15:03 10.09.2007
About a week ago, there was an interesting discussion going on in the Blogoscoped forums about what appears to be a mobile version of Google Docs. Today, Steve Rubel noticed that when he goes to Google Docs on his iPhone, there is a link at the bottom that pointed to usually a
Amazon is hosting a KML file to be used in Google Earth that shows recently taken imagery from the area where Steve Fossett is suspected to have gone down in his airplane. After spending a few minutes flying around the image, two things were made abundantly clear— the area is much larger than I imagined,
Google just added a new feature to Google Book Search that lets you build your personal book library. Just search for books you own, and click the“Add to my library” link— or, you can use the“import books” tool by typing in a list of ISBN numbers to save them all at
One of the most requested features for Google Reader is the ability to search them. It seemed strange that a search company didn’t put a search feature in their RSS feed reader out of the box, but I guess late is better than never. It works very well— it does what it’s supposed to
Tony Ruscoe was playing with the URL while logged into a Google Apps account, and he discovered something very interesting. It turns out that“www10″ is something like a codename for“Platypus” which is the codename for GDrive. By modifying the“Disable Service” URL in Google Apps to include“www10″, he was presented
Paying for things with your cell phone isn’t a new concept, but as with most things, it seems to get more interesting when Google does something with it. A patent filed by the search engine outlines a system for distributing money through SMS. How will it work? Take this scenario directly from the patent
A very observant Google follower on the Google Blogoscoped forum noticed yesterday that messing with the URL in Google Apps produced some interesting clues. Google is going to be launching JotSpot soon— the wiki application they purchased last October. Then Tony Ruscoe (also a brilliant Google digger) even uncovered the“Google Wiki” logo that
Though it’s nowhere close in features to the competition, Marco Gallotta found a hidden flight simulator feature inside the newest version of Google Earth— it’s actually not too shabby for the first go-around. There are two airplanes to choose from, several airports and of course the satellite imagery you have come to love
The next time you visit the Google Store, you will notice small icons beside most items they sell. These icons represent why that product can be considered“green”. The Google Store is going green. We only have one Earth and we want to do our best to take care of her, so we’ve worked hard
Google has publicly stated on several occasions that they are not interested in keeping users on their site— they want people to find information and leave Google as quickly as possible— but their latest move is a sign that Google is taking a second look at that strategy. Instead of sending people to any
If you have dabbled with Google Gears 0.1, you will be happy to know that Google just launched version 0.2 for developers. One of the most important features in this release gives developers more control over the communication between domains— something that plain old javascript can’t quite handle for security reasons. The Google Code blog explains
