As many of your know last week Google announced that you can now call in and out of Gmail for free. I have used this amazing feature dozens of times this past week and it has been fantastic. It works like a charm! I am very pleased and it has changed the way I work. [...]
09 Aug, 2010
Posted by: Jeff VanDrimmelen In: General
Over the years, Google Places, Google Adwords, Google Apps and YouTube have become an important element that small businesses can’t live without. The search engine legend has a special love for small businesses and has recently introduced the Google Small Business Blog. Another recent “buzz” among small business marketers is the Google Tags. Small business [...]
05 Aug, 2010
They have a phone application for everything nowadays… Really. I’ve seen some phone apps that come close to putting Nintendo DS and Playstation PSP to shame. What’s probably most amazing to me, however, is how much control the phone apps are gaining. With just the simple click of the “download” link on your phone’s screen, [...]
Robert McGarvey wrote a great article yesterday with 10 great reasons to use Google Docs. He even mentions me and the “Google’lize your Life” book! 1. It’s free 2. It’s easy 3. It does collaboration better 4. You don’t need the features Google Docs lacks 5. Free up IT to do higher-value work 6. What? [...]
20 Jul, 2010
This is a great development in the ebook world. One step closer to multimedia books.
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Google fiber is the latest in the great innovations of the search engine giant. It is the batch of ultra high-speed broadband networks, which the company announced earlier this year. The project aims to deliver one gigabit-per-second fiber connections for 50,000 to 5, 00,000 people. The consumers are expected to pay a “competitive price” for the [...]
Ryan Nichols had a great post today on Computerworld where he pointed out 5 reasons why Google is more than ready to take on Microsoft in the enterprise world. He bring up many of the points I am constantly repeating when people ask me if Google Apps is a viable alternative to Google. 1. Google [...]
17 Jul, 2010
Posted by: Jeff VanDrimmelen In: General
I love this first line of this article: “There are main two reasons to grab new gadget, either to show off or to increase productivity.” That is awesome! CallingAllGeeks lists 5 great apps to help you increase productivity on your Blackberry. When I used to have a blackberry (pre-Android and iPhone) they didn’t have all [...]
16 Jul, 2010
I have been looking for a good extension that allows me to compose Gmail messages without having to open my inbox. I tried GmailThis! (http://contrapants.org/blog/2005/07/gmailthis.html), but it doesn’t keep my signatures. Not cool. Then I found Gmail Compose. “Gmail Compose is used to quickly create new email messages straight from your Chrome browser. There are [...]
Google announced the general availability of the Android App Inventor today. This is great news and pushing the envelope again. Remember the old days when we first all learned about making websites with WYSIWYG editors. Now a days very few people build entire sites in HTML any more. They all use content management systems like [...]