Google just announced 2 new products that is about to pave way for the next generation of mobile payment systems – Google Wallet and Google Offers. Google Wallet will let you store credit cards, loyalty cards, etc and will let you pay for purchases with a single tap. Google Offers will use NFC to show […]
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Easiest Way to Send Large Files or Folder with Google Docs
Here is a little known fact about Google Docs. You can easily send a large file or folder to someone else by just uploading it to Google Docs. Google Docs has an upload feature that lets you add files or folders upto 1GB in size. You can simply choose Files or Folder and start uploading. […]
Show/Hide Firefox Address Bar Like Google Chrome
Google Chrome just introduced a cool feature which lets you maximize the browser space you have by letting you easily show/hide the address bar. Firefox is not be out done by Chrome for long. With the Firefox extension – LessChrome HD, you can get the same show/hide address bar feature in Firefox. Once installed (no […]
Book Review – In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
I am a big fan of Google and a bunch of their web apps like Gmail, Google Reader, etc just like any other techie. I kept hearing about this book on Google from a lot of podcasters. So, I finally caved in and downloaded the audiobook on Audible – In The Plex: How Google Thinks, […]
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Must Have Super Google Reader Chrome Extension
Sometimes I am just bewildered why Google hasn’t been pushing their development efforts in Google Reader as aggressively as Gmail. But, thanks to the developer community we can get some nifty features added to these webapps with browser extensions. We have looked at several Gmail and Google Reader Firefox extensions before. It’s time to look […]
Best Minimalist Chrome Extensions
Most web apps attract us with their simplicity and minimalism in the interface. Take Gmail, Google Calendar, Facebook, etc. However, as time passes by most providers start adding features to the interface sometimes bordering on cluttered. How can you customize the interface so they are again simple to your liking? If you are in the […]
Amazon Launched App Store With 3800 Android Apps
Amazon has just made a play in the mobile apps market with their own App Store. They are hoping to be the iTunes equivalent of Android apps. What is interesting is that Google has their own Android Marketplace that the current Android users are used to downloading apps from. Amazon AppStore can be downloaded by […]
Google Adsense Gets a New Mobile Interface
This one has been on my personal wishlist for a long time. I check Google Adsense everyday through an iPhone app. But, it doesn’t give the same sort of info I am used to getting out of the web interface. Google has just announced a mobile interface for Adsense. It is designed to give us […]
Google Maps 5.0 for Android Gets 3D Maps & Offline Capability
Android mobile OS has always prided the Google Maps built-in it. Now, Google Maps has reached version 5.0 and has added some significant features. Google 3D Maps This is absolutely great for navigating an unknown place as you can see where you are in 3D as in buildings, open spaces, etc. Starting today, we’ll use […]
Disable Third Party Data Tracking with Disconnect
Former Google employee, Brian Kennish, has created a browser extension, Disconnect, for Chrome and Rockmelt to disable third party data tracking while browsing. You might have already heard about the extension Facebook Disconnect which removes the Facebook Connect functionality that automatically identified you in 3rd party websites if you are logged into your Facebook account. […]
Google eBookStore to Compete With Amazon & Apple
Google has gotten in headfirst into the eBooks market by launching Google eBooks. Amazon, Apple and Barnes & Nobles have been the major players in the eBooks market on their Kindle, Apple iPad and Nook ebook reading devices. Google has also launched their own Google eBookStore to sell Google eBooks online. The store has launched […]
Gmail Out of Space – How to Clean Up?
You have run out of space for your Gmail account. You will not be able to send or receive any emails until you delete some items. If you were greeted with this message in Gmail and wondering how to go about cleaning up your emails, it is easy. As you would do with cleaning up […]
Google TV Mini-Site
Hot on the heels of the latest Apple TV announcement, Google has finally revealed features and details about Google TV in the mini-site http://google.com/tv. Google TV and the likes aim to provide us with a seamless Internet on TV experience – a browser, integrated TV & web search, easy access to online media content, etc. […]
Google Launches Goo.gl, A Bit.ly Competitor
There are plenty of URL shortening service and one that gained a lot of traction is bit.ly. Google had introduced it’s own URL shortening service late last year – Goo.gl. One of the prominent places you might have seen it in action is in Feedburner Twitter integration. Since then Goo.gl has made it’s way into […]
Xmarks Browser Sync Service Announces Shutdown
I have been using Xmarks since it’s early debut in Firefox as Foxmarks extension. Xmarks is a free cross-platform browser sync service that kept bookmarks, passwords, history, etc in sync between multiple computers and even across browsers. I was happily using it to sync my bookmarks between Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari in Apple iMac as […]
