Google has finally brought their helpful Instant Previews feature from the desktop browser, down to the mobile experience. Tapping on a magnifying glass that appears next to each search result will give you a quick pop-up preview of said search result.
Read MoreGoogle has announced the date for their latest Android event, which according to the images and wording on the invitation—is expected to be covering Android 3.0 Honeycomb.
Read MoreGoogle has scooped up SayNow, a company with a platform that enables social voice applications. SayNow announced that they would combine forces with the Google Voice team. SayNow's platform supports applications used by celebrities and sports figures to communicate with groups.
Read MoreHot on the heels of Mozilla's proposed Do Not Track solution, Google has
launched Keep My Opt-Outs, an extension for users who aren’t comfortable with personalization of the ads they see on the web. It’s a one-step, persistent opt-out of personalized advertising and related data tracking performed by companies adopting the industry privacy standards for online advertising.
Some recently discovered code in Google Docs suggests that add an audio player with playlist management will be added to the service, as well as a preview pane that will let users quickly preview files without opening them. The code has been posted on Google Operating System, and it contains references to previewpane, mediapreview-audioplayer, and addtomediaqueue.
Read MoreNASA has released an Android application, called NASA Spinoff. The app is very purple, as you can see from the screenshots below, and it basically intends to be a mobile version of the NASA Spinoff publication, which features successfully commercialized NASA technology.
Read MoreYesterday, Google launched a new version of Google Goggles that’s faster and smarter than ever before. The new Goggles 1.3 client for Android can scan barcodes almost instantly. All versions of Goggles can now recognize print ads in popular magazines and newspapers. Finally, Goggles has also learned a fun new trick for Sudoku fans.
Taking aside the fact that the Chrome Web Store is just a month old at this point, and the main device for using it was only sent to a limited amount of beta testers—it looks like not that many people are actually using the Web Store to buy web apps.
Read MoreAbout a month ago, Google finally launched Google Voice for the iPhone. Today, Google launched a new version that also supports the iPad and iPod Touch devices. Google also introduced personalized voice recognition for voice search for Android phones.