Download and Print Copyright Free Books
Thursday August 31, 2006
You may have noticed a new feature in Google Books. You can now download old, copyright free texts to read from your desktop or even print. I imagine ... Read More
Apple and Google Have Something in Common
Wednesday August 30, 2006
Apparently Google CEO Dr. Eric Schmidt had too much free time on his hands. That problem has now been solved, because in addition to beign Google CEO, he's been elected ... Read More
Google Talk, eBay, and Skype
Tuesday August 29, 2006
Click-to-Call is a Google project that's been in the works for a while now. Google and eBay have signed an agreement to connect merchants and customers by VoIP (voice ... Read More
Petition for a Doodle
Monday August 28, 2006
Here's a cause near and dear to my heart, because I am the mother of two preemies. You've seen the altered Google logos that occasionally appear on the top ... Read More
New Blogger Beta
Monday August 28, 2006
Blogger users are slowly being offered the chance to migrate from their old Blogger blog to the new Blogger beta. New beta features include making private blogs, labels, integration with ... Read More
Webmasters Get Special Google Attention
Friday August 25, 2006
Google just posted a love note to all webmasters. They've announced a new place on Google just for webmasters. Sitemaps has also been folded into a new tool set ... Read More
Googlearchy? Maybe Not
Thursday August 24, 2006
I was listening to the BBC Digital Planet podcast this morning, and they discussed new research on "Googlearchy." For those unfamiliar with the term, the idea is that search engines, ... Read More
Google Brazil Sued
Wednesday August 23, 2006
Google Brazil is being sued to provide personal information about some Orkut users, who may be using the service for criminal activity.
Google contends that the information is hosted on US ... Read More
Wi-Fi for Everyone
Monday August 21, 2006
Google has set up a free wireless network in Mountain View, California, the city that houses Google headquarters. The network was expensive to set up and is limited mostly ... Read More
Less Google Market Share?
Sunday August 20, 2006
Apparently Google's US market share slipped a percentage point to Yahoo! in July. Google is still the most popular search engine with 43.7% of all US searches. I tend to ... Read More
Writely Is Open!
Saturday August 19, 2006
I've been waiting for months to post about this. Writely is finally open for new accounts. Writely is an online word processing application that Google purchased in March. It was ... Read More
New Google Talk Features
Thursday August 17, 2006
Google just announced new features for Google Talk. Google Talk users can now share files and photos by dropping them into a chat window. You can also use Google Talk ... Read More
Google Maps Gets Coupons
Tuesday August 15, 2006
Google Maps will start showing coupons on local searches, thanks to an agreement with Valpak. This doesn't mean that you can search specifically for "coupons." It means that if you ... Read More
More Interface Changes?
Monday August 14, 2006
Interesting. I did a Google search today, and here's a quick screen capture. Notice instead of the usual general tip, such as "Find maps by searching for a street address ... Read More
What a Job
Saturday August 12, 2006
Google supplies its employees with free lunches, and as it turns out, they occasionally splurge on custom designed Google ice cream. Wow! What a job.
I do have to ... Read More
Changes at Google's Home
Friday August 11, 2006
You may have noticed that Google has changed their homepage again. A Google Video link has been added to the home page, and the "more" tab now opens up a ... Read More
Finally!
Monday August 7, 2006
One of my former frustrations with Google Maps is the inability to save multiple locations. Sometimes I like to get directions from more than one location, and it's a pain ... Read More
Google Video Goes MTV
Sunday August 6, 2006
Google and MTV have reached a deal to distribute videos with advertisements with Google Video. Look for pilot videos to show next month. This is a great move for ... Read More
No Gtunes for Google
Saturday August 5, 2006
Google announced that they would not be getting into the music sales business anytime in the near future. Digital music has a lot of competition, legal issues, and compatibility challenges, ... Read More
Google Buying News
Wednesday August 2, 2006
Google has just announced an agreement with the Associated Press for what they claim will be a new services. The AP previously insisted that Google News violated their copyright by ... Read More
Google for Educators
Tuesday August 1, 2006
If you're an educator in the Kansas City area this Thursday and Friday, I'll be presenting at SIDLIT. I'll talk about products and services Google offers above and beyond simple ... Read More