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    Hands on with Google Drive

    Posted April 25, 2012 - 7:03 am

    Start your engines: Google’s long-rumored Drive service is officially out and ready for a test… well, drive. The search giant’s answer to services like Dropbox, Drive offers 5GB of free online storage space that also syncs with a local folder on the desktop of your Mac or PC. (An Android app is currently available, with an iOS app in the works.)

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    A user's guide to Android Ice Cream Sandwich

    Posted December 26, 2011 - 9:26 pm

    After months of waiting, the Galaxy Nexus (and by extension, Android 4.0, aka "Ice Cream Sandwich") is finally here. We've already done an extensive review of the hardware, so here we will be looking much more closely at Ice Cream Sandwich. Whether you are an Android veteran or a smartphone first-timer, this new version of Google's mobile operating system has a few things you should know about before getting started.

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    Samsung Galaxy Nexus: Pure Google, pure delight

    Posted November 25, 2011 - 8:15 am

    In the world of Android, we see a lot of new phones -- and inevitably, some of them are destined to be forgotten. Samsung's new Galaxy Nexus is not one of those devices.

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    Review: Google’s new Flight Search service

    Posted September 17, 2011 - 8:54 am

    Google Flight Search looks great but needs a little more work before it can rival specialized flight-search sites.

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    Phone camera shootout: 13 Android phones put to the test

    Posted September 1, 2011 - 11:16 am

    Over the past month, how many photos have you taken with your smartphone versus your stand-alone camera? Sure, for special events or portraits, you’ll probably want to use an advanced point-and-shoot, an interchangeable-lens camera, or a DSLR--but when you’re on the go, a phone with a good camera is more than sufficient. At the very least, you’ll want a phone capable of taking photos that are decent enough to share, whether it’s with your Facebook friends or via email to your relatives.

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    Review: Office 365 vs. Google Apps

    Posted June 28, 2011 - 9:20 am

    With Office 365 now available in final form, here's what you need to know to decide if Office 365 or Google Apps (or neither) is right for your organization

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    Google's Chrome OS and Samsung's Chromebook

    Posted June 15, 2011 - 10:29 am

    Could you ditch your computer operating system and live entirely in your browser? That's the question Google is asking with its new Chrome OS Chromebooks -- and it isn't an easy one to answer.

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    Review: Samsung Series 5 Chromebook

    Posted June 10, 2011 - 7:24 pm

    Maybe it's just ahead of its time, or maybe the world will never want a laptop that does little more than run a browser.

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    Hands-on with Google's Android 3.1 update

    Posted May 20, 2011 - 6:20 pm

    Google's long-awaited Android 3.1 update is slowly rolling out over-the-air to the Motorola Xoom, the first of the Honeycomb-based tablets to get the update. The non-3G Xoom on my desk finally got its update, and I got a chance to finally get some up-close time with the OS.

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    Google Chrome's new beta: A hands-on tour

    Posted February 20, 2011 - 9:41 pm

    The latest beta for the Google Chrome browser is mostly about speed, thanks to a new JavaScript engine and an early taste of GPU-accelerated video.

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    Google Chromebook: The good, the bad, and the beta

    Posted February 2, 2011 - 10:14 am

    When Google first started giving away the Cr-48 in early December, lots of reviewers posted their first impressions after driving the Chromebook around the block a couple of times. We’ve taken the Chromebook out on a two-month test drive to see how it performs in real-world conditions.

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    Google Cloud Print: A hands-on tour

    Posted January 25, 2011 - 5:05 pm

    Cloud Print, Google's long-anticipated online printing solution, recently launched as a public beta for Windows users, and the feature, which is supposed to allow you to print remotely to a networked printer, is extremely easy to use.

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    Chrome OS beta's Achilles' heel: Its reliance on the Web

    Posted December 13, 2010 - 10:01 am

    In its first public version, the forthcoming cloud-based alternative to Windows and Mac OS X is too limited by -- ironically -- the cloud

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    Nexus S: Excellent, but misses potential

    Posted December 13, 2010 - 9:57 am

    The first phone to ship with Android 2.3 (also known as "Gingerbread") as the well as the follow-up to last January's Nexus One, the Nexus S (available unlocked for $530 or for $200 with a two-year plan from T-Mobile) is a joint effort between Samsung and Google with some impressive features. The hardware is gorgeous, and Android 2.3 delivers some useful enhancements; but with no support for HSPA+ or expandable memory, the Nexus S falls short of its potential.

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    Where Android beats the iPhone

    Posted March 4, 2010 - 10:51 am

    Android's openness, flexibility, and Java foundation make it the best choice for many developers and the businesses that depend on them

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    Nexus One's Screen is Gorgeous, But With Issues

    Posted February 24, 2010 - 12:04 pm

    While Google's Nexus One may have its issues (its many, many issues), one thing that nobody is complaining about is its gorgeous, 800-by-480 pixel AMOLED screen. When compared to the iPhone 3GS's paltry 480-by-320 pixel LCD screen, well, it hardly seems a contest.

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    The full buzz on Google Buzz

    Posted February 12, 2010 - 10:08 pm

    This week Google whisked back the curtain on Buzz, its dive into the world of social-networking technology.

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    Android apps for business users

    Posted February 2, 2010 - 9:19 am

    These 10 handy apps for Google Android phones take the sting out of business travel and keep you productive on the road.

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    First Look: Google Social Search

    Posted October 26, 2009 - 9:39 pm

    Google is pouring personalized social data into search results with its new Google Social Search, launching in experimental mode today. Google Social Search, announced at last week's Web 2.0 Summit, adds content from your friends right into your Google searches.

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    Google's Chrome 2.0 Is Underwhelming

    Posted May 25, 2009 - 8:22 pm

    Google's upgrade of Chrome to 2.0 is exceedingly underwhelming --- there's so little new that if you blinked you'd miss the changes. It's baffling that a company that keeps fully featured software like Gmail in beta for years has jumped to 2.0 for a browser with so little to offer.

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    Android apps: Free downloads for the people

    Posted April 8, 2009 - 10:07 am

    There are many free Android applications out there already, like Gmote. Gmote is a cool app that turns your phone into a remote control for your computer. Is this useful? You tell me. But it sure is nifty.

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    LinkedIn's New Free Apps, Part One

    Posted November 17, 2008 - 12:51 pm

    Google Presentation, Company Buzz, Box.net, and My Travel (by Tripit) are four free applications from LinkedIn aimed at boosting your productivity and sharing Web content. They have their proverbial pros and cons, but overall, they're a good start in bringing more interactive content to the world's largest business social network.

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    The G1 is no iPhone, but Android has promise

    Posted October 16, 2008 - 9:47 am

    Most G1 reviewers will probably agree that, in a nutshell, the software is nice but the hardware underwhelms.

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    Hands on with HTC's Google phone

    Posted September 24, 2008 - 9:24 am

    T-Mobile, Google and HTC unveiled the highly anticipated Android phone in New York on Tuesday, and I got a chance to try out the new handset at HTC's office in Taipei.

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    My New Web Browser...Thank You, Google!

    Posted September 5, 2008 - 12:26 pm

    One tiny but important aspect of my day job is to review new and/or popular versions of web browsers to make sure my company's web-based applications function properly. So I downloaded the beta of Chrome today. After approximately 15 minutes of use, I made Chrome my default browser. It really is that good.

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