Tag: google

  • Google Chrome on the Mac – a la CodeWeavers

    Google launched its new browser Chrome on September 2nd and the web was abuzz with talk of a new contender in the browser space. My choice to pepper my house and cube at work with Macs rather than Windows boxes left me complaining about the lack of a native Mac version of Chrome…which Google assures…

  • Google 411

    So, Google Labs has another sweet service that’s pretty sexy…Google 411. What is it? Well…as Techcrunch explains it: Google threw a new product called Goog-411 into Google Labs today – a free telephone based information service that could replace toll 411 calls. About 2.6 billion 411 calls are made in the U.S. each year, and…

  • Google Personalized Home Just Got Sweeter

    I came in to work this morning, headed over to my Google Personalized “Portal” and what was there? A sweet new feature! Google/ig is now themable! (with a few pre-built themes). The style of art used in the themes are to my taste and make for a pretty fun layout. You can select from: Classic…

  • Gmail Address Flexibility And Filtering

    You hate spam. I hate spam. Lets face it, we sign up for things online and our e-mail address become prone to being spread all over hell’s half acre and our inboxes inevitably gets invaded by irritating e-mail. Heck…sometimes we set up accounts on sites that we want kept out of our inboxes to avoid…

  • Google Spreadsheets and Writely Merge

    Since the Google acquisition of Writely and the creation of Google Spreadsheets, the two office-like products have sat separate. Office documentation has become more simplified as of last night! Google Spreadsheets and Writely have merged into one web application: Google Docs. Google Docs has kept the functionality of the two products intact while adopting the…

  • Google Talk Just Got A Whole Lot Sweeter

    The other day, Zach posted about some sweet features that were coming to Google Talk. File Transfer Voicemail (up to 10 minutes!) Music Status The first two are hugely cool, the third is a little lame (in my opinion). Check out the announcements on this alternate “Just Launched” page. Shortly after NoSheep posted about the…

  • Blingo Partners With Publishers Clearing House

    This is a tad late in begin posted but still quite intriguing. As of July 2, Blingo has partnered with Publishers Clearing House. They write: Over the last two years you’ve come to enjoy great search results and fun prizes at Blingo. We’ve given away over 22,000 gifts since we started, but in an effort…

  • Wow. I just won again on Blingo.

    I posted last week about winning a movie ticket through Blingo recently. I was psyched. Well, I just checked my e-mail and lo and behold…I just won another movie ticket. Its awesome. Sign up. Search. Happiness may follow! The things you can win: iPod Nano Visa Gift Card $150, $100, $50, or $25 Blingo Movie…

  • Blingo Pays Off

    I started using Blingo back in December and I’m happy to say that I have received my first reward! A week and a half ago, one of my sign-up friends won a movie ticket and because I was a referrer of them, I won one too! Yup. Thats $8 I don’t have to pay when…

  • Google Calendar (CL2) Launched

    In February I posted about the Google Calendar and speculated that its arrival was fast approaching. Well…CL2 was launched tonight (the 12th of April). Create your calendar here. My initial opinions are as follows: Its great. The interface is pretty darn snazzy…very Gmail-like with its layout; which is great to see as this just screams…

  • Thumbstack – A Web-Based Presentation Application

    A while back, my pal Zach posted about S5, “A Simple Standards-Based Slide Show System.” Now, its important to note that S5 is trying to set up a standard and not develop a full blown application. S5 seems to be a solid foundation…all it really needs is a slick editor and I’m sold. Well, as…

  • Google Acquires Writely

    Back in October I was extremely excited about Writely. It has been a few months and my love for the word processing application grows each time I use it. I wrote: The gist of this application is that its a Word Processor online! You can type documents (much like you can with MS Word or…

  • Google Calendar Screenshots

    I posted about Google CL2 last month. I’m happy to see that some screenshots have been leaked and have been posted over at TechCrunch. CL2 makes it easy — even effortless — to keep track of all the events in your life and compare them to what your friends and family have going on in…

  • Government Punches Google In The Face

    Bless Google. It seems that our handy-dandy Bush Administration wants to be able to sift through the data Google collects on users’ search results. According to Yahoo News, Google doesn’t like that much. Google says – and I’d have to agree with them – that providing that information is a violation of privacy rights. The…

  • Google Calendar Coming Down the Pipe

    I knew it was coming, but when will it get here? I’m talking about Google’s Calendar a.k.a. Google CL2. It seems as if the calendar may come sooner than later, as google is leaving bread crumbs hanging around that point in the direction of a calendar app. Here’s a blurb from PaulStone.net (where I first…