NEWS: Google building its own broadband networks

1GB/s speeds promised for at least 50,000 people across the US

Google has dropped yet another bomb – announcing suddenly that it’s about to start building ultra-fast fibre-optic broadband networks in a selection of communities across the United States. It’ll provide speeds of up to – get this – 1Gbps.
That’s twenty times faster than the fastest [...]

Google Buzz takes mobile location services to the next level

Google just announced that it’s bringing some serious location-based integration to its services, all centered around the new Buzz social networking tool built into Gmail. Google’s going to do location better than the usual latitude / longitude coordinates — it’s able to snap those to actual place…

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Raiding the Android pantry: after Froyo comes ‘Gingerbread’

Anyone who’s been following Google’s codename saga for Android builds is probably 15 pounds heavier just from hearing the names themselves — Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, you get the idea. Delectable dessert names aren’t the only common theme here, though: they’re going in alphabetical order, so …

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Google Nexus One review

Despite generating near-iPad levels of hype Google doesn’t seem to have been in any particular rush to introduce its first branded handset, the Nexus One.

In the meantime the HTC Hero, T-Mobile ˇ and Motorola Milestone have won plaudits on the Android platform. Well the Nexus One is here and it’s worth the wait.
 
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