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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
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Offline Gmail Gets Attachment Support

8:29AM 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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Sunday, August 16, 2009
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How To: Bake Your Own Chrome OS, Right Now

4:00AM 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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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Software

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

12:20AM 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. More »
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Software

Offline, Semi-Offline Modes Now Available in Gmail

10:33PM 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. More »
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Thursday, October 23, 2008
Software

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

12:30AM 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. More »
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