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Happy birthday Campus London. You’ve grown up so fast.
Just over 12 months ago, Campus London opened its doors to the young, upcoming London tech startup community. I’d like to think we always knew it would succeed, but I don’t think any of us expected the level of engagement and enthusiasm...Show More Summary
Swipe Navigation in the Mobile Gmail Site
One month ago, Google updated the Gmail app for iOS and added a swipe gesture that lets you move between conversations without having to return to the inbox. At that time, the mobile Gmail site didn't have this feature, but now it'sShow More Summary
Outsourcing Blogger Comments to Google+
While Blogger's new commenting system has a lot of cool features, there's an important downside: Google+ Comments has nothing to do with Blogger.The old comments are available in the new interface, but the new comments are not available in the old commenting system, if you decide to switch back. Show More Summary
Google Now for Google's Homepage in Testing
It looks like Google Now won't be limited to Android, iOS and Chrome, it will also be added to Google's homepage. Some code from a page that's tested by Google offers more information about this feature."Get started with Google Now. Just the right information at just the right time." That's how Google introduces the new feature. Show More Summary
Add Google+ Comments to Any Web Page
Until Google launches an API for the Google+ Comments feature, you can use the code from Blogger. Browsing the Net found a way to embed Google+ Comments on any website or blog. Here's the code you could use: Replace [URL] with the address of your page. Show More Summary
Gapless Internet and Google Fiber
"A gapless album is a type of album in which some or all of the tracks are intended to be heard seamlessly without any pause. Instead of individual tracks being separated by a brief moment of silence, each transitions directly into the...Show More Summary
Google Now Is Not Google Voice Search
Here's something I don't understand: why do so many people confuse Google Now with Google Voice Search? There are a lot of articles that compare Google Now with Siri or claim that Google Now is a voice assistant. Google Now is a feature...Show More Summary
Anonymous Animals in Google Drive
Google found a funny way to show the anonymous persons who open a document in Google Drive. Instead of only using different colors for each person, Google Drive associates each person with an animal, so you'll see things like "anonymous...Show More Summary
Expanding options for companies to buy renewable energy
We’re always looking for ways to expand the use of renewable energy. To date we’ve committed more than $1 billion to renewable energy project investments, signed agreements to procure wind power near our data centers, and installed solar...Show More Summary
Blogger Comments Powered By Google+
I don't know if you've notice, but this blog's comments look different. That's because I've switched to the new Google+ Comments feature for Blogger. The upgraded commenting system preserves the existing comments, but the future comments require a Google+ account. Show More Summary
Bringing Google+ Comments to Blogger
Reading and responding to comments can be one of the most rewarding aspects of blogging. Not only do they help you connect with your readers, they can also inspire later blog entries. The challenge, oftentimes, is following all the conversations around your content—on Google+, for instance, as well as on your website. Show More Summary
Google Babel in Gmail
As Droid Life previously reported, Google already tests Babel, an unified messaging service that combines Google Talk, Gmail Chat, Google+ Messenger. There's a Gmail page that mentions "dogfooding Babel in Gmail" and it's supposed to be available only to Google employees. Show More Summary
Google Fiber—on the Silicon Prairie, the Silicon Hills and now the Silicon Slopes
Today the Google Fiber team is in Provo, Utah, where Mayor John Curtis just announced that we intend to make Provo our third Google Fiber City. Utah is already home to hundreds of tech companies and startups, and many of them are based in Provo. Show More Summary
Helping entrepreneurs take the “NEXT” step
Entrepreneurs around the world tell us that they want to launch new businesses—but that before they do, they need to make sure they have the skills to make those companies as successful as possible. Starting today, a new partnershipShow More Summary
How Google Quick View Works
I've mentioned in the previous post that Google launched a feature called Quick View that's designed to load search results faster on mobile devices. Right now, the feature only works for Wikipedia results and you'll only see it if you use google.com in English. Show More Summary
Google Quick View
Google Search for mobile has a new feature called "Quick View". Right now, it only shows up for Wikipedia results and it allows users to load search results almost instantly. "Quick view is an experimental project and is currently enabled for pages from Wikipedia when you search in English on Google.com. Show More Summary
A Bogus DMCA Takedown Request (Part 3)
I've mentioned in the previous two posts that Inspection 12 sent a DMCA notice for one of my posts, Google took it offline and rejected my counter notice.Now I realized that Google made a mistake: the DMCA complaint was related to web search, not Blogger. Show More Summary
A Bogus DMCA Takedown Request (Part 2)
In a previous post I wrote about a strange DMCA complaint. Inspection 12 claimed that a post from this blog "is one of nearly 20 song lyrics sites who have attempted to post lyrics for the song titled 'Alden Howell' by the artist Inspection 12. Show More Summary
Secretary of State John Kerry kicks off “Hangouts at State” series on Google+
Over the past year, Google+ has been used across the globe to connect people and enable free expression—from Syria Deeply, an independent news site which regularly uses Google+ and Hangouts to report about the crisis in Syria to TomShow More Summary
Try Google's Experimental App Launcher Button
Google tests an interface that removes the black navigation bar and replaces it with a button similar to the Chrome app launcher. Click the button and you can visit popular services like Google+, Google Maps, YouTube, Gmail and Google Drive. Show More Summary
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