The Googel Base homepage has suddenly had a number of new categories added, which many people have been seeing and noticing. Michael Nguyen calls it Google Base Creep and explains how to keep tabs on the next vertical: “Want to see the next Google Base vertical page? Add “&ui=g” along with “&a_n0=term” to the query. […]

There’s a rumor that Honda will follow in VW’s footsteps: integrating Google Earth for its new feature called “InterNav! Premium Club service”.
Edmunds reports that the service is supposedly only scheduled to be activated in the Japanese market with Honda’s Floating Car Data syste, that will display Google Earth’s satellite mapping technology.
The Honda navigation system will […]

Google is now offering home listings at Google.com. The news was broken by Shimon Sandler: if you enter “Homes for Sale” on Google.com, you have the option to type in a geographic area and hit a “Search Housing” button. This opens up Google Maps, showing homes on the market in your area.
Taking it one step […]

Google has partnered with Clear Channel to implement AdSense in over 1,100 radio station websites. ClearChannel announced yesterday “that Google with exclusively power search engines in all of its local radio sites and give local advertisers top billing in the search results pages.” Huh? They’re getting special treatment because they have lots of money?
Combined, the […]

Recently, some Gmail users have been having trouble with logging on, sending messages, and web browsers crashing when trying to open a message. I suggest using Firefox. Internet Explorer just plain sucks. The failures have supposedly been growing for weeks, but I don’t think so. I haven’t experienced any problems myself. But with millions and […]

Google adds RSS feed integration with the Google Personalized Homepage and improves search functionality with:

Previous queries
Spell checking
Suggestions

It also catches mailto: links and opens them in Gmail instead of a desktop email client. That’s good for me, because I use Gmail and it has been trying to open in Outlook (which I don’t use).
“As a dedicated […]

Google and Earthlink have been selected by San Francisco for the city’s WiFi service, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
In choosing to negotiate with the Google-EarthLink team, the city is going with two Internet giants with marque names. Both firms have deep pockets and proven track records online, but only limited experience building a large […]