From: 5min.com on AOL on Wed, Jun 09 2010 3:14 PM

Take it to the streets with Google Earth. The Street View lets you zoom right down to street level in many locations. You can see the street, the cars, the signs and get a good feel for what that area looks like.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Wed, Jun 09 2010 3:14 PM

Getting simple and easy to follow directions is all well and good. However, with Google Maps, you can do much more than that. You can get directions to major attractions, restaurants and stores near you by just entering in the name. You can add multiple destinations, perfect for road trips, fami...

From: 5min.com on AOL on Wed, Jun 09 2010 3:14 PM

Taking it to the streets without asking you to take it to the streets, Google has an interesting feature called Street View. This view mode gets up close and personal with the street, affording a view you couldn’t get otherwise without actually going there.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Wed, Jun 09 2010 3:14 PM

RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. And a truer moniker there never has been. Using RSS feeds, you can catch all of the news that matters to you in one place. In this demo, Molly McDonald uses the free Google Reader as that one place. She demonstrates how to add, manage, find and subscribe...

From: 5min.com on AOL on Wed, Jun 09 2010 3:14 PM

Google announced the latest step in its seemingly inexorable march toward total PC dominance with its first ever operating system, Google Chrome OS. Google Chrome OS will run on x86 and ARM chips... so basically, just about every modern computer, including netbooks.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Wed, Jun 09 2010 3:14 PM

Google has a full range of applications that you can install on your BlackBerry as individual applications. At the same time, however, they also offer a number of applications all bundled together in Google Mobile Apps. Install this and you get Gmail, Google Maps, Google Search, and plenty more.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Wed, Jun 09 2010 3:14 PM

Google Maps is handy on your desktop and on your BlackBerry. It’s great for getting directions from one place to another. At the same time, however, it can also give you an idea of what kind of traffic you're looking at down the road.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Wed, Jun 09 2010 3:13 PM

Unlike e-mail, with Google Wave people can see what you type as you type it. That flaming missive to your boss that feels good to write out but that you know should never be sent? Google Wave is not the venue. You can mark a Wave as private or set a Wave such that only certain people can see cer...

From: 5min.com on AOL on Wed, Jun 09 2010 3:13 PM

Google Talk integration with Gmail was our first hint that Google thinks IM and email go together like the cheese and rice... no, peanut butter and jelly, no... well. They go together well. In Google Wave, the next iteration of IM and email convergence is upon us. Introducing Ping in Google Wave.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Wed, Jun 09 2010 3:13 PM

Once you start discovering and subscribing to feeds, your Google Reader will rapidly fill up with stories that may be of interest to you. To make Google Reader easier to use, less cluttered and to make sure you’re reading the feeds that are important to you, we have to get Reader organized. Fort...

From: 5min.com on AOL on Wed, Jun 09 2010 3:13 PM

RSS isn’t as complicated as you may think. In fact, the acronym RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. We'll start off this 10-part RSS series by demystifying RSS and introducing Google Reader, a simple but powerful RSS reader.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Wed, Jun 09 2010 3:13 PM

Google Calendar is extremely versatile and handy. Your BlackBerry is handy too. When you use Google Sync for BlackBerry you can keep your BlackBerry calendar and your Google Calendar in perfect synchronization all the time. It’s quick and easy to do and I'll show you how!

From: 5min.com on AOL on Wed, Jun 09 2010 3:13 PM

Jay takes a look at the iPhone version of the Google Earth application.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Wed, Jun 09 2010 3:13 PM

Not content to just track your health info, Google Health also lets you track how badly your insurance company is hosing you which of your valid medical expenses your insurance company has refused so far medical insurance info.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Wed, Jun 09 2010 3:13 PM

The latest version of Google Maps has a feature called Google Latitude. The feature lets you see the location of family and friends in real time. Your privacy is totally under your control, and you decide who can see what.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Wed, Jun 09 2010 3:13 PM

Google Health represents a new way to track your well being, your medications, your doctors, your health insurance info and any medical conditions you may have. Molly McDonald begins our 10-part video tutorial guide to Google Health by showing how to sign up for Google Health.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Wed, Jun 09 2010 3:13 PM

There may be times when most of us would like to visit Web sites and erase all traces from your computer. Perhaps you’re shopping for a gift for your spouse and you don't want them to see what sites you visited while looking for a gift. Whatever the reason, there's a way to browse priv...

From: 5min.com on AOL on Wed, Jun 09 2010 3:13 PM

This latest version of Google Earth adds even more cool features. You can view the ocean depths and topography, search the endless reaches of space and even track your hike using the GPS in your mobile device. Google Earth 5.0 gives you lots more information and lots more to see on this beautifu...

From: 5min.com on AOL on Wed, Jun 09 2010 3:13 PM

You’re not limited to just tracking your own medical data with Google Health. If, for example, you're the primary care giver for an elderly parent or if you have young children whose allergies and medications you want to track, Google Health is a powerful tool.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Wed, Jun 09 2010 3:13 PM

Personalise your T-Mobile Google G1 Andriod smart phone by changing your Wallpaper across your three homescreens by following our tutorial, powered by The Human Manual.