Google: Labs
Google’s Recent Domain Registrations: Labs, Screenwise & AdWords
Google has been busy registering several domain names in recent days that could be signs of things to come. A couple seem to relate to some kind...
Google X: A Secret Lab Where Google Plays With Crazy Ideas & Robots
Light bulbs that connect to the internet? Elevators that reach into space? Robots that show up for work in your place? These are a few of about...
Google Shuttering Buzz In Favor Of Google+; Farewell To Labs
Buzz was a great learning experience, says Google, but in a few weeks it will be shut down and all such efforts will be focused on Google Plus....
Google’s Page Speed Tool & Public Data Explorer Survive Latest Labs Cuts; Google Body Doesn’t
Several more Google Labs projects have learned their fate as the company continues to close down Google Labs as part of a larger streamlining...
Google Shutters Fast Flip, Sidewiki, Aardvark, Subscribed Links & More Google Labs Projects
Google has just announced the closure of several well-known products, including Fast Flip, Sidewiki, Aardvark and Subscribed Links. Some of...
Google Decides Fate Of More Than Half Of Labs Projects; Correlate Survives, Sets Doesn’t
Another week, another round of updates from the slow phase-out of Google Labs. This week, good news for fans of one keyword-related tool, but...
Google Squared, News Timeline Get Added To Google’s Chopping Block
The slow demise of Google Labs has put a few more Google tools/services on the chopping block, including Google Squared and Google News...
Google Starts Choosing Winners & Losers Among Its Lab Projects
Three weeks have passed since the surprising news that Google would be shutting down Google Labs, its playground where experimental product...
Google Labs To Be Closed As Larry Page’s Product Streamlining Continues
Is there any doubt that things at Google have changed under new CEO Larry Page? Today the company has announced the impending closure of Google...
Google Correlate: A New Way To Research Keyword Popularity & Trends
I love search data. Being able to mine through millions of search queries to find out what people are really interested in is fascinating (and...
Google Launches Page Speed Analyzer In Labs
Google’s fixation on page speed continues with today’s addition of Page Speed, a new analysis tool in Google Labs. The tool analyzes...
Visualize Your Own Information With Google Public Data Explorer
In April 2008, Google launched its Public Data Explorer, a fantastic tool that allows you to visually explore and analyze very large data sets....
Google Me: Is It Really Named Emerald Sea Or Google +1?
The subject of “Google Me” has been discussed and debated and picked apart at length already. It’s already tired and the...
Google Working On Auto Driving Cars
Google’s mission is “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.” Their next step...
Google Testing A Twitter Follower Finder Tool
A month ago in this space, I wrote up a a fairly lengthy article — How To Find The Right People To Follow On Twitter — that listed...
Google Launches Lab For New Advertising Products
Google has announced a new lab-type area called Google Ad Innovations, which is where it’ll “show you some of our latest ideas...
Google Adds Public Data Search Tool To Labs
Google has announced a new tool called Google Public Data Explorer that’s now available in Google Labs. The tool is a follow-up of sorts...
Developer Impressions Of Google Wave: “Real-Time Email On Crack”
What is it? Google’s answer to Twitter? Email and IM replacement? Personal communications and collaboration platform? These were questions...
Google Takes On Tourism With City Tours Experiment
City Tours is a new addition to Google Labs that puts Google squarely in the tourism business: Give it a city name, and Google not only suggests...
Google’s New Wave Of Ambition
I’m in the Google Wave press conference, following a dizzying keynote — dizzying, at least, after a night of little sleep. As he did...