Google+ gets biiiiiig cover photos
Google seems to work constantly on its social networking site Google+. The company only recently started to redirect Picasa web albums to Google+ and while that is not a permanent redirection yet, […]
Google to remove the black navigation bar?
To be totally honest, I can't really say how many times Google changed the layout of its homepage in the past two years. And that is not even including the experiments the […]
Google+ Sign-In, Google's new app authentication platform
Many websites, apps and services make use of authentication platforms that are provided by third parties such as Facebook or Twitter. Facebook Connect or Twitter Login offer several advantages over first party […]
Google Drive gets file preview feature, mobile gets video streaming
Google's cloud storage and file synchronization service Google Drive has been around for a while. It is Google's go-to solution when it comes to syncing and storing files online. The company has […]
Google Takeout now offering Blogger and Google+ Page exports
Google Takeout is a service by Google that enables account owners to save some of their data to a local system. The takeout service makes available data from a variety of Google […]
Test Google's Chrome OS on Windows
If you are thinking about getting one of those cheap - as in price - Chromebook's you have heard about but do not really know if they provide you with all the […]
Host plain HTML webpages on Google Drive
You probably know that you can host basic HTML websites on Dropbox using third party services like site44. Google recently announced that it has added similar capabilities to its cloud storage service […]
Get Phone notifications on suspicious Google login activity
The majority of Internet users use Google for a variety of things, from searching the Internet to email, backing up data, monetizing their websites or authorizing their Android devices. It is therefore […]
Google launches digital coupon solution Zavers
Coupons, just like books, movies or music are slowly but steadily moving to the digital realm. While the majority of coupons are still delivered in newspapers, magazines and on paper in stores, […]
Disable Google Search's page preview feature
Google for some time now displays page preview options on Google Search that users of the search engine can make use of to look at a sample screenshot of web pages that […]
How to set up Meebo for websites
Google acquired Meebo, a service that offered instant messaging and the called Meebo Bar, some time ago. The bar, displayed at the bottom of websites offered a variety of options to the […]
Google's Me on the Web feature
Online reputation management becomes more important as focus shifts to a world that is connected online. Chance is that someone searching for your name, or a nickname you are known by, will […]
Sync Google contacts with Thunderbird using CardDav
The big news of the day, December 12, 2012, was that another batch of Google services that was getting axed by the company. Among the services that time was Google Sync which […]
Google shutting down Sync, some Calendar features
Nothing was as controversial as Google's announcement that it would shut down its iGoogle service in 2013. But iGoogle is just one of the many Google services, some publicly available like iGoogle, […]
Google makes it harder to find explicit materials in search
Okay so we all have probably experienced one of the following situations. We fired up Google Image search, entered a harmless search term like Peach Princess from Super Mario World, Banana, Ruby […]
You can still get that free Google Apps account
Late last week Google announced that it would no longer offer it's free Google Apps accounts. If you already had one then there is no reason to worry -- you are grandfathered […]
YouTube subtitles get European languages support
Google introduced captions, in English only, to it's videos back in 2009. The feature is automatic and uses speech recognition to render the text -- a method that wasn't always very smooth […]
Google reminds us we should be "Thankful" for it
It's Thanksgiving day in the United States and, like countless other holidays and special occasions, Google has posted one of their now famous Doodles to their search page. However, in this case […]
Move Google Search options back to the left side
Google recently introduced a change on search that moved the search options and filters from the left side to the top of the page. Search filters include selecting one of Google's specialized […]
What is the Google Docs Research Tool?
If you are writing research papers using Google Docs, or sometimes work on papers using Google's free document editing service, you may be interested in the Research Tool that it provides as […]
Get your Google homepage background image back
Google announced some time ago that it would disable a feature on its homepage that enabled users to select a custom homepage background image for the site. The feature, known as Classic […]
Top patent applications from the companies you love [October 2012]
Welcome to this new monthly series here on Ghacks. Each month I'll be looking through all patent applications submitted by Apple, Google and Microsoft to find the most interesting applications from a […]
Google rolling out search tools on top
If you are in the US You may have noticed a change on Google Search in the last few hours where the traditional sidebar has been moved to the top of the […]
Google rolls out Explore Similar Artists feature on Google Play
If you like Adele, you may also like Lady Gaga or Jennifer Lopez, and if you like music by Metallica, you are probably also into Guns and Roses, and Bryan Adams. There […]
Google Earth 7 with tour guides and 3D imagery
Google released a new version of Google Earth, the company's "world exploration" software yesterday. The new program version is already available on the official website where it can be downloaded for Windows, […]
Google account security gets an information boost
Google makes available a Security menu when you open your account on the official web page that enables you to manage security related features of your Google account. This includes enabling the […]
YouTube is Testing Another New Interface
A few weeks ago we  showed you how to access the new YouTube interface that they were testing out.  If you followed the steps and began using it, then you may have […]
Official Google Search app for Windows 8
All major Internet companies will eventually create apps for the Windows 8 operating system. Those that do not, are at a severe disadvantage on the operating system, considering that competing services are […]
Webmasters: disavow links to escape ranking penalties
Google made a lot of changes to its search engine algorithm and web rankings in recent time. Two of the changes that had a lot of impact on the Internet were the […]
The Cry Over the Loss of iGoogle and the Alternatives Available
Back in July Google announced several services would be phased out, a process they carry out periodically. Â Mostly these are web sites and functions that the vast majority of people are not […]
How to save old Office formats in Google Docs
Google recently implemented a change on Google Docs that removed download and export options for older Microsoft Office formats. It is not clear why the change has been implemented, but the result […]
YouTube improves content removal process
The video hosting website YouTube has been running the automated Content ID system for the last five years or so. It uses so called reference files - samples if you will - […]
GAuth Authenticator: use Google 2-Step Authentication without mobile phone
2-step authentication, sometimes also called 2-factor authentication, adds a second authorization step to the sign in process or other processes on the Internet. This blocks many login related attack forms like brute […]
Access YouTube Experimental Design from any Browser
Google is famous for their Labs, which rolls out lots of experimental software, but they also test lots of different designs for their big web properties like Reader, Gmail, YouTube and more. […]
Google's retiring of products and services continues
Since last Fall, Google shut down nearly 60 products or services. Some because they have been replaced with something else, Google Buzz comes to mind, others because they have not met the […]
Download your YouTube video history from Google Takeout
Google Takeout is an official service that enables Google users to export data from their Google account to their local computer system. Users can either download all account related data at once, […]
Google Docs and Apps: doc, xls or ppt format downloads removed
Google's document editing and hosting service Google Docs supports a variety of formats. You can upload Microsoft Office or Open Office documents for instance, to access, edit or share those documents online. […]
Google Street View Goes Underwater at the Great Barrier Reef
I have become convinced that there really isn't anywhere that the Google Street View team won't take their cameras. Â They have not only covered the actual streets around the world, but have […]
Feed+: Chrome app to create Google+ RSS feeds
It feels kinda strange that Google has not integrated RSS feed capabilities into its social networking site Google+. I do know quite a few users who would like to subscribe to certain […]
Google Apps: Internet Explorer 8 support ends soon
The Google Apps team just announced that support for Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 web browser will end on November 15, 2012. This falls in line with last year's announcement that the service […]
