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Google Sync: Now with push Gmail support

This is big stuff, and if there's anyone actually paying for MobileMe a year from now, well, you already looked like a fool, so what's the difference? The Google Mobile Blog reports today that Google has added push email support to Google Sync, which previously provided that support for Google...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-22-2009
Chrome OS to be free, Google says

The Google Chrome Blog comes to life again with the following tidbits ... Google Chrome OS is an open source project and will be available to use at no cost. The Google Chrome OS team is currently working with a number of technology companies to design and build devices that deliver an extraordinary...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-10-2009
Introducing the Google Chrome OS

Well, it's official. Google will take on Windows, not with some based on Android (which is dumb, and curious, in my opinion), but with yet another OS based on the Chrome browser . Here's the full announcement. The bolded bits are my work, as I think those are the core bits. It's been an exciting...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-08-2009
Google Sync

Oh my. Microsoft emailed me today to explain that they have licensed intellectual property to Google: Earlier today Google announced Google Sync , which is made possible by a patent license they obtained from Microsoft covering Google’s implementation of the Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync protocol on...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 02-09-2009
Outlook vs. Gmail—The Definitive Comparison

Lifehacker offers up an excellent comparison of Microsoft Outlook (traditional desktop email application) and Gmail (cloud computing Web-based email service): Being digital vagabonds without an Exchange server, we Lifehacker writers use online apps like Gmail and Google Calendar to get things done. But...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-20-2008
Google Talk for iPhone

The Google Talk blog has news of a Web-based Google Talk client for the iPhone: Attention iPhone owners! You can now chat with all your Google Talk buddies while on the go. Our new version of Google Talk is designed specifically for the iPhone and runs in the iPhone's browser, so you don't need...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-03-2008
Google I/O '08 Keynote: Client, Connectivity, and the Cloud

Here's the entire 90-minute keynote address from last week's Google I/O show: YouTube: Google I/O '08 Keynote: Client, Connectivity, and the Cloud Why is this interesting? There's all kinds of goodness in there, including the already-famous Android UI demo. Check it out.

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-02-2008
Welcome to the Weekend Web

Business Week : When they use their mobile phones to go online, Americans flock to different sites than when they surf from their computers. Meet the mobile Web. Welcome to the weekend Web, where people are spending a bigger slice of time online via wireless devices—and using a different set of...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-29-2008
WSJ: Expect Google Phone announcement within in two weeks

The Wall Street Journal reports that the long-rumored Google Phone is happening: Google Inc. is close to unveiling its long-planned strategy to shake up the wireless market, people familiar with the matter say. The Web giant's ambitious goal: to make applications and services as accessible on cellphones...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-29-2007

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