I guess it was technically available to everyone already, but you needed to have a Google Apps account to use it. Now, as of today, anyone can simply create a “site” on the relatively new Google service.
A few months ago we launched Google Sites exclusively as part of Google Apps for companies and organizations […]
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May22
Google Sites opens up to everyone
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May18
Tipster says Gmail to get themes
Philipp has a source that is telling him Gmail will soon be getting themes — similar to how you can customize the look of your iGoogle homepage. According to his source, there will be initially 12 themes to choose from ranging from flowery to geeky.
A source is telling me that Gmail will get themes […]
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May16
Facebook bans Google’s Friend Connect
A few days ago, Google launched a new service called Friend Connect to help website owners make their stuff social without needing to do much work. This basically involves being able to host certain gadgets that use OpenSocial on a webpage by simply copy and pasting some code from Google.
One of the down-sides of […]
Filed in: Google
May4
Microsoft withdrawals bid for Yahoo, Google wins
In a press release from Microsoft yesterday, Steve Ballmer said that it officially withdrawals it’s bid for the acquisition of Yahoo, and cites the deal with Google as the main contributing factor for his decision.
“In our view, such an arrangement with [Google] would make an acquisition of Yahoo! undesirable to us for a number of […]
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Apr28
Google Product Search gets a bit smarter
Google Product Search — the latest name for the Google service that was originally called “Froogle” — recently received another update that makes the service a lot more useful.
Instead of simply indexing individual product listings from online stores, Google has now started grouping similar products together. When you search, Google tries to show group […]
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Apr21
Google has big plans for iGoogle
Google’s personalized homepage, named iGoogle, took a significant step forward today when Google announced a sandbox environment that developers can use to start making social gadgets with. This new environment mashes up the best of iGoogle and Facebook — this should be interesting.
The new iGoogle will still let people add the same gadgets they […]
Filed in: Google
Apr18
Google Video now more usable
Google Video has gone through many transformations through the years. Even the concept behind the service has gone through several transformations as they try and find their own spot on the web where they can thrive.
The very first iteration of Google Video ironically had nothing to do with delivering video to users. Rather, […]
Filed in: Google
Apr13
Google announces SalesForce integration with Google Apps
Google Apps is quickly becoming a pain in Microsoft’s side. Today, they are rolling out tight integration inside Salesforce with the Google Apps suite. The announcement was made on their “what’s new” page for Google Apps, but the related page on SalesForce.com doesn’t appear to be live yet.
The offering will compete with Microsoft’s […]
Filed in: Google
Apr11
The problem with Google Apps Engine
If you are considering taking advantage of the new Google App Engine service from Google, I suggest you read this article first. There are some hidden facts that you should be aware of before making your decision to adopt this platform.
First, I’d like to thank Google for providing this service — it really is […]
Filed in: Google
Apr7
Google announces App Engine: Should Amazon worry?
Just like most of us thought, Google’s new App Engine appears to be a direct competitor for Amazon web services. And in true Google fashion, the service is being opened up to the first 10,000 developers that request an account — free of charge. Of course, that will only last until the beta […]
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