Gmail’s previous stance on images in emails was to hide them from the user initially because of two reasons. The first was that images in emails could be used by spammers to track if a user read an email or not if the email was embedded in the mail and not attached to it. The [...]
Add Google Service Shortcuts To Firefox
Google fanatics who regularly work with multiple Google services such as Google Mail Gmail , Google Reader, Google Docs, Blogger, Orkut and a few dozens more might find the Gbutts add-on for the Firefox web browser helpful. That is, if they have not created keyboard shortcuts for the Google services that they use or installed [...]
Google Unified Search
You need to search on multiple search engines if you truly want to research a search term, as opposed to simply finding a solution to it. Some users might think that searching in Google is enough to find all the relevant information about a search term and while that may be true more often than [...]
Google Chrome Gestures Extension
Google has added extensions support to dev versions of the Google Chrome web browser (Google Browser). The feature is still not finalized and the only way to enable the extensions engine is to add a command line parameter so that it gets loaded during the start of the Internet browser. Google has made available several [...]
Google Maps Downloader And Joiner
Google Maps is one of the most popular map services on the Internet. It can be used for several purposes including looking at maps at different zoom levels in the world or to get directions by entering two locations.
One problem that many users experience when using Google Maps is the inability to create maps that [...]
Google Account Recovery Per SMS Available In Additional Countries
Google introduced a new account recovery option some time ago that allowed Google users from the United States to add a cell phone number to their account. The user could then use an SMS to recovery the Google account password, something that many users wanted to do but could not because of the country limitation. [...]
- Author: Orrett Morgan
- Published: Jul 13th, 2009
- Comments: 10
Google Needs Standards Too
After taking a look at the latest set of devices and gadgets to make it to the market, one thing is becoming clear. We are in desperate need of some gadget standards. You know the type of standards we currently have for automobiles, such as every car uses between 12” and 20” tires. All have [...]
