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

Having a computer network track you on your travels about town raises some important security questions. Should you automatically share your location as it changes? Just share which city you’re in? Choose which locations to share? Or share nothing at all? The choice is yours in Latitude.

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

Using its existing expertise in search, Google Maps also allows you to search for more general terms, look through the results, make your choice and then get turn-by-turn directions, reviews, hours of operation, even photos and more.

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

Google Reader can give you some insight into how you read your subscribed feeds, including the time of day you tend to read, how many of the feeds you read regularly and so on. Complete with handy graphs, this is the data that Google uses in part when suggesting feeds that may be of interest to ...

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

Google Latitude lets you share your real-world comings and goings with your friends and family online. Latitude lets your network know where you are by grabbing GPS data from a compatible phone and uploading it so your friends can see where you are on their phone or on in a web browser... and may...

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

The iPhone comes with lots of applications to get you started. If you’re a big fan of Google's Mobile App you won't find it on your phone by default. However, with this app, you get access to your Gmail, Google Calendar, Reader (RSS feeds), News and more on your iPhone. Here's how...

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

Rather than forcing you into computer forensics, trying to figure who said what and when in an out of control e-mail chain, Google Wave has a handy playback function that lets you watch your Wave unfold in the order it unfolded. Hit the Playback button to see who said what and when and who respo...

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

After you’ve subscribed to the RSS feeds of some of your favorite sites, Google Reader can start to make suggestions for other sites that might be of interest. For example, if you subscribe to several local news and weather feeds, you may start to see localized feeds for your area in among Googl...

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

Personalise your T-Mobile Google G1 Andriod smart phone by changing your Wallpaper across your three homescreens easily by following our tutorial guide. Powered by The Human Manual Watch tutorials for your Google G1 on our website Andriod smart phone on our website - Distributed by T...

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!