I have been playing with Google+ since its debut last week. Its amazing how much folks are discussing a new social network, myself included. There have been many reviews on the web, including my own, but none have mentioned what I think is a very bold photos related feature. Google+ apps users are automatically having …
Tags: google, PicasaI have been playing around with Google+ for the past 24 hours and wanted to get down my thoughts. I have been thinking for awhile that Google is in fact a social network that is essentially hidden. Google+ is the common thread between all the services. Its a final connection point between networks and services …
Tags: Facebook, google, Social networkCloud based document editing and viewing simply make more sense. Google understands this well and introduced their office suite to the next generation of email users (gmail) to their offering with a very simple, yet effective way by including a “view” link next to the dreaded “download” link in any viewable document. This was no …
Tags: google, Google DocsGoogle aired its first ever Superbowl ad using a video that resonated with many folks called Parisian Love. The video is embedded below. Search Engine Land has an excellent write up of all the details, including the fact that it had over 1MM views before the event – will be interesting to see how much …
Tags: Add new tag, googleI love looking at the data disclosed in the yearly Google Zeitgeist and the 2009 data is no exception. I seemed to have missed posting about it last year, but mentioned the 2007 Zeitgeist. Below are some interesting lists I found from the latest data. Internet Memes of 2009 under Entertainment 1. kanye west 2. …
Tags: google, Google Zeitgeist 2009, Keyboard Cat, New YorkImage via CrunchBase When consulting with companies about “how their website is doing” one of the first things people checkout is the Google PR or Page Rank of the site. To check the PR of your site officially you have to install the Google browser tool bar which will show you a small green bar …
Tags: google, Google PR, PageRank, SearchImage via CrunchBase The amount of services I use through Google is now summed up in a simple dashboard showing everything. They sum it up as transparency, choice, and control which is a nice way of softening the realization of how much data Google actually collects about you. Here are the services they list and …
Tags: Blogger, google, Google Dashboard, youtubeImage via CrunchBase Google announced the ability to search, find, and play music via their search experience tonight. This is a huge business development boon by the companies involved and a major kudos goes to Imeem, MySpacePandora, LaLa, and Rhapsody. This also seems like a big win for the record labels. Below is a video …
Tags: Business development, google, Google Music, Imeem, Lala, MySpace, PandoraGoogle unleashed the first round of invites to Google Wave today to around 100,000 people and naturally being a web geek I signed up early and got into the “preview” (which seems synonymous with “beta”) Below is a great video example explaining Wave The general idea behind Wave is that it was invented to answer …
Tags: gmail, google, GoogleWave, waveImage via CrunchBase Google announced a new way to maximize revenue potential with current ad placements by allowing participating ad networks to run ads in current AdSense spots. I received an email update earlier, but the feature is not yet active within my account. I find this an interesting move and one that enforces the …
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