Posts Tagged ‘Google’

Google Docs to Store Your PDF’s?

For those of you who tend to save documents as PDF's frequently, you may be interested to know that it looks as though Google is planning to add a PDF service to their collection of online office applications. Currently they offer Google Docs, Spreadsheets, and Presentations, so a PDF service would fit in nicely.

June 10th, 2008
Google Docs to Store Your PDF’s?

Public Transportation Made Easy with Google Maps for Mobile

Just yesterday, Google announced that they have updated Google Maps for Mobile to version 2.2. The big improvement with it this time around is that users will be able to get transit directions for over 40 cities in North America like Chicago, Seattle, and Vancouver and 20 cities around the globe.

June 6th, 2008
Public Transportation Made Easy with Google Maps for Mobile

New Experimental Features with Gmail Labs

Google has decided to take a few risks with Gmail by introducing Gmail labs. They say that they receive a lot of ideas for Gmail from both users and employees at Google, but they don't always have the time to develop and implement them all.

June 6th, 2008
New Experimental Features with Gmail Labs

Add Interactive Commentary to your YouTube Videos

YouTube has just added a new feature that will allow people to create videos with annotations. What they mean by annotations is a way for people to add interactive commentary to their videos. On the YouTube page that runs-through what it's all about, they explain how people can use them:

June 4th, 2008
Add Interactive Commentary to your YouTube Videos

Mac OS X 10.5.3: Sync Contacts with Google, But Can Cause Problems

For Mac users, Apple has released the update, Mac OS X 10.5.3. You've probably already seen the update available for download in the Software Update, but you may not be aware of what this new update does.

May 29th, 2008
Mac OS X 10.5.3: Sync Contacts with Google, But Can Cause Problems

Google Spreadsheets to get Macro Functionality Soon?

I've said it before, but I'm always amazed at what Tony Ruscoe is able to dig up about Google from snooping around. This time around while he was snooping on one of Google's experimental sites, he found that it looks as though Google is working on Macros for Google Spreadsheets.

May 28th, 2008
Google Spreadsheets to get Macro Functionality Soon?

Google App Engine Pricing Announced

Back in early April this year we wrote about a new service from Google called Google App Engine. At the time we questioned whether it would Compete with Amazon's S3 service because the two are similar in the fact that they open their infrastructure to developers so that they can focus on developing.

May 28th, 2008
Google App Engine Pricing Announced

Google Sites Opens Its Doors to Everybody

Back in February we saw Jotspot resurface as Google Sites, a service for creating group websites. After reviewing it, it looked like a great way for people to easily create a website that had a customizable look and feel. The only problem at its launch was that it was available only to those with a Google Apps account. As of late yesterday, Google Sites is now open to everybody.

May 22nd, 2008
Google Sites Opens Its Doors to Everybody

Google Health Opens to the Public

Almost two years ago, Ryan wrote an article titled "Will Google Ever Release Google Health?" This was back on July 10th, 2006 when login screens for the service managed to surface and we learned what Google was working on.

May 20th, 2008
Google Health Opens to the Public