Here is a little known hack you can easily use to sort Google search results by time: Search for anything as usual from http://www.google.com On the results page add the following to the end of the URL in the address bar: &as_qdr=d Have fun!
Continue ReadingGoogle isn’t just talking about hosting applications in the cloud any more. Last night they launched Google App Engine which is an ambitious new project that offers a full-stack, hosted, automatically scalable web application platform. It consists of Python application servers, BigTable database access (anticipated [...]
Continue ReadingGoogle’s Sergei Brin and Steve Horowitz show off multiple prototypes of the Android platform, one of which has a Palm smartphone form factor and one that has a higher-end, HTC Windows Mobile form factor. Sergei talks about how Google has set aside $10,000,000 to reward [...]
Continue ReadingGoogle Browser Sync for Firefox is an extension that continuously synchronizes your browser settings – including bookmarks, history, persistent cookies, and saved passwords – across your computers. It also allows you to restore open tabs and windows across different machines and browser sessions. Google Browser [...]
Continue ReadingAlthough it’s still considered a work in progress, Google’s online spreadsheet will offer consumers and businesses a free alternative to Microsoft’s Excel application. Google’s spreadsheet isn’t as sophisticated as Excel. For instance, the Google spreadsheet won’t create charts or provide a menu of controls that [...]
Continue ReadingGoogle SketchUp (free) is an easy-to-learn 3D modeling program whose few simple tools enable you to create 3D models of houses, sheds, decks, home additions, woodworking projects – even space ships. You can add details, textures and glass to your models, design with dimensional accuracy, [...]
Continue ReadingWHOOo WHOoo!! Last night Google jumped on board the Mac OS X Widget Wagon (WW for short (pronounced dub dub)) in a big way, and it was about time. Google released 3 new widgets, including one that connects you to a quick view of your [...]
Continue ReadingGoogle has released a Web 2.0 editor. Check it out. Google Page Creator is a free online tool that makes it easy for anyone to create and publish useful, attractive web pages in just minutes. It would be cool if Google used this engine on [...]
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