It’s Christmas all over again for Google fans this week with offline Gmail access, the introduction of Latitude and now with offline Calendar access (albeit only for Google Apps users).
Google Apps users will notice an “Offline (beta)” link in the top right corner of their Google Calendar. Clicking the link will request that you confirm [...]
Yesterday, at the Search Engine Roundtable, I wrote about Google’s AdWords Product PlusBox. The Product PlusBox has been a limited test since November 2007, but it seems like Google has expanded the test. I asked Google about this and they told me, it is still a limited beta, to test how effective this [...]
Back in November 2008, Google started testing a new user interface for their AdWords system. The new interface will now be rolled out to a limited number of UK advertisers on 10 February 2009.
The updates are supposed to make account organisation more intuitive and help users find the right tools on the right account screen. [...]
Looking for an easy way to stalk your friends? Google has the answer with its new Latitude service for mobile devices. Google Latitude broadcasts your location from your mobile phone, letting your friends know where you are and allowing you to keep tabs on them.
Latitude shares your current location with your friends by using [...]
Google is best known for its ability to monetize intangible services, mainly for connecting people with information on the Internet. But when Google leapt into offline media, it entered a world of sometimes clunky legacy systems that bear little resemblance to Google’s streamlined digital platforms.
The inefficiency of the systems associated with placing newspaper ads may [...]
Not even the 800-pound gorilla’s hide is tough enough for the news biz.
Google’s announcement that it would end its newspaper print ad business at the end of February 2009 underscores the industry’s problems. The company started the service in 2006, and more than 800 US newspapers had used it.
The news came against the backdrop of [...]
The Gmail Labs offer a new opt-in feature: “Send & Archive”. This will add a button when you compose a mail. Clicking it, your mail will be send and the whole mail conversation will be archived in one go.
via New in Gmail: Send & Archive.
Web-based email is great because you can check it from any computer, but there’s one little catch: it’s inherently limited by your internet connection. From public WiFi to smartphones equipped with 3G, from mobile broadband cards to fledgling in-flight wireless on airplanes, Internet access is becoming more and more ubiquitous — but there are still [...]
