Google Showed off a brand new version of the web-based Google Maps a couple days ago at Google I/O. At that time, access to the new maps was restricted to those who chose to sign up for an invitation. Those invitations started to roll out yesterday afternoon. If you requested an invitation, check your email more »

With Google rebranding all of it’s communications services into one crossplatform system, Hangouts, announced yesterday, some users were criticizing the new functionality and it’s lack of including some of the most common ways that people communicate: SMS text messaging and voice calls. Although these services will not be rolling out with the new ‘umbrella’ service, more »

As distracting as seeing a dude on the train wearing Google Glass is now, imagine what you’d be thinking if you saw the same person wearing a pair of the original Glass prototypes in this image. Lifted from Engadget, via a photo taken by Search Engine Land editor-in-chief, @dannysullivan, at Google’s I/O conference yesterday, this more »

Google is on top of the world right now. After a solid day one of their annual I/O conference, they’ve shared with the world some big plans of rolling out some incredible new products and services. Likewise, they are improving aspects of some of their most popular applications, such as their communication system and Wallet. more »

Although we had thought it would be called “Babel,” Google did do something about its various chat platforms and their lacking synergies. On Wednesday during the company’s annual I/O developer’s conference, they (among many other things) introduced Google “Hangouts.” Made available for iOS and Android mobile operating systems and on the web via a special more »

Google made a rather unexpected announcement on the Gmail blog this afternoon. Google Wallet has been integrated into Gmail so users can send and receive money quickly and easily. Both parties don’t need to have a Gmail account to use this, but they do need to have a Google Wallet account. Money can be sent more »

At Google I/O today, Google revealed an expansion of its music service. Dubbed Google Play Music All Access, this service works similarly to on-demand music streaming services such as Rdio and Spotify. All Access will cost $9.99 a month, but Google is willing to drop the price to $7.99 a month if you sign up more »

Google’s I/O event has been groundbreaking in many ways. One of the company’s biggest announcements however, was when they brought out the Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone on stage. Discussing the device’s potential, the big G announced their plans to made their own version of the latest Galaxy smartphone in the very near future. Although it more »

With Google I/O just a few days away, there are rumors of Google tripling its storage space for users, ahead of data storage giants like Dropbox and Amazon Cloud Storage. Google products including Drive, Gmail and Google+ photos will share this space, allowing users to store pretty much more media than they could ever want. With this more »

With Google’s I/O 2013 less than a week away, you shouldn’t be surprised at hearing a heap of rumors between now and then, most of which will be focused on possible hardware launches. Unfortunately, it’s almost impossible to filter all the speculation, so a fair warning for all – don’t trust anything until hearing directly more »