Posted 10/20/09 at 06:17:26 PM by Jason Barry

Earlier this summer Google graduated Tasks from Gmail labs and brought it prime time into Gmail. Today, Google announced that there is a new full-screen version of the Tasks gadget available for iGoogle.

The Tasks gadget allows you create and synchronize task lists from within Gmail, Google Calendar, iGoogle, or your mobile phone. The tasks seamlessly synchronize across all of the Google applications so you can monitor your progress, check off items, or add new errands wherever you are.

If you’re already using Google Tasks, check out the full Google blog post for some power shortcuts in the new gadget. If you haven’t become your own evil task master check out the intro video after the jump.

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Posted 08/13/09 at 04:44:18 PM by Andy Salisbury

iGoogle already gives you plenty of ways to keep in touch, whether it be Gmail, Latitude or keeping up with the day’s news. But, never one to leave well enough alone, the folks at Google have decided to bolster their army of gadgets in the interest of making iGoogle a more social experience.

Among the first new gadgets to be released are Who has the biggest brain?, Chess and Scrabble. There are even news sharing gadgets from the likes of NPR, The Huffington Post and YouTube. Even keep track of a collective To-Do list with your closest friends.

These features are currently live for those of you living in Australia, and Google plans to make them available to the U.S. over the next week.

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