Google Buzz in Gmail
Google has officially launched Google Buzz in Gmail.
Google TV Advertisements
Google has been serving up more and more television advertisements lately. Here are just a few of the good ones.
Google Chrome to Support Greasemonkey
This is a huge win for Chrome users like myself. Greasemonkey is an awesome platform within a platform, that supports userscripts.
I’ve been a huge fan of Google Chrome on Windows, as it’s been the fastest browser I’ve ever used. I did a comparison of Chrome vs Internet Explorer, and Chrome definitely won.
The idea [...]
Google Drops IE6 Support
In a recent turn of events, Google is dropping support for IE6 among other browsers as well. Here is what Google Apps recently sent out:
Dear Google Apps admin,
In order to continue to improve our products and deliver more sophisticated features and performance, we are harnessing some of the latest improvements in web browser technology. [...]
Google Testing New Search Layout
As we have seen Google test, test, and test again, with innovative and unique navigation systems, Google is at it again.
Huge thanks for tipster Jared for sending in these screenshots he was able to capture.
Here is what looks like a new potential layout for Google search.
The first screenshot is of normal search. [...]
Gmail Now Uses https by Default
The Gmail blog announced yesterday that they were moving to default https access for Gmail users.
I’ve been using this feature for quite some time just because I’m a little anal with security.
Here’s what Gmail Engineering Directory, Sam Schillace, has to say about it:
In 2008, we rolled out the option to always use https — encrypting [...]
Google to Move Out of China?
Google made the announcement this morning that they will stop censorship in China.
Finally!
This is huge news. That Google is not bowing down to the Chinese government’s censorship anymore, even if that means they need to withdraw from the nation.
This piece of news comes to us in an odd form. It originated from cyber [...]
Trigger Happy Webmasters
Looks like someone over on the Google Webmaster Tools team went a little trigger happy last night.
Update: and just in case I missed the first bajillion messages in my dashboard, they also fowarded it to my inbox.
Dear Webmaster Tools User,
If your website accepts advertising, we invite you to increase your site’s visibility with advertisers in [...]
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Adding Your Blog to Facebook
…is a BAD THING! I personally do not recommend adding your blog’s feed to Facebook. Both Typepad and Google suggest otherwise, but let me explain.
There is one reason and one reason only why you want to feed your content somewhere else: more revenue.
Pros and Cons of Feeding Your Blog to Facebook
Pros
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