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How to upload and stream your tunes with Google Music

How to upload and stream your tunes with Google Music

by ben patterson | Nov 17, 2011 | how-tos, music, the cloud

Now open to anyone in the U.S., Google Music will let you upload up to 20,000 songs to your own digital music “locker” and stream your tunes on your Android phone or tablet, or even over the web. Unlike Apple’s new iTunes Match service, Google Music...
Google launches music store, offers free online storage for 20,000 songs

Google launches music store, offers free online storage for 20,000 songs

by ben patterson | Nov 16, 2011 | music, news

Well, Google is finally in the business of selling music, with the search giant unveiling its new music store Wednesday as well as promising free storage of up to 20,000 tracks in your own, online music “locker.” Very nice, but some of your favorite...
How can I get back to the old Gmail look? (updated)

How can I get back to the old Gmail look? (updated)

by ben patterson | Nov 2, 2011 | how-tos, the cloud

Jean writes: I tried the new modern look for Gmail and it’s too modern for me. How can I get the old look back? Hi Jean! First, the bad news: like it or not, it sounds like Google will be rolling out the new Gmail makeover (which I quite like, actually) for...
Android Market apps finally coming to revamped Google TV

Android Market apps finally coming to revamped Google TV

by ben patterson | Oct 28, 2011 | home video, news

Stymied by a tricky-to-use interface, blocked by uncooperative television networks and pretty much ignored by couch potatoes, Google TV has proved a rare misfire for the search giant. Indeed, when Logitech slashed the price of its Google TV-enabled Revue setup box...
How to install an app in Google’s Chrome browser

How to install an app in Google’s Chrome browser

by ben patterson | Oct 25, 2011 | apps, desktops, how-tos, laptops, web browsers

Yes, it has bookmarks, a home page, and tabs just like Internet Explorer, Safari, and Firefox, but Google’s Chrome web browser has something that other, more familiar browsers don’t: an app store. You can install web applications in Chrome for everything...
How to view your Google Docs when you’re offline—or when Google Docs is on the fritz

How to view your Google Docs when you’re offline—or when Google Docs is on the fritz

by ben patterson | Sep 8, 2011 | how-tos, the cloud

Google Docs makes for an amazing productivity tool when it comes to storing and sharing your documents in the almighty cloud—that is, until an outage like the one Google Docs suffered on Wednesday afternoon, which left panicked users without access to their precious...
Week in review: Google hearts Motorola, HP spurns WebOS, more glasses-free 3D

Week in review: Google hearts Motorola, HP spurns WebOS, more glasses-free 3D

by ben patterson | Aug 19, 2011 | week in review

August, sleepy? You’d never know it with the blockbuster stories we saw in the tech landscape this week, what with Google taking Motorola to the alter and—even more shockingly—HP dropping the bomb on WebOS, the smartphone platform it picked up only a year ago....
Google brings (more) catalog shopping to the iPad

Google brings (more) catalog shopping to the iPad

by ben patterson | Aug 16, 2011 | apps, tablets

The new—and free—Google Catalogs app takes all the paper catalogs piled on your coffee table and puts them on the iPad, perfect for searching, tapping, and swiping. Google isn’t the first company to dream up a catalog app on the iPad, mind you. There’s...
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