Posts tagged Google
Could Google Be Your Next ISP?
Feb 10th
Google announced today they are looking to expand their business into being an internet service provider. Not only will they compete with Comcast and AT&T, they are claiming they will be able to boost speeds at an incredible rate. Watch out for Google fiber optics coming to a neighborhood near you.
TweetGoogle Launches New Social Application: Google Buzz
Feb 9th
Today Google announced its latest social application, designed to bring the fire hose of social media and status updates down to a useful trickle of the most “interesting” bits. Dubbed Google Buzz, the service is designed to offer easier ways to share links, photos, and other information, corral all those things shared by friends and other connections, and integrate well with other services in an open way.
It’s “a Google approach to sharing,” according to Todd Jackson, product manager for Gmail and Google Buzz.
While the rumor was that Buzz would be Google’s “Twitter-killer,” it would actually be missing the point to describe it that way. Buzz offers a way to share status updates, if you want to use it that way. It can also be used to share links, videos, photos, and more—in this regard, it’s more akin to Facebook posts or even quick-blogging services like Tumblr or Posterous. Buzz can also integrate with other social services to share any publicly accessible things you post to Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Picasa, Google Reader, Blogger, and any service that offers an RSS feed.
Buzz also offers a way for anyone you’re connected to via your Google contacts to comment on the things you share, much like your friends can on Facebook. Further, it adopts the de facto standard of using “@replies” to send notices to specific users.
In addition, Buzz gives users control over how information is shared. Posts can be made public or private. You can create groups of contacts, such as “co-workers” and mark items as shared with only that group, multiple groups, or just a single contact.
Everything that is shared publicly is instantly indexed by Google search index, and Buzz streams and comments update in real time.
Google Buzz is being rolled out over the course of the next few days. Gmail users should see a notice when they log in once it has been activated on their account. We’ll be sure to share our thoughts once we have an opportunity to put it through its paces.
VIA: arstechnica.com
TweetWhat Google Voice Is About
Jan 28th
- One number: a single phone number that rings all your phones
- Free SMS: send, receive & store text messages online
- Block calls: send unwanted callers straight to voicemail
- Record calls: record phone calls and store them online
- Conference calls: join several people into a single call
- Screen callers: hear who is calling before you pick up
- Google voicemail: voicemail like email
- Voicemail transcription: read what your voicemail says
- Custom greetings: vary voicemail greetings by caller
- International calling: low cost calls to the world
- Notifications: read voicemail messages via email or SMS
- Share voicemails: forward, embed, or download voicemails
Use Google Docs For Business or School
Jan 24th
If you haven’t started using Google Docs as a substitute to Word or Excel, or at the very least start using it at minimalist level you are living under a rock. We have been using it for the past year and the improvements that have been made during that time period have been incredible.
One of the best features is the online collaboration. You can upload or create a document and share it with an individual or a team. Same goes for being paired up with an individual for a school project or a group project. You can even have chat sessions within the document. You will be able see the other person updating the document right before you very eyes.
As an added effort to boost their document system Google has added some key features. These are the main ones:
- Upload any file
Over the next couple of weeks, we’re rolling out the ability to upload, store, and share any file in Google Docs. Your files will be stored in their original format and downloadable from anywhere. Uploading files to the cloud allows them to be safely stored and accessible at all times. - Shared folders
Now you can simultaneously share a group of docs with your friends, coworkers, or family, by sharing an entire folder with them. - Bulk upload
Upload multiple files quickly to your Docs list.
You can go to: What’s New in Google Docs to read the rest of the feature list.
I recommend Google Docs for any business or student. Or at least give it a try. It won’t cost you a cent.
TweetGoogle Gone Real Estate
Dec 15th
Google enters another controlling realm of your life. Real estate. Just when you thought you were safe and didn’t need to rely on Google for 100% of your daily needs. It seems Google is trying to make it impossible for you not to use them. All the while building a pretty useful real estate database. When I found this and used this product, I was blown away.
With this service you can search listings near where you live, almost any US city, and even narrow it down based upon price. Not only can you search what is for sale, you can also search places to rent, and even foreclosures.
Google even provides more information on each listing. Such as the year it was built, square feet, price, and number of bedrooms.
Go ahead and give it a try. Go to maps.google.com/realestate
TweetGoogle’s New Search Interface
Dec 15th
Google is testing out a new interface that they may implement soon. I believe the goal is to make the search interface much more functional. Check out the screenshots.
New Google Chrome Ad
Dec 10th
This has got to be the most creative ad I have seen in a long time. Google is really trying to push their new web browser. After this ad, IE and Firefox should be shaking in their boots.
TweetUse Google Goggles To Search
Dec 9th
If real-time search wasn’t enough, Google wants you to be able to search the web by just snapping a pic. Want to see what businesses are nearby? Just snap a pic of the building next to you. This is still a “labs” production for Google. It is by no means a complete version, or fully functional. It however will give you a glimpse of what is up and coming in the very near future.
Right now it is only available for Android based cell phones. To get it, go to your Android Marketplace and search “Google Goggles”.
TweetGoogle Announces Real-Time Search
Dec 9th
One of the web trends for 2010 is by no doubt going to be real-time based services. No longer is searching static content acceptable to users. They want information, and they want it right now. Google just announced this new feature to their search engine. Watch the video below to find out more.
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