Google Chrome 14 is now available. It consists of the following features:

• Web Audio API : It allows developers to add more spectacular effects such as room simulation & spatialization
• Native Client : C and C++ can now be seamlessly be rendered in Google Chrome . However , applications have to first be listed in Google Web Store ( which this limitation will be removed later ) .
• ( Mac OS X Lion only ) Overlay Scrollbars : To align with the user interface of Lion , scrollbars will only appear when scrolling
• ( Mac OS X Lion only ) Full Screen mode : Same for Overlay Scrollbars , the full screen mode of Chrome 14 will make use of new full screen mode provided by Lion .

Google+ iPhone App is now in Hong Kong App Store ! You can get it from here.

Tips: For those installed US version of Google+, you have to uninstall your current version first, then pick the Google+ App in HK App Store to enjoy further updates

Google+ App for iPhone / Android is available in US

Download Google+ iPhone App in iTunes .
Download Google+ Android App in Android Market .

Both are for US only at this moment . For people outside US , you can register a US Apple account or download it from Installous ( Jailbreakers only )

Google Analytics is down, making a lot of sites worldwide using Google Analytics show up errors.

Under siege of hackers ? Read more for updates

I will send out free Google+ Invitations here . Free means No ad-click, no spyware, no cost .

Anyone who wants the invitation , please leave your email in comment , I will send out invitations ASAP . See you in Google+ .

Google Chrome is evolving quick . Just released version 12 .

The new version includes:

• Hardware accelerated 3D CSS
• New safe browsing protection against downloading malicious files
• Ability to delete Flash cookies inside Chrome
• Launch apps by name from the Omnibox
• Integrated Sync into new settings pages
• Improved screen reader support
• (Mac only) New warning when hitting Cmd-Q
• P2P API ( can toggle in about:flags page )
• Existing tab on foreground on open
• Experimental new tab page ( can toggle in about:flags page )
• Add grouping on context menu ( can toggle in about:flags page )
• Run PPAPI (Pepper Plugin API) Flash in renderer process ( can toggle in about:flags page )
• Multiple profiles ( can toggle in about:flags page )
• Removed Google Gears
• Print & Save in PDF viewer

To download new Google Chrome, either open Google Chrome > Options > About Google Chrome or download it here .

Though there are much more apps in Apple’s App Store than Android Market, there are more Android free apps in Android Market than in App Store. There are 134,242 free apps for Android users, while iOS has only 121,845 free apps.

Yet , figures are just numbers. Apple did a good job on screening the quality of new apps, while Google is still weak in this part, causing a lot of low-quality apps appearing in Android Market. To truly overtake Apple to be the smart phone apps’ conqueror, Google’s Android must put more effort on the whole app production workflow, such as cleaning their Android SDK and the approval process.

Google Video is shut down , as the company wants his customers to use YouTube as their primary video platform . The original migration plan is all user-uploaded videos in Google Video was given a choice to migrate to YouTube or download to local hard drive . Now, Google decided to move all user-uploaded videos automatically to YouTube.

Proven that hosting videos are still too expensive for company like Google and the company does not want to invest duplicated resources . Make sense .

Google just released Gmail Motion BETA, a new way to communicate in Gmail.

The mouse and keyboard were invented before the Internet even existed. Since then, countless technological advancements have allowed for much more efficient human computer interaction. Why then do we continue to use outdated technology? Introducing Gmail Motion — now you can control Gmail with your body.

Raptor Talks scores 81 out of 100 in Google Page Speed ! We keep on improving this site and it hopes the score will improve.

Page Speed is an open-source project started at Google to help developers optimize their web pages by applying web performance best practices. Page Speed started as an open-source browser extension, and is now deployed in third-party products such as Webpagetest.org, Show Slow and Google Webmaster Tools.