Google continues to get deeper and deeper into the app game. Just last week Google announced Google Earth Mobile for the Android Operating System. As if it wasn’t enough to be able to search via voice or typed search, the most recent addition to the Google App entourage is Gesture Search. Gesture Search allows users to search their phone’s contents with a few finger movements.

The internet has brought a world of information to your fingertips and gone great lengths to connect people all over the world. The only problem is all of the Web’s contents don’t come in just one language. Yesterday Google Chrome introduced a new beta, which provides a new feature to help users navigate the multilingual web. The coolest feature added is the instant language translation of Web pages, without the need for any browser extensions or plug-ins.

Earlier this week Google announced that Google Earth was now available for the Android Operating System. Google Earth can be customized with the layers to match with the users individual interests. This takes Google one step deeper into the App game. Google even went as far as saying that this was the fastest version of Google Earth Mobile.

It’s true. Although the deal is in its most infant stage, the duo announced today that the search agreement had received clearance from the U.S. Department of Justice as well as the European Commission. The changes are set to start in the next few days, but will continue to be an ongoing process.

If you thought that bite sized wireless hubs sound like something out of science fiction, then the following breakthroughs might just seem downright magical. The first is a new development in both the computing world, and the fashion world.  Researchers at UC Berkley developed the necessary micro-fiber to hypothetically weave advanced computing devices comfortably into clothing.

Facebook announced earlier this week that mobile usage had topped 100 million users, but thats not all the news Facebook has this week. noFacebook Chat now ill be accessible via a variety of desktop instant messaging programs. The feature will let users stay connected even when they aren’t actually on Facebook. To make it all possible, Facebook will be utilizing Jabber’s Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP). XMPP is an open messaging protocol supported by many of the most popular instant messaging programs.

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Despite all of the shocking revelations that have occurred after the new toys magical effects wore off, the iPad DOES still have qualities to offer. Yes it is essentially a very large iPod Touch, but there really are a number of advantages that come with a flat increase in size. The two most apparent of these advantages is a much larger screen, and a significantly increased processing speed.

When Steve Jobs claimed that the iPad is "way better than a laptop," it immediately makes one wonder  whether Apple Tablet could really replace your own personal laptop.  To get the answer, you just have to answer a few simple questions. First question: how many windows are open in your browser right now? If your answer is anything higher than one, congratulations, you still need a laptop.

With regards to the new web based GoogleVoice application, there is one question on everybody's minds: how will Apple retaliate, if at all. This is a blatant challenge to Apple's supremacy within the bleeding edge phone market, and is in direct opposition to their attempt to block the GoogleVoice function from their phones.

Youtube isn't the only Google owned company taking advantage of the advent of the HTML5 Player. Google itself is utilizing the technology from some time now. Apple prevented the GoogleVoice application from being sold or used on the iPhone.  This was an understandable move, given that GoogleVoice opens the door to merging the datastreams of telephone and internet (which iPhone users pay for separately right now). 

1 K Price - Of all the rumors this is the most disheartening. Some are saying that the new Apple tablet will begin priced at under $1,000.  Of course, everybody knows what "under $1,000" means: $999. Unless they pull out all the stops, it is very hard to believe that such a product would be worth THAT price tag.

3G Connectivity -  This rumor has a number of people very excited, and a few worried. On the plus side, 3G connectivity on a tablet computer could very well make for useful portable web device. Yes, netbooks CAN have 3G for an extra bit of money, but at the end of the day, it takes time to sit down and open up even the slimmest of laptops.

For those of you who aren't particularly excited about seeing TV and movies on the small screen of your iPhones, the new-found portability of media for the next decade won't pass you over. For your viewing pleasure, Aluratek has brought us the sleekest and most portable movie player to date: the Cinepal.

While it is true that if you look at a smartbook as its own classification of product, or as a competitor of the netbook, it falls just short of worth-while, there is still one potential niche in which it may yet have the chance to shine: competition for the smartphone. 

As Smartbooks will have real internet browsing, 3D capabilities, and a traditional keyboard, the first comparison that people will make is to the slightly larger, but more powerful Netbook.  Both are essentially smaller, cheaper laptops, that specialize in accessing the internet easily and conveniently. But here the question arises: what are the real differences between the two?