Google Voice Open in the U.S.
Previously invitation-only Google Voice just opened to everyone in the U.S., offering free text messaging, multi-phone management, and voicemail features which, after more than a year of exclusive...
View ArticleThe Software Buttons You Love Pushing
Spent several hours running around town doing tedious errands the other day in neighborhoods I don't know well, so I was thrilled to finally tap the "Navigate To-> Home" button on my GPS when I was...
View ArticleFroyo Over-The-Air Updates Hit Nexus Ones This Week
If you've got a Nexus One and have been patiently waiting for the OTA update to Android 2.2, this week's your week. Google says you'll get a notification by the end of the week for the update to 2.2....
View ArticleGoogle Apps vs. Google Accounts Parity Coming
Google Apps users who want access to all the same products that regular Google Accounts have won't have to wait much longer. An anonymous tipster tells me a Google Trusted Tester program is underway...
View ArticleJava 6 Update 21 Download Available
Oracle has released an update to the Java SDK and Java Runtime Environment raising the version of both to 6 Update 21. The official download site over at the Java website lists Java 6 Update 20 as the...
View ArticleThis Week in Google, Episode 50
Jeff and Leo and I chatted about Droid X, Prince, Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and the iPhone 4 in our latest episode of TWiG. Also, listeners are helping send an Android phone into space ! My tip this...
View ArticleThis Week in Google, Episode 51
Leo, Jeff and I jawed about the new Android App Inventor , Picnik in Picasa , mobile local search, my 23andme results, and iPhone 4 in this week's episode. My tip of the week: setting up a rich text...
View Article(Updated) How to Transfer Google Voice to Your Google Apps Account
Update: Google Voice product manager Craig Walker confirms that the Apps transfer is NOT supported right now, and that it was only done for a small group of testers. Sorry, all. The good news? He says...
View ArticleThe “Only If We’re Offline Friends†Rule
I'm active on a LOT of social/sharing webapps: Twitter , Flickr , Foursquare, Tumblr , and to a lesser degree, FriendFeed, Delicious and Buzz. While most of my posts are public and open to everyone,...
View ArticleGoogle Code University
One of the most frequently asked questions I get is, "How can I learn how to code?" Today fluorescentinca showed me Google Code University , a collection of tutorials on Googly languages (like Python,...
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