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First Impressions of Google Chrome for Mac

Posted on09. Dec, 2009 by john.

I don’t know if this will last, but so far Google Chrome Beta for the Mac is, well…

Extraordinarily Fast to startup!
Quicker to load pages than Safari.

And being able to search from the address bar ( + L) is VERY convenient. It’s one of my favorite things about Google Chrome in general.

So far [...]

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Have you seen Google’s new OS?

Posted on30. Nov, 2009 by john.

Yes, Google is FINALLY coming out with their own Operating System.
If you you’re not one of the almost 1 million people that have already seen this video check it out.

What do you think?

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Gmail down!!!? How can the world function without Google

Posted on14. May, 2009 by john.

 
From about 10a EST until about noon today gmail was unavailable. At first I thought it was just me, but then I realized it was really Google having technical issues.
Other related posts:
http://digg.com/software/Gmail_Down_12  
http://technologizer.com/2009/02/11/is-gmail-down-ask-twitter/
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1137250/gmail-worldwide

This got me to thinking “what would the world do without Google?”
Here are some thoughts:

Those of us that rely on searching the internet [...]

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Spanning Sync… you want to edit your Google calendar in iCal?

Posted on29. Apr, 2009 by john.

If you want to be able to update your (many) Google calendars in iCal on your mac then Spanning Sync is a must have!
It works perfectly and syncs both my google calendars with iCal calendars and also syncs all of my OS X Address Book contacts with my Google Mail account as well.
I highly recommend [...]

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