Googling Friday

I love Google and their products! If you are a fan of Google or just don’t know what a lot of their products do, then this blog is for you! Every Friday, I go over the Google news for the week and will offer a review on one of Google’s many products.

Googling Friday #28

April 8, 2011

Hello folks and welcome to another edition of Googling Friday. Quite a few things in the world of Google to cover and we are going to lead off with Android news. Google to Tighten Control on Android OS Believe it or not, I agree with this. The problem with the Android OS is you have [...]

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Googling Friday #27

April 1, 2011

Hello everyone and TGIF! It is Friday which means it is time for another edition of Googling Friday! Let’s see what is going on this week in GoogleLand. Android 3.0 Honeycomb off Limits to Phone Developers Google has closed Android 3.0 Honeycomb to phone developers which of course means no phone tablets on Android anytime [...]

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Googling Friday #26

March 25, 2011

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Googling Friday, a blog about all things in the world of Google. Got quite a few things to dig into so let’s get right into things. Google brings Discussions to Docs Google has really enhanced their group collaboration with Google Docs. They have added mentions and thread [...]

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Googling Friday #25

March 18, 2011

Hello folks and welcome to another fun Friday of Googling Friday. Let’s see what is going on with Google this week! Google Maps had EV charging stations If you happen to have an electric vehicle and find yourself driving to places outside of your town, Google is now making it easier to find a charging [...]

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Googling Friday #24

March 11, 2011

Hey everybody and welcome to another edition of Googling Friday. Let’s see what is going on this week in the world of Google. Gizmo5 shutting down April 3rd Gizmo5 the popular VoIP service which was bought by Google and later transformed into Google Voice, will cease operations on April 3rd. Customers in the US can [...]

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Googling Friday #23

March 4, 2011

Hey gang and welcome to another edition of Googling Friday, a weekly blog about all things Google and Android related. We have a few interesting things to get into this week so let’s get right into the news. Did Gmail eat your Mail? This week a small percentage, about 0.02% of users found their email [...]

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Googling Friday #22

February 25, 2011

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Googling Friday. Let’s see what is going on this week in all things Google! Motorola Atrix 4G Goes on Sale The new Motorola Atrix 4G phone is now on sale at AT&T, Radio Shack, and Walmart locations. I have checked out this one on its website and [...]

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Googling Friday #21

February 18, 2011

Hello folks and welcome to another edition of Googling Friday. I don’t have much this week so this will be a quick edition, but I hope you will still find it informative. Google announces One Pass payment system In the light of Apple’s new in-app subscription plan, Google announced its own digital content payment plan. [...]

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Googling Friday #20

February 11, 2011

Howdy folks and welcome to another edition of Googling Friday. I realize it has been a couple of weeks but family medical issues and a snow storm got in the way, thankfully both have resolved themselves. So lets get down to business! Google to make changes to spur sales in Android Market Google struggling with [...]

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Googling Friday #19

January 28, 2011

Howdy folks and welcome to another edition of Googling Friday! This is a blog for all things Google news related. Let’s see what is happening in their world this week! Google brings mobile number porting to Google Voice Google is now allowing you to port your mobile phone number to Google Voice. But it will [...]

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Googling Friday #18

January 21, 2011

Surprised? After last week you probably weren’t expecting another Googling Friday from me again, but as I stated in a follow up post, I just had a policy disagreement with them over H.264 and I am ready to move on. Eric Schmidt stepping down as CEO Course the biggest news is Eric Schmidt will be [...]

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I Don’t Hate Google

January 14, 2011

I apologize for the short Googling Friday earlier today. When your in technology there are a lot of standards and sources companies adopt into their technology. The problem I have with Google dropping H.264 is that they are such a giant when it comes to the internet that they can force standards on others hence [...]

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Googling Friday #17

January 14, 2011

Hello everybody and welcome to another edition of Googling Friday. Quite a few interesting things I want to get into today. First off, I have a bone to pick with Google so let’s lead off with that. Google drops support for H.264 in Chrome browser (or why I no longer use Chrome) I am very [...]

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Googling Friday #16

January 7, 2011

Hello everybody and welcome to the first Googling Friday on 2011. It has been a couple of weeks so let’s see what is happening in the world of Google. Google looking to launch digital newsstand The Wall Street Journal has an interesting piece on how Google is looking to launch a digital newsstand for Android [...]

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Googling Friday #15

December 17, 2010

Hey everybody and welcome to another edition of Googling Friday. Let’s see what is happening this week in the world of Google. Google Fiber Delayed Google announced this week that it will be delaying its Google Fiber network to test communities. What Google Fiber does is bring internet speed up to 100 times faster than [...]

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