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Google Chrome is soon going to get extensions. It is obvious as it has got a large number of internet users in the short span of time and the only reason that keeps Firefox users from switching is Add-ons. And when Chrome supports extensions, it would be the perfect web browser.

Google’s I/O Developer conference in May will be having sessions on developing extensions for Chorme. Here’s the list of sessions: Google I/O sessions.

It would soon be time for developers to start developing great extensions for Chrome and would increase the browser competition greatly. Time to switch from Firefox?

Google had rolled out Gears support for Gmail and have now launched offline access for Google Calendar via Gears. Now you can view, modify and add new tasks and appointments to your calendar when offline and sync the changes as soon as you go online.

You will also be able to change settings and select only the calendars you want offline access to and disable sync for other calendars. Gears for Google Calendar is only for Google Apps users as of now but will be added to other users shortly.

If you have any questions regarding offline access for Google Calendar, you can visit the Google Calendar offline access FAQ.

Google has released a new feature to Google Maps, its Latitude. Its a new way to locate your near-by friends from your mobile device. You can invite friends to keep a track of their locations or allows them to keep a track of your locations. You can also manage settings in the privacy options to restrict or disable alerts to selected or all users.

To start using Latitude, just head over to http://google.com/latitude from your Android, Blackberry, Symbian S60, or Windows Mobile phone. iPhone support would be there anytime soon.

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Google had introduced a new Labs feature called Tasks which allowed users to have access to their ToDo list right in the Gmail sidebar. Now, they have announced that Gmail tasks will be available on mobile devices. They have made a neat web application that allows users to view, edit and mark tasks as complete.

Visit http://gmail.com/tasks from your mobile phone.

Via Official Gmail Blog

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    This morning, Google search showed all search results as harmful. A link called “This site may harm your computer.” appeared under each search result, even on Google sites!  The sites in the results would open but the link saying “This site may harm your computer.” showed a 502 error. This error remained for about half an hour. After a long wait, Google has posted on their official blog regarding the issue.

“What happened? Very simply, human error. Google flags search results with the message “This site may harm your computer” if the site is known to install malicious software in the background or otherwise surreptitiously. We do this to protect our users against visiting sites that could harm their computers. We work with a non-profit called StopBadware.org to get our list of URLs. StopBadware carefully researches each consumer complaint to decide fairly whether that URL belongs on the list. Since each case needs to be individually researched, this list is maintained by humans, not algorithms.“

More at Official Google Blog

       Google Gears is a great way to access web content offline. Google Services such as Google Reader and Google Calendar made it possible to download feeds and tasks on the computer and access them later from the same web interface when offline. Even third party services like Remember The Milk offered support for Google Gears. However, Google is now offering Gears support for GMail.

Before, it was only possible to access mails offline by fetching them by POP3 or IMAP. But now you can use Google Gears and use the GMail interface to browse mails when offline. This feature is currently experimental and can be enabled through the Google Labs tab.

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  News has spread that Google is likely to start providing cloud storage service. Blogoscoped research shows that a DNS entry has been updated to be a CNAME for the webdrive-client.l.google.com subdomain, suggesting that a Google “webdrive” client, other than Google’s internal-only Platypus client may now be released.

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Ever wanted to see YouTube on your TV ?   Well, if you don’t have a Mac mini or Apple TV or a Tivo box, then here’s something for you. Google said that they have partnered with several set-top-box providers to give YouTube access, but there are very few in the market. So, Google has released a new TV-friendly website for gaming consoles that can stream YouTube on your TV!  Google has just posted this news on their YouTube blog.

Just fire up your browser on your console (PlayStation or Nintendo Wii) and head to YouTube.com/TV  and there you go! You have a new YouTube site just for your TV!

Note: This site does not open in your PC browser. However, if you have a Mac mini, here’s a trick for you. Get the User Agent Switcher add-on for Firefox and make YouTube think that you are using a console!

Google has stopped active development on some of its services including Google Notebook. For those who are not aware of Google Notebook, its a web note-taking application that allows users to make notes, organize them into groups and save them. Due to the stop in active development, many users are moving to other services. But what is the best service for you? Here’s a list of Google Notebook alternatives with the features they offer, so that you can choose the right one for your needs.

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