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Google launches offline calendar?: One of my observant readers noticed today that his "settings" page in Google Calendar (and mine too) shows a new tab for "Offline". It then prompts you to install Google Gears to enable the feature. I already had Gears, but it still...; Tags: Google Inc., Google Gears, Microsoft Outlook, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Garett Rogers; Blog posts 2008-03-14
Big day for mobile rich Internet applications: Two pretty big announcements in the "mobile RIA" space that don't have much to do with each other, but show that the mobile side of the RIA fence is starting to get just as much attention as the desktop and browser sides. The first announcement is that Google Gears will...; Tags: Mobile Version, Google Gears, Mobile, Rich Internet Application, Internet Application, Announcement, Mobile Announcement, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-03-04
Google releases Gears for mobile devices: Google Gears is a plugin that you can download for your browser (if you use Internet Explorer or Firefox) that lets you use and interact with compatible websites while you are offline. It is a great tool that developers can make use of -- however it's still in it's...; Tags: Google Inc., Google Gears, Mobile, Mobile Device, Advertising & Promotion, Web Browsers, Marketing, Internet, Garett Rogers; Blog posts 2008-03-04
Google Gears next steps closer to Prism, Adobe AIR: Google Gears next steps closer to Prism, Adobe AIRprism bookmarklet as comparisonthanks for the reference to Dion Almaer's work. it's interesting to me because not long ago, i tossed together an experimental mozilla prism bookmarklet to generate desktop webapps on--the-fly (http://prismspectrum.com/bookmarklet). i do believe adobe air and similar projects...; Tags: XML, PRISM, Google Gears, Mozilla Corp., prism, wrapper, Google Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe AIR; Discussion threads 2007-12-20
Google Gears next steps closer to Prism, Adobe AIR: Dion Almaer has a post over on his blog about what some of the future Google Gears APIs might look like. This one specifically is about creating desktop shortcuts. It's important to note that this is very, very early so this API is indicative of where Google Gears is going...; Tags: Desktop, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Web, Google Gears, Adobe AIR, Web Browser, Prism, Dion Almaer, Dion, Web Browsers, Desktops, Internet, Hardware, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2007-12-20

Zoho Writer opens up read AND write offline functionality: Zoho announced today that it's making read and write functionality in Zoho Writer available offline using Google Gears. Most of the tech commentary focuses on the office aspect of this, which is great because Zoho is really pushing the boundary of what online office applications mean. As Read/WriteWeb notes, this...; Tags: Google Inc., Google Gears, Rich Internet Application, Microsoft Corp., Zoho Writer, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2007-11-26
Microsoft Sync for offline and P2P applications (it isn't Google Gears): Microsoft Sync for offline and P2P applications (it isn't Google Gears)Of course the biggest difference being that MS Sync will ONLY work on MSWindows. If MS can get some to use this to sync web applications, then they increase lock-in, when they desperately need.So?[i]Of course the biggest difference being that...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, Peer to peer (P2P), Desktops, P2P, Microsoft Corp., Google Gears, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-11-05
Microsoft delivers first test build of its online-offline sync platform: Microsoft delivers first test build of its online-offline sync platformLooks like MS is moving quickly to copy Google Gears.Offline is coming to web applications!! But, offline features will also increase the performance while connected, as there will be a local cache available.It sounds more like ConduitApparently proprietary software companies are...; Tags: Groupware, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., online-offline, Microsoft Delivers, first test, Google Gears, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-11-05
Microsoft Sync for offline and P2P applications (it isn't Google Gears): Mary Jo Foley is reporting that Microsoft's Sync Framework is now available for download. Some others are calling it a competitor to Google Gears but it's not a good comparison. For one thing, Sync isn't a browser plugin. Based on the documentation it looks like it's aimed at synchronizing data...; Tags: Google Inc., Google Gears, P2P, Data, Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley, .Net, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2007-11-04
