Android is reminding us too much of our girlfriend (y’know, the one we’ve yet to find). Not only does she love karaoke, but her claim to fame is her ability to show boredom.…

Tech News Louis Ramirez Oct 18

Gmail Now Open To Everybody

More Execs Bring the Hate for YouTube

Google “Warns” ISPs About Online Video, Suggests Google Video

GoogleTV Beta: A Total Hoax, but an Impressive Hoax

Google Adding Maps to Books, Ads to Follow?

GoogleTV Beta: Annoying Easter Egg or Shenanigans?

YouTube’s Stab at Profitability: Premium Content, Google Video Search

Fox Hunting YouTube User for Uploading 24 and Simpsons Episodes

Hope You’ve Got Broadband: Here Come Google Video Ads

Google Announces Plan to Open Online Bookstore; World Domination Details to Follow

Apple, Google and Yahoo On Stage

The iPhone: Google Maps

San Francisco, Google, Earthlink Finalize City Wide WiFi Deal

Rumor: Google Phone – Why We’re Not Impressed

Google and NASA Join Forces; Nerds Everywhere Flip Out

Windows Live Search For Mobile vs. Google Maps Mobile

Verizon To Censor YouTube For Cellphones

Helio Drift Phone with Google Maps Plus GPS Buddy Stalking

GMail Mobile Rushes E-mail to Your Phone

Android Does Karaoke, Gets Bored

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