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EtherPad
EtherPad is a collaborative, real-time text editor created by, among others, two ex-Google employees*. An EtherPad document is quickly set up without any need for registration. You can then share the ....... read more
22 hours ago
Google Plans to Shut Down Lively 3D World
Google announced that on December 31st they will shut down Lively, which was their 3D chat world, and somewhat of a potential competitor to Second Life. Room widgets embedded in other sites are then ....... read more
1 day ago
China Tibet Information Center Google-Advertising Its Views On Tibet
The Shanghaiist reports: <read more
1 day ago
Gmail Rolls Out Themes
A couple of months ago it was mentioned here that Googles web mail client Gmail might get themes, like a black-and-green terminal view, and the waiting time seems to be over soon Google announced t ....... read more
1 day ago
Let Me Google That For You
LetMeGoogleThatForYou.com allows you to enter any Search query, then grab the resulting permalink to share it with someone else. For instance, if someone in a forum would ask What does AFAIK stand ....... read more
1 day ago
What Do People Search For?
[Google Spreadsheet] Google released an app they call Search-based Keyword Tool. Google says this tool generates keyword and landing page ideas highly relevant and specific to your website and in do ....... read more
1 day ago
Google's Life Photo Archive
Google together with Life magazine has published a photo archive of, according to Google, around 2 million photos (with around 8 million supposed to be released in the future). Many of these photos h ....... read more
2 days ago
Google Analytics for Flash
Google Analytics tracking is now available for Flash as well. This feature is a translation of the current Google Analytics tracking code into the ActionScript 3 programming language, the Google An ....... read more
3 days ago
ConsumerWatchdog.org Criticizes Certain Gmail and Chrome Features (Video)
ConsumerWatchdog released a video in which they criticize certain aspects of Google products which they consider to be privacy problems. Here are their points of focus: Gmails auto-save features, w ....... read more
3 days ago
Google Advertises With Reportedly Wrong Directions
Nicholas Carlson at Silicon Alley Insider writes: <read more
3 days ago
Google's Stuart Smith On Understanding Audiences vs "Just a Load of Engineers Producing a Load of Things"
Simon Canning of The Australian IT today writes (my emphasis): <read more
3 days ago
Google Smart Grid
Jérôme Flipo is a student living in London, presently doing a reSearch on mobile web marketing. Last week, Google has taken an additional step to enter the energy industry by joining the DRSG Coalitio ....... read more
3 days ago
WebmasterWorld Not Always Showing Content to Google Searchers
Two years ago, the WebmasterWorld forums didnt always show the same page when you clicked through to them via Google. Matt Cutts was aware of it and then posted about how the WebmasterWorld owner ma ....... read more
9 days ago
Gmail Video Chat
Google say theyre currently rolling out a video chat option to Gmail. I cant see it yet, but according to Google, once its rolled out and you installed the Windows plug-in (and restarted your brow ....... read more
9 days ago
Book Asks "How Much Does Google Know About You?"
From the Amazon product description for the book Googling Security: <read more
7 days ago
Google's SEO Starter Guide
Googles PDF titled Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide” includes basic tips for making sites more accessible to Search engines. This 22 page document focuses on a variety of topics rangin ....... read more
7 days ago
Doug Heil on Blackhat SEO
Doug Heil of IHelpYou.com will be participating at the upcoming Search Engine Strategies Chicago Black Hat/White Hat SEO panel. Doug is currently working as a Search engine optimization consultant ....... read more
8 days ago
Google Tries to Show USA Flu Trends
Google (at their philantropic arm Google.org) launched the Flu Trends USA page. Google.org explains: <Search for flu-related topics and how ....... read more
9 days ago
Google Reader Can Now Auto-Translate Posts
If you would like to subscribe to a blog or other feed in a language youre not speaking, Google Reader now offers an auto-translate feature for you. Just subscribe to a specific feed, say, the Germa ....... read more
10 days ago
New: CaptionX
My friend Niko and I discussed a couple of game ideas some months back, and as a result, CaptionX goes live today. What happens? You sit together in a room with 3 other people, get presented with a ph ....... read more
11 days ago