Google Lively is Dead

Posted on November 20, 2008 at 7:58 am (PST)

Google Lively is dead. Let me refresh your memories. Google Lively was the browser-based virtual world, sort of like Second Life, that Google launched back in July. It turns out that Google will be pulling the plug after December 31, 2008.

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Google Rolls Out Themes for Gmail

Posted on November 20, 2008 at 4:55 am (PST)

Google has once again impressed Gmail fans by rolling out themes allowing users to “pimp their email.”

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Apple Fails to Approve Google Voice Search iPhone App for Friday Release

Posted on November 17, 2008 at 3:55 am (PST)

Google’s cool voice search app for the iPhone did not make it to the Apple Store this past Friday. Apple has apparently left Google completely in the dark as to why it failed to make the cut. The app was still lingering in “In Review” status limbo when the release date came and went.

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Google Offers Free iPhone App - Advanced Voice Recognition

Posted on November 14, 2008 at 6:38 am (PST)

The NY Times reports that Google has created an app for the iPhone that will give the handset advanced voice recognition.

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Google Fixes REBOOT Bug in Android

Posted on November 11, 2008 at 1:11 pm (PST)

Google has finally fixed the “reboot” in the first release of the Android powered OS phone. The bug was an annoying one that would reboot the entire device every time the word was entered into the phone.

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Google G1 Android Ships with Reboot Bug

Posted on November 9, 2008 at 5:14 am (PST)

Reports are coming in that Android has shipped with a rather peculiar bug: The OS interprets every word as a command, and if you open up the keyboard and type r-e-b-o-o-t the G1 will do just that.

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Google CEO Eric Schmidt Denies Position in Obama Cabinet

Posted on November 9, 2008 at 5:10 am (PST)

Google CEO Eric Schmidt has definitively said he would not take the position of the country’s first ever chief tech officer, despite rumors to the contrary.

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Google Fixes Android Jailbreak with RC30 Update

Posted on November 8, 2008 at 6:12 am (PST)

Google, fresh on the heels of Android’s recent RC29 update, has already slipped out another update. The RC30 update exists to help fix a recent jailbreaking issue with the Android device.

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Google Breaks Advertising Deal with Yahoo

Posted on November 6, 2008 at 6:13 am (PST)

Google has announced that they are going back on the advertising deal made earlier this year with Yahoo.

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Google Adds Text Messaging to Gmail Service

Posted on October 31, 2008 at 5:44 am (PST)

Gmail has now allowed users to send text messages through it’s Gchat function. The option is experimental, so you’ll have to access it through the Labs tab inside of settings.

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