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...

Matt McGee | Feb 11, 2012 at 8:26 am ET

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...

Matt McGee | Nov 14, 2011 at 6:39 pm ET

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....

Pamela Parker | Oct 14, 2011 at 3:48 pm ET

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...

Matt McGee | Sep 23, 2011 at 4:35 pm ET

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...

Matt McGee | Sep 2, 2011 at 4:31 pm ET

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...

Matt McGee | Aug 30, 2011 at 2:42 pm ET

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...

Matt McGee | Aug 25, 2011 at 6:32 am ET

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...

Matt McGee | Aug 9, 2011 at 6:12 pm ET

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...

Matt McGee | Jul 20, 2011 at 4:48 pm ET

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...

Vanessa Fox | May 25, 2011 at 4:47 pm ET

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...

Matt McGee | Mar 31, 2011 at 4:54 pm ET

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....

Chris Sherman | Feb 16, 2011 at 2:03 pm ET

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...

Greg Sterling | Dec 3, 2010 at 9:41 am ET

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...

Barry Schwartz | Oct 9, 2010 at 8:18 pm ET

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...

Matt McGee | Apr 14, 2010 at 7:49 pm ET

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...

Matt McGee | Mar 31, 2010 at 2:25 pm ET

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...

Matt McGee | Mar 8, 2010 at 2:27 pm ET

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...

Greg Sterling | Jul 23, 2009 at 3:14 pm ET

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...

Matt McGee | Jun 25, 2009 at 2:39 am ET

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...

Greg Sterling | May 28, 2009 at 3:34 pm ET