Google wants you to join the party, announces Google+ Events (video)

At the tail end of today's Google I/O keynote, the company demoed Google+ Events, which, as you might imagine, let's you invite your virtual buds to an in-person hangout. You've probably already guessed that there's some pretty tight integration with Mountain View's other virtual properties, including Calendar, which means that sending your friends or coworkers a "save the date" to brunch or brainstorming no longer requires clunky email, or a phone call. That's not to say that your contacts need to opt-in to the search giant's social networking site to join the fun -- email invites are still available by typing your friend's address alongside your circles, or individual friends should you wish to plan an awkward inter-group soiree. You can choose from a variety of themes for your e-vite, which integrate motion or static banners. Once the fun begins, you can hop into Party Mode from your mobile, and photos you shoot during the event will appear beside the invite -- friends can add pics to the page as well, which you can later download. For now, please accept our invitation to jump past the break, where a Google demo video awaits.

Check out our full coverage of Google I/O 2012's opening keynote at our event hub!

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Hands-on with G-Technology's Mac-friendly, USB 3.0-packing G-Drive slim

When we set out to get hands-on with a hard drive, of all things, you can bet we're going to do more than just pick it up and marvel at how lightweight it is. Here at a gdgt event in New York City, we spotted G-Technology's new Mac-friendly USB 3.0 drives on display and immediately got to work running some speed tests on the thinnest of the bunch, the G-Drive slim. Though transfer rates varied, both download and upload speeds tended to hover around 95 MB/s, and that was after ten or so runs in the Blackmagic benchmark. (Next time we'll bring a USB 2.0 cable to test a backward-compatible setup.)

According to a company rep staffing the event, the other drives in the lineup, the G-Drive mini, mobile and mobile USB 3.0, should deliver similar performance. Really, the differences here are in the specs: the G-Drive mobile and mini have FireWire ports, and all three offer more storage (750GB to 1TB, as opposed to 500GB for the slim). Design-wise, all the drives on display here seemed fairly impervious to scratches, and that rubberized band around the edges also makes the devices feel a little less delicate. On that point, you can check out the hands-on photos to see what we're talking about, though you'll just have to take our word on the speed testing.

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After deal with Boston, White Sox welcome Youkilis

By DAVE CAMPBELL

AP Sports Writer

Associated Press Sports

updated 7:26 p.m. ET June 25, 2012

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Kevin Youkilis sat in the White Sox dugout before his first game with his new team, looking relaxed, sounding confident and flashing a toothy smile through his trademark bushy goatee.

After two World Series titles, a whole lot of hits and walks and some conflict and struggle of late over eight years with Boston, Youkilis spent Monday trying to get acclimated to a new environment and a different group of colleagues.

He seemed at ease, eager to join the first-place White Sox in the wide-open AL Central and leave behind the grind of his now-former division. Sentiment will have to wait.

"This offseason too, I think I'll reflect a lot more. Usually when players are retired, you have more time. It just seems like playing baseball, it's never ending all year. You're always doing something," Youkilis said before Chicago began a three-game series at Minnesota. "But it was a great time, and I'll definitely cherish those years."

The gritty Fenway Park favorite was traded Sunday by the Red Sox for utilityman Brent Lillibridge and right-hander Zach Stewart.

"It was not an easy time for me. It was tough for my family, trying to figure out where we're going. But it's a great thing to be in a great city in Chicago," he said, calling Sunday "the most emotional thing" he's experienced in baseball. Youkilis left that game for a pinch runner, a "surreal" feeling heightened by the standing ovation he received from the crowd when he came back out of the dugout for his last curtain call there.

A corner infielder on Boston's championship teams in 2004 and 2007, the 33-year-old Youkilis brought a .289 career batting average and a .391 on-base percentage into this season. He started slowly, though, and never really recovered. Playing time dwindled. He spent much of May on the disabled list due to tightness in his lower back. Then first-year Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine questioned Youkilis' commitment to the game during a television interview. Valentine apologized to him a day later.

"I don't really want to comment on that," Youkilis said. "We're past that here, and that's that. We're just leaving it behind."

Boston has been in last place in the stacked AL East for most of the season, too, recently moving into fourth.

"It'll be kind of weird not to play those teams, but it's also good," Youkilis said. "Because when you play those teams 19 times a year, it kind of gets a little old, so it'll be fun to play here and play teams I never really got the chance to play that much."

The White Sox were happy to have him. Reserve outfielder Jordan Danks gave up No. 20, which Youkilis wore for the Red Sox.

"That's fine," Danks said smiling, "as long as I've still got a number."

Designated hitter Adam Dunn even had Youkilis' old Red Sox uniform on when he went out to play catch before the game.

"Hopefully he put some more good sweat in there, and we'll just have to frame that one day and put a caption with that on there," Youkilis said.

White Sox manager Robin Ventura put Youkilis at third base, batting second, for his debut. Third base has been a big hole for Chicago this season, with a woeful .167 batting average to go with one home run and 18 RBIs accumulated at that position by everyone who's played there. Ventura praised team owner Jerry Reinsdorf and general manager Kenny Williams for making the move to upgrade the lineup.

"They see the need. They understand it. Then you go and try and get the best guy you can get, and he's the best guy we can get," Ventura said.

Youkilis batted just .233 with four homers and 14 RBIs in 146 at-bats for the Red Sox in 2012.

"Hopefully I can come to the White Sox and just bring it day in and day out, play the game hard, play the game the right way," he said. "I can't guarantee anything with stats and all that, but I know one thing - that I'll come out here every day and play the game right and give it my all. Hopefully that's enough."

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