Native Client (NaCl), Google's attempt at bridging the gap between pure JavaScript Web apps and installed programs, creeps ever closer to a stable release, and ultimate inclusion in other browsers, including Firefox. The plug-in, which allows the browser to safely execute native compiled code, has retired its NPAPI interface in favor of Pepper (PPAPI), and now has a much-improved SDK.
Read MoreThe new navigation bar is slowly rolled out to all Google users. After
more than 6 months of testing, the new navigation bar removes the
clutter by grouping extraneous links in a menu inspired by Google
Chrome. It also removes link underlining and replaces it with a colored
bar. There's more spacing between the links, so the new navigation bar
works better on a touchscreen device.
Google's Demo Slam turns it up a notch with the first-ever Demo Slampionship, which just kicked off. The idea behind Demo Slam is pretty simple: pit videos of technical demos against each other for users to vote on. By doing this you to get your tech demo in front of as many eyeballs as possible, roping in those least likely to watch a standard tech demo.
Read MoreGoogle One Pass, a service that lets publishers set their own prices and terms for their digital content. With Google One Pass, publishers can maintain direct relationships with their customers and give readers access to digital content across websites and mobile apps.
Read MoreThe Google web search team launched a new Chrome extension to block low-quality sites from appearing in Google’s web search results. They explored different algorithms to detect content farms, which are sites with shallow or low-quality content. One of the signals we're exploring is explicit feedback from users.
Read MoreSeveral weeks ago Google released Android 2.3, which introduced several new
forms of communication for developers and users. One of those, Near
Field Communications (NFC), let developers get started creating a new
class of contactless, proximity-based applications for users.
Google released a Google Translate Web app for iPhone users back in 2008, but now the Apple crowd has a native Google Translate iPhone app. Available in the App Store now, the free Google Translate app includes speak-to-translate for 15 languages, a full screen mode, and the ability to listen to translations in 23 languages.
Read MoreGoogle has officially announced that registration for Google I/O 2011 is open. Google I/0 2011 brings together thousands of developers for two days of deep technical content, focused on building the next generation of web, mobile, and enterprise applications with Google.
Read MoreAt the Google Event for Android 3.0, an online version of the
Android Market was announced and is available for use immediately.
Essentially, your Android smartphone is connected to your Google Account
and if you sign into the online Android Market website using your
Google Account, it will automatically sync with your phone.
Google is offering a new service to help Egyptians transmit Twitter messages by using a phone. The offering rests in part on engineering talent Google acquired when it bought a company called SayNow just a week ago. When a message is left on the service, called Speak To Tweet,, it will instantly tweet the message using the #egypt hashtag.
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