According to a blog post by Google Mobile Team product manager Charles Wiles, the mobile version of Google Gears, Google's open source browser extension that enables developers to create Web apps that ...

This is the umpteenth thing I’ve written about Google’s Gears technology, which enables offline use of Web-based services. It’s also quite possibly the last time I’ll ever mention it. As TechCrunch’s ...

Google’s quest to keep browser-based applications running while offline is expanding to where it may be needed most: mobile devices. A version of the Google Gears browser extension software is ...

Google technologies are known for their extended beta test periods — so much so that when the search giant actually ships a finished product it’s front page news. But if beta represents the salad days ...

What I’m thinking about here is the concept of using Web applications offline. There have been all sorts of attempts to address this kind of functionality but none of them have had enough market ...

Google is reportedly preparing the next major leap in its Android roadmap, with Android 17 expected to make its debut by mid-2026. The company seems to be sticking to its familiar release rhythm, a ...

Google may finally be ready to blur the line between phones and PCs. A recent code leak hints at a new "Android Desktop Mode" that would transform smartphones into full-fledged desktops when connected ...

Reuters takes a closer look at Google Gears, the new Google application programming interface. Gears will add and improve upon existing APIs so developers can make Google's tools better. The ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Google continued its offline access march Sept. 15 by ...

In many ways, desktop productivity applications are a key component for the future of unified communications, since the integration of these applications with e-mail, instant messaging and ...

Mozilla Corp. is gung-ho on support for offline applications, but it’s not committed to using the just-announced Google Gears technologies in the next Firefox, an executive of the open-source ...

I keep blogging about Google Gears and Snow Leopard, and I’m doing so once again, but this time with good news: A Google representative just pinged me to say that it turns out that the incompatibility ...