Google Gears

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Is Google Gears Dead?

2:14AM December 2, 2009 | John Herrman

It was over two years ago when Google announced Gears, which promised to make Google services—and potentially lots more—available offline. Since then, the project has moved at a creep, all but stalling entirely. Gears, it seems, has died. More »


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Offline Gmail Gets Attachment Support

8:29AM November 25, 2009 | Sean Fallon

According to Google, one of the most requested features for offline Gmail users was the ability to include attachments in emails. Well, that problem has been solved. More »


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How To: Bake Your Own Chrome OS, Right Now

4:00AM August 16, 2009 | John Herrman

Nobody knows exactly what Google’s forthcoming Chrome OS will look or act like, but we’ve got a pretty good idea of what they’re going for. Here’s how to live out Google’s online-only OS vision, right now. More »


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Opera Mobile 9.7 to Support Flash, Google Gears, Server-Side Compression

12:20AM March 31, 2009 | John Herrman

Despite being the obvious choice for WinMo browsing, Opera Mobile 9.5 is far from perfect. That said, the next release, due in a few months, might even put the likes of Mobile Safari to shame.

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Offline, Semi-Offline Modes Now Available in Gmail

10:33PM January 28, 2009 | John Herrman

Offline Gmail was one of the greatest promises of Google Gears, and it’s finally available in Gmail Labs—with a few unexpected extras.

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Google Gears Can Now Divine Your Laptop’s Precise Location Using Wi-Fi

12:30AM October 23, 2008 | Matt Buchanan

Google Gears, the gears that power the tubes (really a browser plug-in that lets you work in web apps offline) has been updated with enhanced geo-location powers for laptops, so now developers can “securely locate users to within 200m accuracy” in hundreds of cities in either IE, Firefox, Safari or Chrome, and soon, Opera. Sorta kinda like Skyhook, which the iPhone uses, it triangulates your position against Wi-Fi access points around you.

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