Tired of your tired looking GMail? Well you’re in luck, because along with the already growing customisations, there are now selectable themes. Previously only enjoyed by browser hacks, the option is now open to everyone. Some of the new ways to customise your inbox: To select the skin theme for your GMail account (assuming you [...]
The new version of Google Chrome looks at stability issues with some of the plugins (Flash most notably) but also addresses the major carpet-bombing security flaw. Other things affected in this release appear to be the speed, as reported by various websites, giving a small boost over the previous version (which was quicker than anything [...]
A quick post – I just found myself at what is possibly one of the best font sites I’ve seen for a long time. A huge collection of fonts, in every style you can imagine. If you’re into Photoshop, fancy letterheads or DTP, dafont.com is going to be like gold to you.
I found this really interesting interactive Google timeline created to celebrate their 10th birthday. Just click and drag through the years to find out facts and stats about our favourite search engine.
The search engine we all know and love has turned 10 years old today. It’s odd to think that they’ve been around for only ten years to be honest – Google is intertwined with our online lives everywhere now. I personally use GMail, of course, Reader, Notebook, Analytics, Sitemaps, Video and Youtube, Maps and Earth, [...]
With news that Google have just got that little bit closer to providing users of Google’s Maps and Earth a more detailed than ever view of where we live, I wonder if it’s all such a good thing.. The GeoEye satellite, 423 miles about the Earth, peers down as you’re outside doing the gardening. Little [...]
I know, we shouldn’t be getting the pallbearers ready just yet, but after the release of Google’s Chrome it does raise the question of how it will affect Firefox & the Mozilla Foundation. The Foundation is largely funded by Google so it presents a complicated situation for the two groups. On one side you have [...]
Google Chrome was made available for download, by the public, from here, during a press conference & webcast at Google HQ (which I was lucky enough to view), which detailed the features of the new browser. A few things I noticed during the conference, was a lot of direct comparison between Internet Explorer and Google [...]
Here is the link to download Google Chrome – Please bare in mind that it isn’t active until the Google HQ wakes up – at the moment it resolves to Google’s homepage. Download Google Chrome
Google – the world’s favourite search engine, has decided to step up and compete in the browser market. Competing with, more obviously, Internet Explorer, but also the likes of Firefox, Opera & Safari, Google’s Open Source “Chrome” browser (to be launched today in Beta) seems like a bold, but very logical step. It makes perfect [...]