Use your Google Calendar offline soon: Thoughts of combining Google services and Gears seems to be quite popular these days, however only one service so far (Google Reader) officially provides offline capabilities. Hints of offline support for Gmail surfaced last month after a Google translator pointed out a telling phrase he was asked to translate....; Tags: Google Inc., Google Gears, Google Calendar, E-mail Providers, Internet, Garett Rogers; Blog posts 2007-10-27
Two new Gmail features in the queue: After discovering that Google is testing a new version of Gmail yesterday, I decided to take a closer look at more of the snippets that need to be translated for Gmail. Most of them seem to be straight forward and correspond to existing features, however there are some interesting...; Tags: Google Gmail, Google Gears, E-mail Providers, Internet, Garett Rogers; Blog posts 2007-09-23
Gmail to get offline support this year?: Unconfirmed reports of an offline Gmail offering started making their rounds yesterday -- it looks like they began with this Hindustan Times article. If these rumors are true, offline support powered by Google Gears will be launched this year. Google Gears is an open source browser extension that...; Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, Google Gears, Garett Rogers; Blog posts 2007-09-16
Google Gears steps up with a developer release: Google Gears steps up with a developer releaseThis is huge and will allow simple web applications to work offline, BUT,we will need to add a sandboxed high level language running locally to enable the more complicated web applications for offline use. There is only so much you can do with...; Tags: Scripting languages, JavaScript, Web application, developer release, Google Gears, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-08-30
Google Gears steps up with a developer release: 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...; Tags: Developer, Google Inc., Google Gears, Garett Rogers; Blog posts 2007-08-30
Zoho adds offline functionality with Google Gears: Zoho adds offline functionality with Google GearsAdobe AIRRyan,Thanks for the write-up. Yes, we are looking at the Adobe AIR platform as well. As you point out, there are pros and cons in both a Web/Ajax approach as well as the AIR approach. One of the issues that comes up is...; Tags: AJAX, Google Gears, Zoho, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-08-21
Zoho adds offline functionality with Google Gears: Zoho announced today that they've added hooks into Google Gears in their Zoho Writer program so that you can access and modify your documents when you're offline. After hanging out with Dion Almaer on the bus I was really anxious to see someone else use Google Gears and I hadn't...; Tags: Desktop, Google Inc., Google Gears, Web Browser, Zoho, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2007-08-21
Zoho takes the first step towards offline apps: Zoho announced early this morning that they've taken the first steps toward making Zoho Writer available as an offline app using the Google Gears tool. Initially the docs saved offline will be read only but full offline functionality is planned.We are taking our first steps towards offering Zoho Writer offline....; Tags: Google Inc., Google Gears, Zoho, Marc Orchant; Blog posts 2007-08-21
Adobe on Google Gears, Flex success and CS3 uptake: Adobe on Google Gears, Flex success and CS3 uptakeNow if only it weren't so expensiveNice, but frankly I'm not buying it because it costs an arm, leg, and my firstborn. No thanks,; Tags: Cs3, Google Gears, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-06-15
Adobe on Google Gears, Flex success and CS3 uptake: Adobe reported strong fiscal second quarter results and gave some color on Creative Suite 3 demand, which is strong, and AIR's role in the jam-packed rich internet application space.Fueled by Creative Suite 3 sales--the product launched in April--Adobe reported record revenue of $745.6 million, up 17 percent from a year...; Tags: Adobe, General, Software Infrastructure, Web Technology; Blog posts 2007-06-15
Image Gallery: Google Reader's offline capability gypped of key Google Gears cog: Image Gallery: Google Reader's offline capability gypped of key Google Gears cogJust FYI......some people consider the word "Gyp" or "Gypped" to be a racial slur. My wife has some sort of Gypsy ancestry and I've had to train myself not to use that word.another FYI: Oracle LiteOracle Lite has...; Tags: INTERNET, Google Inc., Pronunciation Key, Google Gears cog, Google Gears, cog, verb, Google Reader, Oracle Lite; Discussion threads 2007-06-14