Time.com has up a story on Nanaimo, a British Columbia coal mining town of about 78,000 that has had everything conceivable mapped into a Google database. Citizens can track fire trucks real time. The results also include Google Earth data for Nanaimo.
From the Article: “The Google fire service allows people to avoid accident sites by [...]
A serious Gmail account hacking backdoor, has been found in the popular Gmail archiving software G-Archiver. This application, in all its innocence, allows you to download and backup all emails from your GMail account. But apparently the developer included the code to send an email to his email ID with all usernames and passwords!
G-Archiver has [...]
TechCrunch reported early on Friday that four companies are in the running to place bids on Digg — Microsoft, Google, and two unidentified “media companies” — and that a sale may happen soon. It’ll likely be less than the $300 million that Digg was once rumored to go for; TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington cited sources who [...]
Google today said on Thursday that it would make donation of phone service to Project Homeless Connect, an effort dedicated to providing ordinary services to the very poor. The project is immediately active yet currently limited to the San Francisco Bay area, although it is planned to expand across the US and will primarily offer [...]
In the spirit of the first day of Macworld, Google has announced new improvements to the integrated Google experience on the iPhone. By navigating to www.google.com with their iPhone Safari browser, iPhone users will discover that the search giant has taken the previous version and streamlined the interface even further, making the applications faster [...]
Just in time for the holidays…
Google always seems a step ahead when it comes to improving its search engine. This time, the company has added flight statistics, meaning you’ll no longer have to visit your airport’s website to check how a flight is doing. All you have do now is type the airline and flight [...]
Those nifty Google Maps street panoramas we all love are being added to a couple new cities every now and then. This time, it’s Dallas, Detroit, Indianapolis, Fort Worth, Boston (yay!), Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Providence (cool) that got Street View coverage, which brings the total number of cities covered to 23.In related news, there’s [...]
Google has added a collaboration feature to the My Maps section of Google Maps. What does that mean? Essentially you can create a custom map, and then open it up for other people to edit.
Say, for example you’re planning a trip to NYC or, perhaps, Boston with friends. You want to use Google Maps to [...]
You can get directions on your PC, your phone, or by talking to that friendly gas station attendant. But if you’re the sort of person who never likes to admit you’re lost, Google’s got you covered. The company plans to add Google Maps features to 3500 U.S. gas station pumps starting next month.
Not only will [...]
Advanced features in Google’s search engine are being used by spammers to disguise the URLs of spamvertised sites. Hackers have been using Google search functions to hunt for vulnerabilities. Now their peers in the junk mail business are getting into the act, Symantec reports.
Google supports a variety of advanced query words that are capable of [...]
It looks like Google may be planning some new Gmail features. Many users are already noticing a “newer version” of the Gmail interface with faster page loading and an expanded contact manager. But did you notice that you can choose from a list of instant message services to flesh out our contact profile? Kind of [...]
It might be a good idea to scrutinize your Gmail account more closely than usual these days. Not only is Google in the process of rolling out IMAP support, but it looks like some users are able to access a new version of Gmail. If you notice a new option that says “older version” or [...]
Now here’s a bit of interesting news out of the Mountain View giant: Google appears to be in the middle of phased roll-outs of IMAP capabilities in GMail. The help system to GMail confirms the existence of at least planned IMAP support, and after checking my GMail account last night I seem to have the [...]
Google’s mobile team seems to be keeping pretty busy these days. The company has released an updated version of Gmail Mobile, and Google Maps now works on phones running the Symbian operating system.
Not much more to say about the Symbian support, but Gmail Mobile 1.5 does seem to have a few features absent from version [...]
Running out of Gmail space already? How would you like some additional storage space so that you never, ever have to erase anything ever again? Well, everyone’s wishes have been answered!
Google has just announced standard Gmail accounts will get a storage increase as part of the Infinity+1 plan. Standard users will get a rough increase [...]
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