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Chrome 12 drops Google Gears support

...privacy controls and slightly safer file downloads. It also killed support for Google Gears, a move the company announced back in March. The new beta... Read more

10 May, 2011 by Seth Rosenblatt

Google Chrome 12 waves goodbye to Gears

...better browsing security. It also marks the end of public support for Google Gears, the offline web-app tool. The security improvements are the biggest... Read more

8 June, 2011 by Seth Rosenblatt

Google kills off Wave, Gears and Knol in project cull

...Wave and Walkaround, being run separately from its own service.Gears halted Google Gears is also for the chop, as the company indicated earlier this... Read more

23 November, 2011 by David Meyer

Google pauses offline Gmail access in Chrome

...the offline feature, Google had been using a browser plug-in called Google Gears that could store data on a person's computer then sync... Read more

26 May, 2011 by Stephen Shankland
Waveboard 1.1

Waveboard 1.1

...application and is ready for direct use, without the need of installing Google Gears or other tools. It also adds notifications to keep you updated... Read more

16 June, 2010
Apple vs Google: Cloud concepts that clash

Apple vs Google: Cloud concepts that clash

...company has already taken a few small steps in that direction with Google Gears. However, Google's offline access is an afterthought and not an... Read more

19 June, 2011 by Jason Hiner
Samsung Chromebook Series 5

Samsung Chromebook Series 5

...and other options like Zoho Writer need the now-defunct and unsupported Google Gears to work offline. Google says Docs, Calendar and Mail will all... Read more

14 June, 2011 by Joshua Goldman

Google folds more of its failing products

...cleaning series". The latest round of casualties includes Knol, Google Friend Connect, Google Gears, Google Search Timeline, and Google Bookmarks Lists. As for Google Wave... Read more

23 November, 2011
Chrome OS goes offline, gets file manager

Chrome OS goes offline, gets file manager

...an internet connection — something Chrome used to be able to do with Google Gears, until the company decided to phase out that project. This will... Read more

12 May, 2011 by Seth Rosenblatt
Google Apps Premier Edition

Google Apps Premier Edition

With its feature-rich and usable document editing, sharing and collaboration tools, plus email, Google Apps is the hosted office suite to beat. Read more

8 September, 2010 by Alan Stevens

Google Gears gives laptops a location fix

...web applications can now get geographic information from an update to the Google Gears technology, with Wi-Fi networks giving a rough position indicator Read more

22 October, 2008 by Stephen Shankland

Google's Gears turns one

...its Gears project, which had its first birthday on Wednesday. Previously called Google Gears, but now just 'Gears', the project is aimed at making online... Read more

29 May, 2008 by David Meyer

Offline Google Docs expected to launch

...ready web applications in the form of Google Docs as part of Google Gears. Speculation around the launch of such a service has been fuelled... Read more

30 January, 2008 by Marcus Browne

Zoho takes hosted office apps offline

...office space. In May the search giant released the source code for Google Gears, a browser plug-in that lets web-based applications run offline... Read more

22 August, 2007 by David Meyer

Google's offline web apps click into gear

...for — web applications that work offline. The search giant on Wednesday launched Google Gears, a browser plug-in that will let people run web applications... Read more

31 May, 2007 by Martin LaMonica

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