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. […]
Two New Google Trends Features
Google Trends is a service by Google that displays the popularity of search terms in the Google search engine over time. Users can compare search terms with each other to get an […]
Google Chrome OS
There were always rumors that Google was developing an operating system. We are not speaking about Google Android, the operating system that is being installed on mobile devices like cellphones. No, this […]
Google Update Changes
The Google Update process is the bane for many Internet users as it seemed to become available again even if it has been disabled previously on the computer system. The process googleupdate.exe […]
Google Books Rolls Out New Features
Google Books is an ambitious project to offer which allows web users to search through more than seven million books online. Google just recently came to an agreement with rights holders that […]
Google Squared Launches
Google Squared is a new concept search engine by Google. Unlike conventional search engines Google Squared has been designed to present the information right in the search interface without the need of […]
Google Docs Adds Docx And Xlsx Support
Microsoft's decision to change the default file format in Office 2007 for some of its most popular Office programs has caused some confusion and controversy, especially shortly after introduction. Back then no […]
Google Search Options
Google has recently introduced so called Search Options to their search engine which are hidden by default on any search page but can be activated with one click. Update: Google Search's layout […]
Google Redesigned
The Google Redesigned project started as a simple CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) file that changed the layout and design of several popular Google services including Gmail, Google Reader and Google Calendar. Google […]
Google Talk Contact Shortcuts
Google Talk is an instant messaging software program for Windows that can be used to chat with friends and colleagues, initiate file transfers, do voice over IP and to send and receive […]
Google Update Turns Open Source
Google Update is a background program by Google that gets installed on Windows operating systems if you install software such as Google Chrome, Google Pack or other Google software on the system. […]
Windows Desktop Alternative BumpTop
Remember BumpTop? We covered a tech demo of the 3D desktop technology back in 2006 and felt that it could be a great way of helping computer users bring order to the […]
Protect your privacy from Google AdSense's new behavioral ads
Google recently launched behavioral targeted ads for AdSense. This means AdSense displays adverts not only on the context of the webpage, but on the context of your browsing history. The aim is […]
Google Calendar Offline released
While taking a look at my calendar today, I noticed that Google has rolled out their offline feature for Google Calendar, and after some searching I found that this is indeed the […]
GoogleUpdate.exe
Observant computer users may discover the process googleupdate.exe running on their computer system after installing a software product created by Google. This can be the new Google Chrome web browser, Google Picasa […]
Life Photo Archive Online
A deal between Life and Google makes more than 10 million photographic images available on the Internet. The collection spans from the 1750s to today. Google provides a special search engine for […]
Google Multi-Column View
Google Multi-Column View is a Greasemonkey script that can display Google search results in two or three different columns instead of the default single column display that Google favors. Doing that can […]
Google Offering Translated Search Results
The Google Translate service was known for a long time to translate text and websites from one language to the other. The current version features 34 languages from English over German to […]
Chromatose
Let’s talk about Google Chrome. Why not? Everyone else is. I would be willing to bet anyone reading this article has already downloaded the Windows beta and is probably using it right […]
Google Enters The Browser Market With Google Chrome
Rumors have been filling forums, blogs and websites that Google was working on a browser to compete with Microsoft on yet another level. Those rumors never ceased completely in the last three […]
Google Experimental Search
Google is testing new ideas and implementations before they go public for everyone. The testing grounds for Google Search are called Google Experimental, a publicly accessible area where everyone can test out […]
Cloud Computing Totally Failed us
Just a word of warning, this is very likely going to turn into a rant. (But not the rant you may have expected) If you follow tech blogs then you could hardly […]
Woopra, the best free Analytics
Google Analytics is almost the default free service for any blogger, and for good reason. It’s a solid service, essential for anyone needing to track visitor statistics and create a successful blog. […]
Page Rank Tool To Check All Pages Of A Domain
The page rank of a single page on a website can be identified through various means. Users can use the Google toolbar - or a similar product -, run website scripts that […]
Google Knol released to beat Wikipedia
Google released a new service today called Google Knol, a service aimed to take on Wikipedia and in my case will definitely beat it after a while, although there are some differences […]
Google Docs Templates
Everyone likes to bang on about how Google Docs is going to be the end of Microsoft Office, but people say that sort of thing all the time… 2008 is going to […]
Gmail Labs quicklinks to find anything in a flash
Gmail Quick Links is a new feature rolled out in Google Labs for Gmail which enables you to create some links for frequents searches, but it can be used for much more. […]
Lively - Second Life from Google
As a tech blogger I am really embarrassed to say I haven't heard anything of this service before it was rolled into beta today. However, this means I was thrilled this morning […]
Redesigned GCal to join Gmail
The popular ‘Better Gmail 2’ Firefox extension adds a whole lot of great extra functionality to Gmail through various Greasemonkey scripts. What I loved the most was the inclusion of the fantastic […]
Google Earth Strange Sights
Google Earth is definitely an application that is fun to play around with. Chance is that you will stumble upon some strange sights sooner or later. Plugins make the discovery process easier […]
Google sites - a different type of Wiki
I don't know how many of you have tried Google Sites, which is a Wiki like application available for Google Apps users. Although the application itself lacks a lot of features (more […]
Google Gears for Flock
Update: Both Google Gears and Flock have been discontinued in the meantime. Flock may not be completely dead as the team announced that it is "working on something awesome". It has not […]
Add functionality to Gmail with Gmail Labs
Google has added a very interesting feature to Gmail called Labs which is accessible in the account options. Labs is basically a testing ground for Gmail add-ons created by members of the […]
Sync Gmail Contacts with Thunderbird
Most computer users that I know have several email accounts hosted by different email providers. I'm using about ten email accounts actively in Thunderbird and web interfaces, and always thought that there […]
Google Code University
Google Code University is an excellent resource for Computer Science students and programmers in general. All videos and Powerpoint presentations published at the University are released under Creative Commons. Four different kinds of courses are available right now, they are Ajax Programming, Distributed Systems, Web Security and Languages.
Higher Quality Videos starting to appear on Youtube
When we read the announcement that higher quality videos would come to Youtube we were delighted that the video quality would finally see an upgrade. Apparently the conversion has started and some videos are already available in different quality versions. It still looks like Youtube is testing settings and stuff and that not everyone can access those higher quality videos yet.
Why is Google.com redirecting me to another Google domain?
If you are from the United States and have been visiting another country lately or if you are from another country and want to access google.com you might have noticed that you are automatically getting redirected to a country code domain of Google. Users from France for instance are redirected to Google.fr automatically.
Google document uploader
Google has just release a document list uploader to help you upload your stuff in large batches, and this is one smart move, since I had some frustration a while back because […]
Official Google url Alternatives
Did you know that Google hosts several alternate domain names on their servers that all point to the Google search engine ? Instead of accessing google.com you could use an official Google domain name like 138008.org.ru or msm.byu.edu instead to use the Google search engine.
Embed GoogleDocs presentations on your website
While browsing the GoogleDocs blog I found an interesting update about two updates already in this year. The less significant, although probably better update if you want to organize yourself is the ability to add sub-folders. For me this was a much awaited feature since no matter how many tags and other organizational stuff I can add, a good folder structure is always a must.
