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How To Enable Google Now Notifications in Google Chrome

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I’m a little late to the table with this one given that I posted the details on this last night via my Google+ page however it seems it interests a few people so here is how you enable Google Now Notifications on Google Chrome. Simply download Chrome Beta, restart the browser then type chrome://flags into Chrome and scroll all the way ... Read More »

Retro gaming with google

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Are you near a computer? Are you bored? Don’t worry folks, help is at hand. Open your favourite browser and head to Google. Do an image search for atari breakout…. You’re welcome! This also works on phones if you use chrome and request desktop site, but works much better on your computer. Related PostsSteam deal of the day Ingress: The ... Read More »

Google Drive Free Space Goes From 5GB to 15GB

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Google have just announced that they plan to upgrade everyone’s Google Drive accounts from the current 5GB to 15GB. The downside of this (if you want to look at it this way) is that it’s 15GB shared between Gmail, Drive and Google+ On top of this, it could be a hint for I/O which suggests that Google are trying to ... Read More »

YouTube to launch paid subscriptions coming soon

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Report coming from The Financial Times is that Google will launch paid subscription channels on YouTube sometime very soon, perhaps this month. Channels, which could be available for as little as $1.99 per month and probably the same in GBP. They are expected to bring an extra source of revenue to the largely ad-supported service. The idea would allow traditional ... Read More »

Google Keep for Chrome OS Now Available

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I love Google Keep on Android. I use it all of the time to take notes on books I need to read, songs, recommendations from friends that I need to remember, that I need to remember to check out. It’s similar to Notes on iOS in that it syncs across multiple devices on the same platform and, now, Google made ... Read More »

New Play Store fully working in the UK now

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The play store has been updated recently, this is no secret. But until today it was not working fully anywhere other than the USA. We can now access content on the home screen that was otherwise unavailable. Related PostsHTC First Now $.99 at AT&T on New Activations App of the Day free app Tuesday (UK) - Behind Android’s Switch and ... Read More »

Redesigned Play Store for Android is rolling out now.

Many of you would have seen leaks of the new Play Store already, but a blog post on Android’s official blog just confirmed that it is now rolling out – it will take some time before it hits everyones phone, but I would expect an APK to be avaliable soon. Related PostsBlackBerry Sends out Update to BlackBerry OS 7.0 and ... Read More »

Next stop for Google Fiber; Austin, Texas

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     You might recall several years ago one of Google’s April Fools jokes was about offering broadband internet that was wired through the sewer systems and came out through your toilet.  Since that time Google has actually been working on a broadband service called Google Fiber which brings one of the fastest internet connections available to home users (up to 1,000 Mb/sec ... Read More »