Android 2.2 is barely out of the door, but one mobile fanatic has already got the skinny of what we can expect from the next Google OS update, due in October. Dubbed Gingerbread, or Android 3.0, it comes with stacks of awesome features, but also promises big changes from the Google.
Eldar Murtazin of Mobile Review has previous in getting the biggest mobile scoops and this is right up there. Android 3.0 is set to land on 15 or 16 October, with Google demanding that phones using the new OS come …

Google Nexus One users are already getting their hands on the update, and it’s likely to cross the pond imminently. HTC also promised that it’s HTC Desire and Legend phones would be sporting the update very soon.
So what actually is FroYo, and what can we expect from the new Android OS?
Speed increase
Initial excitement over FroYo focussed on the huge improvement in processing speed, which was claimed to be up to six times faster, depending on the benchmarking system used. This has been achieved by using a technology trick known as just-in-time …

Google has just announced the availability of Google Docs view on mobile browsers on Android, iPhone and iPad to allow you to view PDFs, .ppt, .doc and .docx files on Google Docs of that you’v received in Gmail.
The app lets you switch quickly between pages and pan/zoom within a page. On your iPhone and iPad, you can pinch to zoom in or out.
You can try it out by going to docs.google.com on your Android-powered device, iPad or iPhone and select any document in these formats that you’ve previously uploaded. Let us know what …

Users of Google Chrome on Linux, Mac and Windows machines were automatically upgraded Thursday to a new browser version that addresses several security bugs and features a fully integrated Flash multimedia player for the first time. Google Vice President of Engineering Linus Upson believes browser users will benefit in several different ways from Chrome’s integration of Adobe Systems’ Flash technology for the web.
“When users download Chrome, they will also receive the latest version of Adobe Flash Player as well as automatically receive updates related to Flash Player using Google Chrome’s auto-update mechanism,” …

Google has remotely removed two free apps from several hundred Android phones because the apps misrepresented their purpose and thus violated Android developer policies, according to a company spokesman.
This marks the first time Google has used the Remote Application Removal Feature that allows the company to delete apps for security reasons that have been installed through Android Market.
The apps were proof-of-concept programs designed to test the feasibility of distributing a program that could later be used to take control of the device in an attack, according to Jon Oberheide, the …

A little over a year ago, we released an early preview of Google Voice, our web-based platform for managing your communications. We introduced one number to ring all your phones, voicemail that works like email, free calls and text messages to the U.S. and Canada, low-priced international calls and more—the only catch was you had to request and receive an invite to try it out. Today, after lots of testing and tweaking, we’re excited to open up Google Voice to the public, no invitation required.
Over the past year, we’ve introduced a mobile …

Thousands of organizations deploy Google Apps every day, and a challenge for some large businesses has been migrating employees on multiple domains. Until now, companies that ran into this issue could either set up other domains as domain aliases or set up different Google Apps accounts for each domain, neither of which was an ideal solution. Now there’s a better way: multi-domain support in Google Apps.
Multi-domain support is a new admin control that allows organizations with two or more domains on Google Apps to manage them from a single control …

Google UK is attempting to turn a profit from the property market by adding “property search” functionality to Google Maps. The new service includes tools from a range of partners including Countrywide and Trinity Mirror.
The property finder service allows home buyers and renters to search properties by city, or location, and make this search more specific by examining price, type and numbers of bedrooms. The service has been available as ‘Google Real Estate Listings’ since July 2009 in the US and other countries, but has been rebranded as ‘Properties’ for …

Google has patched 11 security holes in Chrome as Apple released Safari 5, the latest version of its WebKit rival.
The patch for Chrome 5.0.375.70 on Linux, Mac and Windows is the first fix for Google’s browser since the stable versions of the Mac and Linux editions were announced.
The update followed Monday’s Safari 5 from Apple that patched a record 48 vulnerabilities, most of them on WebKit – also used in Chrome. It’s the first major update to Apple’s browser in a year.
You can find out more information from the Google …

Google has yet again made improvements to their website; from today, you will be seeing Google’s search page background image changing and rotating through a list of stock photography.
The move comes after Google announced last week you could add custom backgrounds to your Google home page, using snaps from your hard drive, or Picasa web album. Just hit up the ‘change background image’ button in the bottom lefthand corner, after signing in with your Google account.
After signing in with your Google account you can choose whether or not to use the …