Archive for the ‘Google’ Category

Apr

12

Google Calendar is alive!

By Jon Heizer

http://www.google.com/calendar

Cool features include:
Export to pdf
Import from various formats
SMS to your cellpupdates of your schedule
Check it out!

Jan

23

Goole Video On Your Site

By Jon Heizer

As you can see, the post below has a Video embedded in it.  This uses the new feature from Google Video that allows you to include one their videos.  You simple click “Put On Site” and a box appears with the code to copy and paste.  Very convenient

Jan

17

Advertising with Google Maps

By Jon Heizer

“Advertisers are slowly discovering the potential of Google Maps, and some, like the Target store above (more at Google Sightseeing), are even enjoying some unexpected windfall.”
I don’t know about you, but the satellite imagery for my area and many others are years behind. I wonder how many people will try this and are [...]

Jan

6

Google Pack: All that is Google in One Download

By Jon Heizer

The beta release of Google Pack has been released. It is a one stop places to download useful Google and non-Google applications.
The list includes:

Google Earth
Google Desktop
Picasa
Google Pack Screensaver
Google Toolbar for IE
Google Talk
Google Video Player
Firefox w/ Google Toolbar
Ad-Aware
Norton AntiVirus
Adobe Reader
RealPlayer
GalleryPlayer HD Images
Trillian

It has a simple interface. What else would you expect from Google.

I used [...]

Dec

22

Google Hires Inventor of Python

By Jon Heizer

“Since Google uses Python extensively in its own projects, perhaps it was only a matter of time…”
Now he will be able to spend 20% of his time improving a popular language.
read more | digg story

Dec

3

New Google Referral Firefox Ads

By Jon Heizer

It appears Google has released a few new ads for the Firefox referral program. They are the same demisions are previous ads, but with new unique colors. I wonder why they picked these particular ones….

Dec

1

GMail Get Virus Protection

By Jon Heizer

What’s new on Gmail?
Just Launched!
Virus scanning is here!
Get an automatic check-up every time you open or send a message with an attachment. We even try our best to remove viruses so we can protect you against all the ones we find. You’re on your own with the common cold (try chicken soup).
Keep your computer and [...]

Nov

20

London GooglePlex Pictures

By Jon Heizer

“The new London GooglePlex office, located near Victoria Station, currently houses 200 workers, but plans are underway for a massive recruitment effort.”

I want a big G!
Picture Gallery

Nov

15

Google Analytics

By Jon Heizer

Yesterday Google released it newly aquired service Google Analytics. It is based off Urchin Analytics that it purchased in March. It provides a lot of detailed data that all webmasters love to get their hands on. it can also present you with AdWords statistics on the ads that were click and such. [...]

Nov

3

Goolge Print is Alive….

By Jon Heizer

Google Print
The beta of Google Print is finally available to the public. Check it out.

Oct

22

Google goes up, up, up…

By Jon Heizer

Man I wish I was in to the stock market…
Congrats to anyone that owns Google stock!

Oct

18

What’s Your Brower Homepage?

By Jon Heizer

Mine is http://www.google.com/ig
This is our good friend Google’s Personalized hompage.

After Signing in with a gmail account you can start to customize your home page. I love this site mostly because it can pull xml/atom/rss feeds from various web sites. I can instantly check the major sites I visit almost every day.

And scrolled down [...]