News tagged with google labs

Computer scientists develop an interactive field guide app for birders

A team of researchers led by computer scientist Serge Belongie at the University of California, San Diego, has good news for birders: they have developed an iPad app that will identify most North American birds, with a little ...

Technology / Software

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google refines searches for pictures and news

Google on Monday unveiled software tools that let people search the Internet using pictures or chronologically organize results of queries for news.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Google replants its garage roots in tech workshops

Amid all the free food and other goodies that come with a job at Google Inc., there's one benefit a lot of employees don't even know about: a cluster of high-tech workshops that have become a tinkerer's paradise.

Technology / Other

created Apr 26, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Gmail tool catches misdirected messages

Google on Tuesday added an embarrassment-avoidance tool that catches misdirected Gmail messages before they are fired off by users of the free Web-based email service.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Switch to daylight saving time leads to cyberloafing at the office

(Medical Xpress) -- The annual shift to daylight saving time and its accompanying loss of sleep cause employees to spend more time than normal surfing the Web for content unrelated to their work, resulting in potentially ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

'Tasks' software is Gmail Labs first graduate

Google Labs brainchild "Tasks" graduated from the sandbox on Tuesday as the Internet giant seeks to entice computer users to switch from packaged software to programs offered online as services.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Google Labs shutting down

Google on Wednesday said it is shutting down its Labs website for creations-in-progress in order to better focus its resources and energy.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 4

Google launches rare ad campaign to sell more apps

(AP) -- Google Inc. is so well known that it has become a synonym for search, making advertising unnecessary. Getting businesses to buy Google's online suite of office applications requires a little more ...

Technology / Internet

created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0