Marziah's Google Blog

Google launched a metric ton of new iGoogle themes today. Some of them carry big designer labels, such as Oscar de la Renta, Anne Geddes, Marc Ecko, Coldplay, Jeff Koons ... Read More

Microsoft made an offer earlier this year to buy Yahoo! for $44.6 billion US dollars. Yahoo! declined shortly afterward, saying the offer was too low. Microsoft insisted that their ... Read More

Google might want to consider some new names for their services. Google Apps and Google App Engine have names that are just a little too similar. Yesterday at the Kansas ... Read More

Different representatives from the Google Apps team hit the road on an information tour to promote use of the tool for small to medium sized businesses. Today the tour hit ... Read More

Google Transit expanded today in celebration of Earth Day. The new cities include San Francisco, CA; Denver, CO; Milwaukee, WI; Ann Arbor and Holland, MI; Kansas City, MO; Framingham and ... Read More

Google released their fist quarter results and surprised analysts. Google's earnings were better than expected, which helped rally Wall Street. Previous reports from comScore guessed that paid clicks were down by ... Read More

Google just partnered with Salesforce.com to integrate Google Apps with the service. On top of that, Google is going on tour with some of the Google Apps team to promote ... Read More

I was reading an editorial by Jonathan Blum on why he thought Google Apps was just a "clutter-magnet of epic proportions." It was obvious as I read it that he ... Read More

Now this is probably the most useful thing to happen to my iGoogle page. Some Google gadgets now let users share the same set of data. What does that mean? ... Read More

In an increasingly desperate effort to ward off Microsoft's hostile takeover bid, Yahoo! is experimenting with using Google AdSense for search. Yesterday's press release from Yahoo! says this is a very ... Read More

It's not a big surprise, but now that the auction is over, Google has admitted that their main goal was not to buy wireless spectrum but to make sure the ... Read More

Google is laying off 300 workers, possibly more, as a result of their acquisition of DoubleClick. This isn't unusual for mergers, but it is unusual for Google, who has previously ... Read More

Google Docs Offline is a new feature that the Official Google Docs Blog announced on Monday. It's a rolling update, so not everyone has access yet. I'm still waiting for ... Read More

Google takes April Fool's Day very seriously. Each year they introduce a new prank, and some years they introduce a few non-pranks, like Gmail. This year, it's "Virgle," an imaginary ... Read More