There has been a lot of talk and speculation about how and when Google will jump into the social networking space. I think Google already launched a social network – its called Gmail. (Leaving Orkutout of this thought process and other iterations) As I said in the final line of my last post the best …
Tags: Facebook, gmail, google, Google Account, Google Friend Connect, Orkut, Social networkI added the Google Friend Connect widget to my blog today as they have begun sending out invites to the program.. Please join on the right hand sidebar if you are interested. Official notification is here. This certainly represents a new direction for interacting with Google as more of a social network. You can now …
Tags: Facebook, Facebook Connect, google, Google Friend Connect, MyBlogLog, OpenSocial, Social networkImage via CrunchBase I just found out the latest version of Google Mobile Sync. will allow you the ability to synchronize contacts with your Gmail account and a blackberry. This is something I have been waiting for for a long time and happy they finally integrated support for this. When looking at the apps that …
Tags: blackberry, google, Mobile 2.0, Mobile phoneGmail came out with an interesting feature today called Mail Goggles which forces you to solve simple math problems before an email is sent out to delay sending email you would later regret. My favorite part about this feature is when it is actually active by default: …Mail Goggles is only active late night on …
Tags: google, Mail GogglesGoogle recently launched the ability to see transit maps and travel directions via subway on Google Maps. My friend Justin took this picture of how Google decided to celebrate this launch by putting real life sized map pins in Grand Central. For some reason I love this approach of putting computer based images in real …
Tags: google, google maps, Google Transit, Grand Central Terminal, HopStopGoogle released their browser Chrome today and the blogosphere has been busy giving reactions and predictions. My favorite bit of news re: Chrome comes from Scoble. Several years ago Microsoft had a project code-named Chrome. It was supposed to be a multimedia browser. The project was killed a few weeks away from shipping. If you …
Tags: Browser, google, Google ChromeImage via WikipediaAlthough they claimed it was possible in the past Google has now stated they are indexing and crawling Flash content in a new and improved way. We’ve improved our ability to index textual content in SWF files of all kinds. This includes Flash “gadgets” such as buttons or menus, self-contained Flash websites, and …
Tags: flash, google, SEOImage via WikipediaGoogle announced their Ad Planner tool today which was an anticipated move and one that many people are looking to checkout soon. It looks to have some very interesting features that I know many traditional and interactive media planners would like to get their hands on. Like many other next generation media products, …
Tags: google, Google Ad Planner, Google AnalyticsThe Google Browser Sync project will soon be discontinued. This is sad news because many folks love this service and have been blogging about browser sync shutting down in the past few days. I am in this small group of people who love the product, especially when switching to a new computer, but I suppose …
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