“No sooner did the idea that Facebook is challenging Google in search re-emerge than word of Google challenging Facebook’s social network dynasty came from none other than Digg co-founder Kevin Rose.” “Ok, umm, huge rumor: Google to launch facebook competitor very soon “Google”, very credible source.” “Chris Saad suggested Google Me is a build-out of [...]
Today Google released a “mobile version of the Google Docs viewer for Android, iPhone and iPad to help you view PDFs, .ppt, .doc and .docx files you’ve uploaded to your documents list, without needing to download the file.” “With our mobile viewer you can switch quickly between pages and pan/zoom within a page. On your [...]
1. Collaboration 2. Import any web content 3. Share your project with the whole web 4. Access from anywhere, anytime, use offline 5. Leverage g docs’ folder system to organize your docs 6. Download your spreadsheet in any of the commonly-known formats. 7. Through Google oauth, explore new ways to use your spreadsheets through third-party [...]
SocialWayne, another local Raleigh guy wrote a great article up about ways to use Google Latitude, a new location-based service that Google introduced in the past year. His five points are: 1. Real-Time nearby friends sms notifications 2. Mobile employee tracking 3. Location-based content finding/sharing with Google Buzz 4. Family trip notifications 5. Create a [...]
1. Use Google as a personal finance and investment dictionary. 2. Use Google to find key economic Indicators. 3. Use the “site:” operator to limit searches to a particular site. 4. Use Google Finance to compare stocks and track performance. 5. Use the google search box as a calculator. 6. Get quick currency conversions for [...]
“On Thursday evening, Google released Chrome 5.0.375.86 to the Stable channel on Linux, Mac, and Windows, with a fix for a number of security issues. More importantly, the integrated Flash Player has now been enabled by default.”
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“The man – dubbed Horse Boy by online fans – was snapped in the Hardgate area of Aberdeen, wearing dark trousers, a purple shirt… and a plastic horse’s head. After being highlighted on the BBC News website, Horse Boy has now been viewed more than a million times on the mapping site and many people [...]
Charles Hamilton posted a great article with five creative ways to use Google Voice. 1. Forward cell or landline numbers to Google Voice 2. Create a “voicemail-only” Google Voice number 3. Create numbers in area codes other than your own. 4. Create numbers that spell something memorable or fun. 5. Set up Google Voice numbers [...]
A a blackberry user for about 3 years I can attest to these applications. They work great and really sync up well with Google.
1. GTalk
2. Gmail Client
3. Google Mobile
Really a great article and overview. Check it out!
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As a Grand Central user ported over to Google Voice I have waited with baited breath to see what Google would do with their telephone service. I keep hoping it will turn into a skype and create an awesome android device that doesn’t need a cell plan to work. Wouldn’t that be great? Anyway, Jessica [...]