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So Google Chrome has been there for a while and captured many users, some even switched from Firefox to Chrome. Chrome has been remarkable where speed and performance is concerned, though there were issues with flash objects open simultaneously in multiple tabs. But, overall it has been doing great!

However, Google Chrome is available for Windows only and a Mac version is awaited. It is said to be released this fall. Mac users are waiting to get their hands on Chrome for Mac. Manu J, a developer has made a stripped-down, basic version of Chrome for Mac. The application does not offer all the features of Chrome, but it works, and it works fast like Chrome.

I downloaded it and tested it out for a while and was impressed, it is really fast and gives the Chrome feel on Mac. There are a few features missing, including Open in new tab, Flash support (YouTube), Deleting bookmarks, etc. but it should be good for some basic surfing and checking out Chrome on your Mac.

Anyways, I’ll get to the point now. Here’s how it looks (Click on the screenshot for a larger preview):

And here’s the link to the Download! - Download Now

Google has released a new service called Google Sync that syncs all your Mails and Contacts between your computer and mobile phone via Exchange. Its compatible with iPhone, Blackberry, Windows Mobile, Sony Ericsson and Nokia. The service also provides push mail and contacts. Currently the service is in beta and does not support multiple calenders.

Go configure Google Sync, visit Google Mobile Sync

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Need more space for your mails?  Gmail has got multiple inboxes for you!  Google just added a new Labs feature called Multiple inboxes which allows you to do just what it says - have multiple inboxes. You can have multiple frames in the inbox view with filtered content in each inbox. The main pane can show all the inbox content and the other panes can show filtered content like Starred mails, Drafts, Mails with a specific label, etc.

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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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