Google Chrome 2.0.172.37 released on Stable channel
Google Chrome developers have released a new build on the stable channel.
Google Chrome 2.0.172.37 is now being delivered to users on both Stable and Beta channels.
Changelog in this release:
Fix: Solving captcha images broken at orkut.com. (Issue 15569)
Make forward/backward navigation work even when redirection is involved. (Issue 9663, issue 10531)
Fix: [...]
Google Video uploads now powered with Gears technology
Google had recently stated that Google Videos would soon stop accepting video uploads.
They already own YouTube video sharing service which enables the users to upload and share videos online.
Google has for now changed the video uploading technology.
It is now powered with Gears technology.
Users get the ability to [...]
Offline Gmail and Email Attachments
Looks like Gmail had updated the Offline Gmail feature in the recent times.
Offline Gmail function now enables you to pick up options related to file attachments.
Users can now decide on what size file attachments should be downloaded for offline access.
He can select various file size options or even turn attachment downloading [...]
Opera Mobile 9.5 with Gears Preview
Opera Software has made available a preview edition of Opera Mobile that comes with support for Google Gears.
Google Gears is a powerful application that enhances the capabilities of online web services. It powers offline Gmail in addition to a lot of other services.
Gears is incidentally already available on a [...]
Google Gmail now supports location details in signatures in emails
A new feature addition to Gmail through Labs is the location details which can be entered in signature area in emails that are sent.
Gmail would then try to find out the user’s location using various data including IP.
This data is then inserted in the [...]
Google Gears support in WordPress is pretty basic right now
I am amazed at how Gmail uses Gears for offline email capabilities.
We have been using Gears on WordPress since a long time. I dug into the WordPress documentation to find out how much functionality is provided by Gears if you are using it.
Right now, [...]
Offline Gmail Experience
We finally have access to the Offline Gmail feature on one of our accounts and it does work well. One of the major advantages is that Gmail seems to work even faster.
The second generation Gmail already performs well by preloading the newly received messages and the offline feature enhances the speed even [...]
Google finally delivers Offline Gmail access through Labs
Google has finally launched the Offline Gmail feature on their popular webmail service.
Offline Gmail is being delivered to Gmail users through Google Gmail Labs.
It is being rolled out in a phased manner so you might not have it yet on your Gmail box.
This was one of [...]
Google Gears for Safari released for Mac OS X
Google has now officially released the first stable version of Gears for Safari on the Mac OS X operating system.
This plug-in for the Apple Safari web browser requires at least Leopard 10.5.3 or Tiger 10.4.11.
It is available as a free download.
Google Gears is already available for [...]
Google Gears for Apple Safari Beta released
Search engine giant Google has quietly released a beta edition of their Gears plug-in for the Apple Safari web browser.
Google Gears is already available for Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer.
The application enables the user to perform offline activities on web services which support Google Gears.
Some of the popular [...]
