News tagged with google labs

Google Labs shutting down

Google on Wednesday said it is shutting down its Labs website for creations-in-progress in order to better focus its resources and energy.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 4

Google replants its garage roots in tech workshops

Amid all the free food and other goodies that come with a job at Google Inc., there's one benefit a lot of employees don't even know about: a cluster of high-tech workshops that have become a tinkerer's paradise.

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created Apr 26, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Gmail tool catches misdirected messages

Google on Tuesday added an embarrassment-avoidance tool that catches misdirected Gmail messages before they are fired off by users of the free Web-based email service.

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created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google launches rare ad campaign to sell more apps

(AP) -- Google Inc. is so well known that it has become a synonym for search, making advertising unnecessary. Getting businesses to buy Google's online suite of office applications requires a little more ...

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created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Tasks' software is Gmail Labs first graduate

Google Labs brainchild "Tasks" graduated from the sandbox on Tuesday as the Internet giant seeks to entice computer users to switch from packaged software to programs offered online as services.

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created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Google refines searches for pictures and news

Google on Monday unveiled software tools that let people search the Internet using pictures or chronologically organize results of queries for news.

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created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0