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Google Officially Unveiled Google Buzz

February 11th, 2010

Google Buzz

Google officially unveiled their new product, the Google Buzz. Their newest product for social media which confirms some previous reports that Gmail will integrate a social media feature. Seems like communication on the web has been evolved recently beyond just a simple email and chat such as the Google Wave. And now we have Google Buzz! :)

From Google Blog:

Google Buzz is a new way to start conversations about the things you find interesting. It’s built right into Gmail, so you don’t have to peck out an entirely new set of friends from scratch — it just works. If you think about it, there’s always been a big social network underlying Gmail. Buzz brings this network to the surface by automatically setting you up to follow the people you email and chat with the most.

Here are the 5 key features that defines Google Buzz.

  • Auto-following
  • Rich, fast sharing experience
  • Public and private sharing
  • Inbox integration
  • Just the good stuff

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Google’s Nexus One Phone Officially Revealed

January 6th, 2010

Google Nexus One Superphone

Google has finally released a new product. The Google Nexus One Phone has been officially revealed after some weeks of leaks. The search engine giant has finally revealed the story behind their new self-branded android phone which they called “Superphone”. It has been announced by Peter Chou, CEO of HTC and the creator of the hardware of the Nexus One. He explained the features of the phone. It can be availed on a T-Mobile contract at $179 while an unlocked phone will cost you $529.

Some specifications includes:

  • 3.7-inch (diagonal) widescreen WVGA AMOLED touchscreen
  • 5 megapixels Camera; 2X digital zoom; LED flash;
  • Wireless Specs: UMTS Band 1/4/8 (2100/AWS/900); HSDPA 7.2Mbps; HSUPA 2Mbps; GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz); Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n); Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR; A2DP stereo Bluetooth
  • Capacity: 512MB Flash; 512MB RAM; 4GB Micro SD Card (Expandable to 32 GB)
  • OS: Android Mobile Technology Platform 2.1 (Eclair)
  • Processor: Qualcomm QSD 8250 1 GHz

You can view more detailed technical specification on its Official Google Nexus One page.

Checkout the video here:

You can also find more of Nexus One videos on its Nexus One YouTube Channel.

Will it be a big competition for iPhone? Hope I can check it out when it gets available here in my country.

Google Chrome Extensions Beta Launched

December 9th, 2009

solar-eclipseThis is a very good news for all Google Chrome users out there. Yesterday, Google Chrome released the Google Chrome Extensions with around 300 extensions already as well as the Google Chrome for Mac. But please take note to all Mac users that the Google Chrome extensions will work only for PC/Windows version of the browser.

Announcement on the release from Google Chrome blog:

“Today, we’re really happy to release a beta of extensions that begins to deliver on our initial vision. Extensions are as easy to create as webpages. Users can install and uninstall them quickly without restart, and extensions have a great polished look that fits in with Google Chrome’s minimalist aesthetic. When developers upload an extension it is available to users immediately, with limited restrictions and manual reviews only in a few situations.”

With this release, Chrome users will definitely be happy and excited to check out the different extensions. I still personally prefer Firefox with regards to the power of add-ons and extensions. The 300 Chrome extension definitely can’t be compared to the thousand of existing quality of Firefox add-ons, but Chrome can eventually get on that level. The good news is that, you don’t need to restart Chrome when installing or uninstalling extensions.

Watch this video that explains how to manage and install extensions for Google Chrome:

Google Wave: The Complete Guide

November 2nd, 2009

I am pretty excited to get a Google Wave Invite but unfortunately, I still don’t have a single invite. I believe that Google Wave has a potential to change the web. So do you guys still doesn’t understand what Wave is all about and the reasons why you should use it?

Here’s a video from Epipheo Studios that explains everything about Google Wave.

Gina Trapani and Adam Pash launched a website called “The Complete Guide to Google Wave” which is absolutely free and available online.

Google’s New Search Features

November 2nd, 2009

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Google launched new search services and other improvement of their existing search features.

Google has been active this week, updating lots of new search features. They posted articles on their blog according to their latest service launches listed below:

Visit Google’s post here for more details: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/this-week-in-search-103009.html

Google and Twitter Search Deal

October 22nd, 2009

Yesterday, Bing announced that they will include Twitter and Facebook on their search results. I don’t think that the search giant will not take the advantage of having Twitter on their search results for real-time search.

Google’s Vice-President of Search Products Marissa Mayer has announced that they’re going to offer Twitter a search deal.

From the Google blog post:

“Given this new type of information and its value to search, we are very excited to announce that we have reached an agreement with Twitter to include their updates in our search results. We believe that our search results and user experience will greatly benefit from the inclusion of this up-to-the-minute data, and we look forward to having a product that showcases how tweets can make search better in the coming months. That way, the next time you search for something that can be aided by a real-time observation, say, snow conditions at your favorite ski resort, you’ll find tweets from other users who are there and sharing the latest and greatest information.”

It isn’t clear yet how will the Twitter feeds will appear in Google search. It maybe merged into normal search results or can be a standalone search product just like the Google Blog Search or the Do Follow Blog Search perhaps? So if it will be merged into a normal search, how will it compete with those keywords that has strong backlinks and those that haven’t been optimized?

Anyway, Google and Microsoft is here on a battle for the best and most informative real-time search. However, Google didn’t announced about Facebook yet. And Twitter has pretty clear million dollar deals here.

Google I/O 2009 – Automation with Google Apps Script

July 27th, 2009

Jonathan Rochelle

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Google Apps Script allows customers to automate actions within apps and across apps. This session provides an early view and demonstration of creating and editing scripts, custom spreadsheet functions, custom menus and buttons, changing spreadsheet data, sending email, fetching web page content, language translation.

For presentation slides and all I/O sessions, please go to: code.google.com/events/io/sessions.html

Google Wave Developer Preview at Google I/O 2009

July 27th, 2009

Google Wave is a new tool for communication and collaboration on the web, coming later this year.

Watch this video about Google Wave Developer Preview presentation at the Day 2 Keynote of Google I/O. To learn more about Google Wave, visit http://wave.google.com