They’re still missing a few bike paths in my neighborhood, but it’s a great start.
March 10, 2010
Google Maps Adds Bike-Friendly Directions and Trails
March 4, 2010
Google Releases Gesture Search for Android
This app is pretty smart. Even in this early experimental release it’s already an improvement from the built-in contacts search. You can also use it to launch apps and browser bookmarks, which is a nice bonus.
February 26, 2010
Holland urges residents to petition Google for fast fiber Internet connection
Check out the BPW’s page for details on how to nominate Holland for gigabit Internet service from Google!
January 25, 2010
Google Voice Chrome Extension Makes Calling and SMS Even Easier
This is great. Now when I find a phone number online, I can just call it from whichever phone I want via the browser without having to transcribe it from the screen to the phone keypad.
October 29, 2009
Google Chrome Tip: Fixing 'Resolving proxy' Delays
Google Chrome is a quick, quick browser, but if you have it set to automatically detect your proxy settings, it can be IE6-slow to launch. Here’s how you fix it:
- Click the wrench menu.
- Select Options.
- Click the Under the Hood tab.
- In the ‘Network’ section, click the Change proxy settings button. This will open the ‘Internet Properties’ dialog box.
- Click the LAN settings button.
- Deselect the ‘Automatically detect settings’ checkbox.
October 17, 2009
Google Wave Cinema: Pulp Fiction
“What” ain’t no country I ever heard of…They speak English in “What”?
September 22, 2009
Google Has A Solution For Internet Explorer: Turn It Into Chrome
Brilliant. Simply brilliant. Google has released a plugin for IE6+ that will run Chrome inside a frame, thereby allowing users to experience a modern browser and developers to quit coding for a woefully-nonextinct dinosaur.
September 17, 2009
JSNES: A Javascript NES emulator
Wow. This guy wrote a NES emulator in, get this, Javascript. Yes, Javascript. You’re going to want to give this a try using Chrome, though…the JS engines in other browsers will only give you about 5 frames per second (compared to 50+ using Chrome!).
September 14, 2009
Google Releases "Fast-Flip" News-Reading Service
Google Fast-flip is an attempt to bring the news-browsing speed and ease of print formats to the web. I don’t know if anyone will use it after the novelty wears off, but it’s interesting (and a little fun).
September 9, 2009
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