Free Google Voice Phone Booths

The Googleplex in Mountain View won't be the only place to boast of a British-style, Google-themed phone booth. In celebration of the new Google voice call feature within Gmail, Google is planning on installing these phone booths high-traffic places (college campuses!). Calls made from these booths will be free.

Read the entire Fast Company article here.

Boomerang for Gmail--FINALLY!

Boomerang for Gmail is the Chrome extension that I have been waiting for for ages. I am personally a neat freak when it comes to keeping a clean inbox, and there are times when I wish that I could schedule an email to pop up in my inbox at a later time when I actually need to read it. Alternatively, I've also wanted to schedule emails to be sent at a later time, instead of keeping it in my draft box until it's time to send. In comes Boomerang! It's currently still in beta mode so it may be a little buggy, but it's about time something like this came along!

Read the full article on Lifehacker here. Thanks for the find, lil' bro!

Bike Sharing Program

After working at the Googleplex for almost a month now, I have come to greatly appreciate the bike sharing program we have on campus where you can take any Google bike and leave it anywhere on campus as long as it doesn't block an entrance. A new company called Social Bicycles, located in NY, seems to be doing something similar (also reminiscent of Zipcar). With the help of an iPhone app, members of the program can locate bikes around the city.

The Social Bicycle System from Ryan Rzepecki on Vimeo.

Read the full TechCrunch article here.