Up until now, Google Books only showed short snippets of books. Now they’ve launched a new service that allows users to download some books to their computers.
It sounds revolutionary, but it’s not much different from what’s offered by other websites: the only books available for download are those in the public domain. Thus, Google isn’t […]

Nestled within the Silicon Valley landscape, residents of Mountain View, California, enjoy free wireless internet, thanks to the hometown hero Google. Launched August 15, the Google Wi-Fi service uses approximately 380 access points, spread across city light poles and volunteered rooftops, to cover nearly all of Mountain View’s 12.2 square miles in an 802.11b/g-compatible spectrum.
While […]

Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google, has joined Apple’s Board of Directors.
“Eric is obviously doing a terrific job as CEO of Google, and we look forward to his contributions as a member of Apple’s board of directors,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Like Apple, Google is very focused on innovation and we think Eric’s insights […]

Yesterday Google announced that they’ll introduce a feature that allows users to talk to advertisers via Skype, instead of just clicking over to an advertiser’s website. The feature will be called click-to-call and will also have the option of using Google Talk or standard telephones.
Early tests indicate that there are some advertisers, including mortgage brokers, […]

Props to Spam Karma. If your WordPress blog has a spam problem, try it. Akismet is not enough.

Google announced today the Japanese-language version of its Gmail email service, open to anyone who wants to sign up. Japan is third, after Australia and New Zealand, to get open access to Gmail. Gmail is currently offered in over 40 different languages. In other markets, sign-ups are limited to those receiving invitations from existing users […]

Anyone can now register for Google’s online word processing program, even though it’s still in beta. Google began compiling the Writely waitlist in March and started sending invitations in July. This month, they reached the bottom of the waitlist– so now they can accomodate anyone who wants to use the program.
Writely allows users to compose, […]

As predicted by many in the blogosphere, Blogger.com is now migrating to Google Accounts. Users wanting to create a new blog can now do so with their Google Account. However, there still seems to be problems with moving your old Blogger blog and account over to your Google Account.
The upgrade includes a Google […]

The Google Books Library Project has gotten approval from the University of California to scan millions of their books. So far, Google has been scanning books from Oxford, Harvard, Stanford, the University of Michigan, the New York Public Library, and the Library of Congress. Scanning will begin as soon as possible. In response to controversy, […]

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