The release of the Google Chrome OS is a year away, but Google have already revealed a few details. FULL STORY >

Google want you to vote for your favourite SA spots to add to Google Maps SA\'s Street View. Google plans to capture images of secluded location via their Trikes. FULL STORY >

Google purchases Admob, a mobile advertising network, for millions of dollars in Google shares. FULL STORY >

Orkut is a social networking site aiming to take on Facebook and Twitter, backed up by the might of Google and new revamp. FULL STORY >

Google\'s ambitions to digitise all the books in the world have been simultaneously applauded and criticised. While Google claims its intentions are noble some point towards its growing monopoly on access to information. FULL STORY >

The open source Android operating system\'s software development kit now supports Android 2.0 and adds some more software tools and features for developers. FULL STORY >

New additions to Google Maps South Africa include support for finding local businesses, driving directions to locations in South Africa, as well the ability to create personalised maps using My Maps. FULL STORY >

Microsoft announced that it has struck deals with Twitter and Facebook to include realtime, social search features on Bing. FULL STORY >

Google Wave was launched in preview at the end of October. For all the hype and media attention some are calling it underwhelming. They don\'t know what they\'re talking about though, as a productivity tool it is great, even if it does need some work. FULL STORY >

Their latest feature meant for those mails you wanted to send to Bob Geldof, but accidentally mailed to Bob Mugabe instead. FULL STORY >

The HTC Hero is the first Android device that is more about usability than technology. With HTC\'s hard work and well spent money on interface customisation the handset is slicker and friendlier than its forerunners. FULL STORY >

Google have finally released an update to Google Docs that lets users share folders of documents, spreadsheets and presentations. FULL STORY >

The Google Mobile team announced in a blog post yesterday that push functionality is now available for Gmail users making use of Google Sync on the iPhone, iPod touch, or Windows Mobile handsets. FULL STORY >

Google will soon begin to crawl and index all Google Docs that are published and externally linked to. FULL STORY >

According to Google reading news online should be more like reading news in print. To solve this problem Google has come up with Fast Flip. FULL STORY >