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New Google Maps Regains Support For Multi-Destination Trips, Now Integrates Your Flights And Upcoming Events

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As reported on TechCrunch. by GREG KUMPARAK The big, still-in-Beta Google Maps overhaul brought a bunch of new shiny stuff, from its new fullscreen interface to drastically improved public transportation integration. It also lost some features, though – and when you take away things that people (like me!) have been using for years, those people (like me!) get sad. One of the features that got washed away in the refresh: multi-destination trips. At long last, it returns. To add a…

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Google testing Android screencast support inside Chrome

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As reported on Engadget. By Matt Brian Google could be about to make developing and testing mobile websites inside its Chrome browser a while lot easier. As spotted by Chromium expert François Beaufort, the company has included experimental screencast support inside the latest beta version of its desktop browser. It allows developers and tinkerers to connect their Android smartphone or tablet, test code updates and view the results in real time, without having to leave the safety…

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Google is building Chrome OS straight into Windows 8

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As reported on The Verge. By Tom Warren Google unveiled its Chrome Apps initiative recently to launch apps that exist outside of the browser and extend its reach into more of a platform, but it looks like the company has a whole lot more planned. Over the past few weeks, Google has been updating its developer version of the Chrome browser to run what’s essentially Chrome OS within Windows 8’s “Metro” mode. Chrome traditionally runs on the desktop…

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Google Chrome Redesign & New Tab Page Rolls Out To All

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As reported on TechCrunch. by SARAH PEREZ If you thought you were safe from the Chrome browser redesign and updated “New Tab” page, parts of whichGoogle previously killed off this spring before it hit the Stable channel, think again. Last week, the company said that the new look was going to be rolled out to Chrome stable users (the default download for the general public), and as of today, that staged rollout is beginning to wrap up. In other…

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Google Fiber Compared To Broadband By Putting A Middle Age Guy In A Bath Robe And Soaking Him With A Firehose

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As reported on TechCrunch. by ALEX WILLIAMS Provo, Utah is getting Google Fiber in the next few months. So how do you explain to the people of this small city north of Salt Lake what that will mean for their Interent service? You get a guy to wear a bath robe and stand next to a raised swimming pool with a garden hose, symbolic of broadband service. Then you drench him with a fire truck deluge gun and two…

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Gmail Android app may get ads soon, APK teardown reveals.

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As reported on Engadget. By Alexis Santos Google’s Gmail app for Android has remained an ad-free sanctuary, but code uncovered by Android Police in an APK teardown of the application’s latest versionhints that circumstances might change. Buried within the the program is a new library called “ads,” along with messages, functions and classes mentioning advertisements. What’s more, a “ShowAdPreferenceManager()” function routes users to the ad settings page for their very own Google account. Its not clear if sponsored bits will make it…

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Google+ May Finally Matter Thanks To YouTube Comments

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As reported on TechCrunch. by JOSH CONSTINE You didn’t really need a Google+ account until now. You might have one whether you wanted it or not. But YouTube’s new commenting system requires a presence on Google+. And there’s no real alternative to YouTube for video. Google+ may have mattered before in theory, but now it matters in practice. Google+ is really a social identity data layerdesigned to help Google personalize all your products and improve ad targeting. The more it…

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Gmail For Android Updated With Card-Style Layout

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As reported on TechCrunch. by SARAH PEREZ Google’s Gmail application for Android is being updated today with a new design which will bring Google’s now preferred “card style” user interface to the Conversation View within the app. This layout, which Google popularized through its Google Now search application, has become the new go-to design paradigm at Google, arriving across other Google products and services, including Google Drive, the new Google Wallet apps, Maps, Google+ and elsewhere. It mimics the idea of…

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Google Offers now lets you clip coupons without paying in advance

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As reported on Engadget. By Mariella Moon Mountain View wants you to know that Google Offers isn’t another Groupon copycat, that’s why the service is now taking a different approach. Whereas you’ve previously had to pay for discount vouchers in advance, you can now clip them for free and thenpay for purchases in-store, making Offers more convenient to use. The company’s also introducing coupons outside the main Offers app, adding them to Wallet, Maps and Search, as well as programming Google Now to flash…

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Gmail’s Ongoing Email Slowdown Nearing Resolution

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As reported on TechCrunch. by SARAH PEREZ Good news! Today you can blame your non-responsiveness to all those important emails you’ve been ignoring on Google itself. The company’s online email service Gmail has been experiencing issues leading to delayed emails and attachments failing to download, the company confirmed. Earlier this morning, Google said an estimated 0.24 percent of its Gmail user base was affected by these problems, but in an update released later this afternoon, the…

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