Saturday, October 10, 2009

Google Square update


When Google Squared launched back in June, it was clear it was definitely a Labs product: promising, but a bit rough around the edges.

Though they’re not quite ready to take off the Labs training wheels just yet, Google’s (Google) “smart spreadsheet” product got a number of useful improvements recently.

Since Google Squared is all about understanding structured data, one of the best updates is better quality data.

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Thursday, October 1, 2009

Google Wave : A Complete Guide


Today has been dominated by news and excitement surrounding Google Wave (Google Wave), Google’s (Google) new real-time communication platform that will launch to the public on September 30th. In fact, there’s been so much buzz that you might just not have enough time to read the thousands of articles being released on Google’s biggest product launch in recent memory.

To make sense of it all, we have compiled key information, definitions, and links related to the launch of Google Wave. This in-depth guide provides an overview of Google Wave, discusses the terminology associated with it, details information on Google Wave applications, (i.e. the Twitter Wave app Twave), and goes over ways to keep yourself informed. We know you’re excited about Google Wave, so here’s what we think you should know:

Google Wave : A Complete Guide

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Google Brand Valuation On The Rise

With the financial turmoil still lurking in 2009, this year’s Interbrand Best Global Brands left many of the famous on spectator seats.

Even the overall value of the top 100 brands fell by 4.6%, an equivalent of USD 55.472 billion. It could have been worse if Internet giant Google was not on the charts.

Its valuation has improved by a whopping 25%. From USD 25.590 billion in 2008 to USD 31.98 billion in 2009. It has frog-leaped several big brands like Toyota, Intel and Disney, all of which suffered a slip in brand value.

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Friday, September 18, 2009

Google launches DoubleClick Ad Exchange

“We’ve been working hard to put these principles into practice, and today we’re excited to announce the new DoubleClick Ad Exchange, a step towards creating a more open display advertising ecosystem for everyone. The Ad Exchange is a real-time marketplace that helps large online publishers on one side; and ad networks and agency networks on the other, buy and sell display advertising space.

These publishers and ad networks manage and represent large volumes of ads and ad space from lots of advertisers and websites. By bringing them together in an open marketplace in which prices are set in a real-time auction, the Ad Exchange enables display ads and ad space to be allocated much more efficiently. This improves returns for advertisers and enables publishers to get the most value out of their online content.”

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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

'Government cloud' coming from Google next year

Google will offer cloud-computing services designed specifically for US government agencies starting next year, the company announced yesterday at NASA Ames Research Center.
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Google Lets You Fast Flip Online Magazines

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The Omgili Blog discovered this hidden feature.
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Monday, September 14, 2009

Read news fast with Google Fast Flip

Today we're adding a new experiment to Google Labs: Google Fast Flip, accessible at fastflip.googlelabs.com. Fast Flip is a new reading experience that combines the best elements of print and online articles. Like a print magazine, Fast Flip lets you browse sequentially through bundles of recent news, headlines and popular topics, as well as feeds from individual top publishers. As the name suggests, flipping through content is very fast, so you can quickly look through a lot of pages until you find something interesting. At the same time, we provide aggregation and search over many top newspapers and magazines, and the ability to share content with your friends and community. Fast Flip also personalizes the experience for you, by taking cues from selections you make to show you more content from sources, topics and journalists that you seem to like. In short, you get fast browsing, natural magazine-style navigation, recommendations from friends and other members of the community and a selection of content that is serendipitous and personalized

Read news fast with Google Fast Flip

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Google's free WiFi network transports nearly 600 gigabytes a day

Google's muni-WiFi network in Mountain View, Calif., reached its third anniversary this month and WiFi vendor Tropos reports that the network now transports close to 600 gigabytes of user data on a daily basis.






Saturday, August 22, 2009

Analysis: Apple, AT&T and Google Voice

By Sascha Segan

Apple on Friday posted its response to the Federal Communications Commission's Google Voice iPhone app inquiry on their Web site, and the company finally made it clear what they have against Google Voice-type apps: Apple doesn't want anyone messing with their stuff. (read more)

Monday, August 17, 2009

Google Wave - the end of email as we know it


E-mail has been dawdling along in much the same form since the early days of the Internet. In fact, e-mail now feels like a pretty stodgy, clunky and formal style of online communication these days. But hold onto your seats, because Google is about to turn e-mail on its head with the release of a revolutionary new technology called Google Wave that's due to start trickling into users' hands this September. Wave combines the strengths of e-mail with the immediacy of instant messaging and the collaborative power of social networking - and wraps that all up into a killer web application that can then be embedded into any web page or used as a private communication system. Sound complicated? It is - but you'll understand it perfectly after watching this ten-minute video. (read more)