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Gmail adds drag and drop

One of the things people who don't use Gmail have complained about since the beginning of the service was the fact that you can't drag and drop messages. Gmail just added a new feature that lets you do that! Now you can...

Tags: Google Gmail, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-07-01

Google fixes Outlook plugin for Google Apps

Google worked with Microsoft to patch up some serious issues with the first version of the Outlook plugin for Google Apps. Among other things, the first version of this plugin disabled windows desktop search, which probably made Microsoft as angry as most users. The new version...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Plug-in, Microsoft Outlook, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-06-30

HTC can't push out SenseUI to older Android handsets

SenseUI is basically a skinned version of Android that looks pretty amazing. It's too bad the HTC Hero, HTC's third Android phone, is the only device it can be installed on almost. HTC CEO Peter Chou said that Sense UI will be available even on older...

Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Handset, SenseUI, aHome, Cellular Phones, Branding, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-06-27

AdSense for Mobile Apps being tested

Google just announced a new beta AdSense program that allows developers of mobile applications for iPhone and Android. Now, approved applications can make on-going revenue with advertisements through AdSense. Currently, it's not open to just any developer -- you have to have an application...

Tags: Mobile, Google AdSense, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-06-24

Google Street View images can now be "deleted"

Privacy has been a hot topic regarding Google Street View these days -- especially in places like Germany, and Canada. The Canadian government has been balking at the acceptance of Street View -- making sure all the bases are covered before giving a nod of approval. ...

Tags: Google Inc., Image, Government, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-06-22

Google prepares to open up Google Voice

It appears that Google has reserved a million phone numbers from Level 3 for use with Google Voice. This is a very good indication that the company will be opening up its doors for business in the near future. Google Voice will change the way you...

Tags: Google Inc., Phone, Voice, Phone Number, Google Number, Telecom & Utilities, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-06-21

Google Flipper on the way?

It sounds like Google is getting close to making a service called "Google Flipper" public in Google Labs. The service is still under lock and key -- only people from inside the corporate network have access to it. The service appears to be a new way...

Tags: Google Inc., Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-06-18

Bing posing a serious threat to Google?

Over the last week, we've seen a lot of buzz around Bing. More precisely, we're seeing that Google is worried about Bing, and that they Sergey Brin has assembled a group of his finest Googlers to analyze Bing and figure out what makes it tick. Is...

Tags: Google Inc., Regulations, Government, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-06-16

Coming soon: Google's micro-blogging search engine

It's been talked about before, but now there is solid evidence that Google is building their own meta search engine for Twitter and other micro blogging sites. Micro-blogging is emerging as an extremely popular way for people to share real-time information with the world. For example,...

Tags: Google Inc., Search Engine, Twitter, Micro-blogging, Microblog, Blogging, Search, Internet, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-06-13

Google makes an Outlook plugin to replace Exchange

So your organization uses Exchange currently? Your users are used to using Outlook to manage their mail, calendar and contacts, and they really like it. It's simply not an option to tell your users to stop using a desktop client and embrace the web. Yesterday,...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Plug-in, Microsoft Outlook, Cloud Computing, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-06-10

Google Apps set for a big update Tuesday

It sounds like Google is planning a huge update to Google Apps Tuesday -- it's a mystery still as to what they may be announcing, but there are a couple of hints that have been dropped recently. The first hint was in a tweet from Dave Girouard,...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Cloud Computing, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-06-08

Bing passes Yahoo, steals share from Google?

There are reports saying that Bing had an extremely successful launch -- both stealing share from Google, and "leapfrogging" Yahoo at the same time. Can this actually be happening? We will know more once we see details from sources like ComScore in the near future. ...

Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Search, Policies And Procedures, Web Browsers, Human Resources, Internet, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-06-06

Google unleashes Google Squared

A new labs product Google has been working on called Google Squared was just launched -- it is basically a different way of displaying results to a query. Searching for US Presidents gives you a nicely formatted grid (or "square") with the information you need. Instead...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Squared, Internet, Strategy, Management, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-06-04

Google is in "Bing" trouble

Perhaps you can read my sarcasm in the title -- Microsoft launched "Bing" the other day, and so far, the only feature worth mentioning, it seems, is live previews of videos when you mouse over them. Even that feature though gives me a weird Flash error when my mouse...

Tags: Google Inc., Mouse, Leader, Microsoft Corp., Mice, Corporate Communications, Leadership, Hardware, Peripherals, Marketing, Management, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-06-01

Google Wave will change the way we communicate

Just like Email, Waves will be the next method of communication that will make us wonder how we lived without it. That's a pretty bold statement, but based on the sneak peek given to developers at Google IO, the platform is well thought out and should be simple enough...

Tags: Google Inc., E-mail, Open Source, Online Communications, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-05-29

New Android challenge to give away millions

In what cnet is calling an "idol-like" competition, the newest Android developer challenge is sure to produce some popular applications. Andy Rubin says that we can expect to see up to 20 handsets with Android installed on them by the end of the year, and that means big money...

Tags: Developer, Money, Andy Rubin, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-05-27

Google rolling out new suite of logos

In an attempt to streamline their look across all their services, Google has decided to create a new logo for each. The new logos are all consistent, with a Google logo on the left, and lower case writing with the name of the service on the right. ...

Tags: Google Inc., Logo, Blogging, Internet, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-05-23

Now Gmail lets you understand your spam

A new feature in Gmail Labs offers translation of messages written in foreign languages. No doubt, this feature was probably created with good intentions -- such as being able to effortlessly communicate with someone that doesn't speak your language. Unfortunately, I'm sure that most people are...

Tags: Google Gmail, Language, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Spam, Internet, Security, Spam And Phishing, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-05-21

The Google Way: How Google is revolutionizing management

I received a book in the mail the other day called "The Google Way". It's an interesting read for anyone who is looking to learn how Google is managing itself, and along the way "reinventing business". Girard compiled a wealth of information from many sources (including...

Tags: Google Inc., Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-05-18

Google goes down, questions about cloud computing arise

On Thursday, a major outage affecting 14% of Google users caused widespread panic, and raised questions about cloud computing in general. This outage happened just when the US Goverment began discussing how cloud computing fits into their $78 billion IT budget for 2010. Running companies (and...

Tags: Google Inc., Cloud, Leat, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Manufacturing, Hardware, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-05-16