Archive for October, 2005

October 25

Google Base

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A compilation of resources with information regarding Google Base.
Google Base on Google Blogoscoped 1
Google Base on Google Blogoscoped 2
Google Base on Flickr
Google Base on seweso
Google Base on Ruscoe.net
Google Base on GoogleRumors
The lateset from Google Blogsearch
base.google.com

October 24

Google drops ‘Gmail’ brand in UK

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Internet search leader Google has been forced to change the name of its free Gmail email service in Britain after failing to secure the necessary trademark. Google has been sparring with UK financial research company Independent International Investment Research (IIIR) since launching Gmail on April 1, 2004 and shaking up the free email market by […]

October 18

Letters to Google

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One of the letters they’ve received:
Howard and Melissa of Boca Raton, Florida, were the happy new parents of twins, a boy and a girl named Andrew and Carly. Though they were preemies born in mid-July, both babies were safely home two weeks later. “Then suddenly,” Howard wrote to us, “Andrew had to be admitted to […]

October 15

Google updates Privacy Policy

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Google just reworked its privacy policy. The updated policy is here.
Here is a comparison of past and present policies.

October 15

More Firefox-Toolbar synchronicity

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The latest version of the Google Toolbar is fully compatible with Firefox 1.5 Beta 2.

October 7

Google Reader

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Google just announced a new feed reader (available off of labs.google.com) at Web 2.0.
Google Reader

October 7

Google Maps and Local Now Identical; Directions Buried

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The incoming changes were larger and less superficial than I realized. Google Maps and Google Local have been totally merged. The two properties were always integrated, delivering results from the same engine, but using different interfaces. I always reflexively went to Maps, even for basic local searching. Now, the two addresses (maps.google.com and local.google.com) lead […]

October 4

Google And Sun To Promote Each Other - No Google Office

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No Google Office was announced, but Sun and Google announced an agreement to promote and distribute their software technologies.
More

October 3

Next Up: Google Office as soon as tomorrow?

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Google and Sun Microsystems will hold a press conference on Tuesday at which they’re expected to announce a collaboration to bring StarOffice productivity applications to Google users.
Internet News Article
GoogleRumors Article

October 1

Gmail adds autosave, export, more

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As noted by Google, Gmail has several new features:

Auto-save - Seems to save what you’re working on every minute or two. Not as you type like one would think.
Export contacts - Not syncing like some had hoped, but it’s a great first step.
More ways to access your Gmail account - There’s now a link from […]