Jan 28
Google Gears is a great way to access web content offline. Google Services such as Google Reader and Google Calendar made it possible to download feeds and tasks on the computer and access them later from the same web interface when offline. Even third party services like Remember The Milk offered support for Google Gears. However, Google is now offering Gears support for GMail.
Before, it was only possible to access mails offline by fetching them by POP3 or IMAP. But now you can use Google Gears and use the GMail interface to browse mails when offline. This feature is currently experimental and can be enabled through the Google Labs tab.
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Tagged with: Gears • GMail • Google
Jan 20
News has spread that Google is likely to start providing cloud storage service. Blogoscoped research shows that a DNS entry has been updated to be a CNAME for the webdrive-client.l.google.com subdomain, suggesting that a Google “webdrive” client, other than Google’s internal-only Platypus client may now be released.
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Tagged with: Cloud • Google • Storage • WebDrive
Jan 19
Ever wanted to see YouTube on your TV ? Well, if you don’t have a Mac mini or Apple TV or a Tivo box, then here’s something for you. Google said that they have partnered with several set-top-box providers to give YouTube access, but there are very few in the market. So, Google has released a new TV-friendly website for gaming consoles that can stream YouTube on your TV! Google has just posted this news on their YouTube blog.
Just fire up your browser on your console (PlayStation or Nintendo Wii) and head to YouTube.com/TV and there you go! You have a new YouTube site just for your TV!
Note: This site does not open in your PC browser. However, if you have a Mac mini, here’s a trick for you. Get the User Agent Switcher add-on for Firefox and make YouTube think that you are using a console!
Tagged with: Console • Google • YouTube
Jan 17
Google has stopped active development on some of its services including Google Notebook. For those who are not aware of Google Notebook, its a web note-taking application that allows users to make notes, organize them into groups and save them. Due to the stop in active development, many users are moving to other services. But what is the best service for you? Here’s a list of Google Notebook alternatives with the features they offer, so that you can choose the right one for your needs.
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Tagged with: Evernote • Google • Google Notebook • ubernote • Zoho
Jan 14
Quicksilver is a free application launcher that we all love. Its the first app that Mac owners install on their Macs. Today Google is released a new search-and-launch application called Google Quick Search developed by Nicholas Jitkoff, the developer of Quicksilver.
Google Quick Search not only searches Google, but also AddressBook contacts, Applications, Documenst, Music library and Calendar lists. Users can also perform a deep search by hitting Tab to drill down into possible actions to perform—like composing an email or starting an IM chat.
The application is currently just a prototype, so you can expect some glitches. But it has run smoothly for me so far. And some good news for Developers: It’s open source, just like Chrome.
- Launching Apps
- Searching Music
- Browsing GMail
Tagged with: Google • Mac • Quick Search • QuickSilver • Software
Jan 14
The founder of Delicious (The Social Bookmarking service), Joshoua Schachter has joined Google. After selling his social bookmarking service to Yahoo, he stuck around until last June when he joined the general exodus of talent.
Well, now he hasw moved far beyond social bookmarking. Maybe, he’s working with Google on social web searching..? Who knows. According to sources, he has not been assigned a project yet but its confirmed that today is his first day at Google. Congratultions Joshoua !
Tagged with: Google • Joshoua Schachter
Jan 08
Liskula Cohen, a Canadian model has sued Google for a number of snarky remarks that were made by a blogger using Google’s Blogger service. According to reports, she has been called ’skanky’ and ‘an old hag’ by an anonymous blogger on a website called Skanks in NYC.
The suit that was filed in Manhattan, seeks a court order compelling Google and its Blogger service to identify the anonymous blogger. Google declined to discuss any specifics, only responding to the claim by saying they sympathize with victims of cyberbullying but “take great care to respect privacy concerns and will only provide information about a user in response to a subpoena or other court order”, so we’ll leave you with a quote from Cohen instead:
“I’m tall, I’m blond, I’ve been modeling for many years, and people get jealous,” she said. “If I had to deal with everyone who is jealous, I wouldn’t have time to do anything else.”
Tagged with: Blogger • Google • Liskula Cohen
