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Google Knol is Live: Wikipedia Killer?

Google Knol is live, any one can create a knol on topics they are familiar with. They announced this project in December 2007 but it is in testing at that time and is now live. Knol is something similar to Wikipedia but it is different in some aspects like moderation and multiple articles on the ... Read More →

Gmail and Google Calendar to get Offline Access with Gears

Google Operating System is reporting that Gmail and Google calendar may get offline access using Gears technology. Google reader and Google docs already supports offline access using Google gears. According to Andrew Fogg who saw the a preview of the integration we may get offline support for these ... Read More →

Google Docs Templates

Google Docs became more useful with the new templates. Seriously with out templates it is hard for users to start, a blank template is un usable at times. The new templates are available for Google Documents, Spreadsheets and Presentations. The templates organized in categories from Albums & ... Read More →

Browser’s address bar or Search bar which one you prefer?

Marshall had a nice post on Readwriteweb where he discusses about people entering URL's in the search bar rather than in the address bar of the browser. Google's search share is growing like a weed, Latest Hitwise search market share data for June shows that users are entering URL's and domain ... Read More →

Lively: Virtual World from Google

Google has launched a new service today called Lively, a virtual world. Users can create avatars, customize them and enter virtual rooms. The virtual rooms can be embedded on external web pages via iFrames. Given the large number of Google user base this can be a hit, but we will see in the near ... Read More →

Track who is logging to your Gmail account

Your email is the repository of your personal and business information, Gmail added a new feature today to improve your email security. If you are signed into your Gmail account from more than one computer a note will appear at the bottom of your Gmail Inbox. The message shows IP address of the ... Read More →

Google and Yahoo will index Flash files

There is a good news for Flash site developers today, that is Google and Yahoo will index Flash files from now with help from Adobe. This is the biggest hurdle for Flash sites in the past, the most popular search engines can't index Flash content making it not reachable to the right audience. Of ... Read More →

Google Tools Will Tell You IF Your ISP Is Throttling

Google is developing tools to determine if ISPs are throttling broadband connections. Google is a big supporter of net netrality debate and this is no surprise they are developing these kind of tools to monitor ISPs manipulating the network connections. "We're trying to develop tools, software ... Read More →

Create Scrolling Feed Widget with Google Ajax Feed API

Creating a multi feed widget or a single feed widget with scrolling feed items is a snap with Google Ajax Feed API. You can just enter site names and click generate code, it is just that simple. It allows you to choose between three types of widgets, vertical, vertical stacked and horizontal. In ... Read More →