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Google Chrome Ditches http://

Google Chrome Ditches http://

When you see some text prefixed by “http://” you automatically know that what follows is a web address, as defined by the Hypertext Transfer Protocol. The question is — since most web addresses are easily recognizable anyway — do you…

Stan Schroeder April 19, 2010 Stan Schroeder Comments

The Top 12 Social Media and Tech Stories This Week

The Top 12 Social Media and Tech Stories This Week

There was a veritable barrage of social media news this week — from various and sundry natural disasters to Steve Jobs’s face-off with Adobe to Conan’s return to TV to Pulitzers to taxes to a whole lotta Twittering.

If you…

Brenna Ehrlich April 16, 2010 Brenna Ehrlich Comments

Google Cloud Print Reveals the Future of Printing

Google Cloud Print Reveals the Future of Printing

To print out a document, you rely on your local operating system, which must have a driver installed for the printer you intend to use. Most of the time, it’s not an issue; at home, you probably have…

Stan Schroeder April 16, 2010 Stan Schroeder Comments

Google’s $26.5 Billion Treasure Chest

Google’s $26.5 Billion Treasure Chest

Google had good news to report to shareholders during today’s Q1 earnings announcement. Revenues are up 23% year over year, totaling $6.77 billion between January 1 and March 31, 2010 — up from a paltry $5.51 billion during the same…

Jolie O'Dell April 15, 2010 Jolie O'Dell Comments

Viacom Details Secret Google Conversations About YouTube

Viacom Details Secret Google Conversations About YouTube

As it continues to make its case against Google and YouTube in a $1 billion copyright lawsuit, Viacom has released previously sealed documents that the media company says show, “Google made a deliberate, calculated business decision … to…

Adam Ostrow April 15, 2010 Adam Ostrow Comments

Gmail Adds Drag-and-Drop to File Attachments

Gmail Adds Drag-and-Drop to File Attachments

Gmail has a new feature for Firefox 3.6 and Google Chrome users: drag-and-drop file attachments. The feature is very straightforward — just drag files from your desktop onto your e-mail, and a green box will appear where you…

Ben Parr April 15, 2010 Ben Parr Comments

Google Adds Calendar Invitations to Gmail Messages

Google Adds Calendar Invitations to Gmail Messages

If you’re a Gmail user, you may have noticed a surprising new feature in your e-mail account this morning: There’s now an “Insert: Invitation” link adjacent to the “Attach a file” link in each new message you compose.

The…

Jennifer Van Grove April 15, 2010 Jennifer Van Grove Comments

8 of the Best Chrome Extensions for Web Designers

8 of the Best Chrome Extensions for Web Designers

This series is supported by Wix.com, an online design tool that enables you to create limitless amounts of Flash websites, social network layouts, and more. Learn more about Wix here.

Google Chrome’s popularity…

Samuel Axon April 14, 2010 Samuel Axon Comments

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Google Mobile Updated for the iPad

Google Mobile Updated for the iPad

Google has just updated its Google Mobile iPhone app to work with the iPad. As we reported earlier this month, Google has optimized some of its services for the iPad, including Gmail.

Christina Warren April 13, 2010 Christina Warren Comments

Mashable’s Google Wave API Contest: Vote Now!

Mashable’s Google Wave API Contest: Vote Now!

In March, we launched Mashable’s Google Wave API Challenge, a month-long competition to create exciting new Google Wave extensions. Now it’s time to vote on the best ones!

To explore, vote, rate and discuss the submissions, visit the

Adam Hirsch April 12, 2010 Adam Hirsch Comments

Google Docs Adds Major New Features [PICS]

Google Docs Adds Major New Features [PICS]

Google has announced that it has rebuilt Google Docs from the ground-up. The result is a massive overhaul of Google Docs, including completely redesigned spreadsheet, document, and drawing editors, group chat functionality, and the ability to collaborate with real-time character-by-character…

Ben Parr April 12, 2010 Ben Parr Comments

UK Visual Search Company Plink Acquired by Google

UK Visual Search Company Plink Acquired by Google

Visual search was the talk of the town circa 2007, with startups such as Quintura showing great promise; then the buzz died down slightly, only to resurface late in 2009 with Bing launching Visual Search and Google…

Stan Schroeder April 12, 2010 Stan Schroeder Comments