Search engines, webmail, maps and even mobile phones. Short of coffee and Dilbert comics, there is nary a workplace essential that Google hasn't attempted to usurp.

One of the big selling points for all of Google's ventures is the bounty of open-source development that each inevitably encourages. Google loves it when you take their widgets, aps, and services and tie them into your own site.

Now, that love is being spread to Mac users.

31 Jan 2008

The company has released a collection of APIs for Mac developers under the banner "Google Toolbox for Mac."

The code samples will give developers a base to use when creating Mac software that uses one or more Google services. The toolbox should be a welcome addition as Google continues on its borg-like quest to put its name in front of every computing function ever known to man.