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Coming Soon: Free video conferencing from Google

According to Rishi Chandra a Google Apps product manager who talked to SFGate, Google is set to roll out their first update in a long line of updates that will include multi-user video conferencing. The video conferencing will be rolled out soon -- the rest of their plan will...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Video Conferencing, Cloud Computing, E-mail Providers, Internet, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-11-08

See what Google knows about you, kind of

Google has launched an all-in-one dashboard that attempts to show you what they know about you. It's basically an updated "Google Accounts" page that gives you more information than was available previously. The complete list of Google services that are participating in "Google Dashboard" include: ...

Tags: Google Inc., Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-11-05

Microsoft doesn't believe Google Apps numbers

Google Apps has been picking up some steam recently -- announcing a huge deal with the city of Los Angeles, and revealing numbers that suggest over 20 million users and over 2 million companies using the service. Microsoft, on the other hand, doesn't believe the...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Microsoft Corp., Cloud Computing, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-11-02

Google "attacking" developer community?

So, as most people are happy that Google continues to build new features into their applications -- like Google Maps Navigation and Google Latitude -- there are others who aren't so impressed. Some people are upset that Google is building features that have already been developed by Android developers,...

Tags: Google Inc., Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-11-01

Google Maps Navigation: The newest feature on Android

Google Maps Navigator is a feature on the newest Android 2.0 devices like Motorola's new Droid. The application basically makes the GPS device you currently use in your car useless. The features Google has packed into this application are better than most anything you would find...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Maps, Google Maps Navigator, Speech Recognition, Internet, Telecommunications, Emerging Technologies, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-10-29

Use Google Voice with your existing phone number

Google now gives users of a subset of Google Voice features if they want to simply use their service without getting a brand new "Google Number". Mobile phone users can now forward incoming calls to their "Google Voice" mailbox rather than the one hosted by their carrier. ...

Tags: Google Inc., Phone, Voice, Telecom & Utilities, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-10-27

Google Music: What if...

So, Google's rumors of "Google Music" have found their way onto the internet again -- at first glance, it looks like a very basic music preview tool: Nothing groundbreaking. But, let's also take a look at what it could be -- and why I'm a bit excited...

Tags: Google Inc., Music, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-10-24

Google announces Social Search with Twitter

Today at the Web 2.0 Summit, Marissa Mayer announced Google's partnership with Twitter to bring the search engine real-time search results. Just hours before Google announced the partnership, Microsoft released their own Twitter search tool on Bing. Instead of being simply a way to search tweets,...

Tags: Google Inc., Social Search, Twitter Inc., Business Structures, Search, Web 2.0, Finance, Internet, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-10-21

Free WiFi from Google - On airplanes

For a couple months, Google is set to give away wireless internet access on Virgin Airlines in the United States beginning November 10th. Whether it's using Gmail to confirm an airport pick up time with your brother, doing some last minute gift shopping for your niece on Google Product...

Tags: Google Inc., Internet, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-10-20

A billion streamed videos per day, $0 in bandwidth costs

Google recently told us that they have reached the one billion videos per day mark, but are still quite tight lipped over the actual cost of the service. It's hard to imagine that streaming a billion videos per day would be cheap -- but in Google's case, some say...

Tags: Google Inc., Video, Corporate Communications, Network Technology, Marketing, Networking, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-10-16

Invitations coming soon to Google Voice

In the midst of the battle with AT&T over Google Voice, Google is forging ahead without spending any time worrying about what the FCC might decide after their investigation. If you are a user of Google Voice, you will begin finding invitations in...

Tags: Google Inc., Voice, Federal Government, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Telecommunications, Government, Internet, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-10-13

Newsmakers: Be careful what you wish for

At the World Media Summit, Tom Curley and Rupert Murdoch took turns bashing Google over their klepto antics and ruthless news stealing behavior. They have been stealing their content for too long, and it's about time they paid up. The truth is, they can prevent Google...

Tags: Google Inc., Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-10-11

Google defends itself as FCC asks for more information

Google is obviously annoyed with the fact that AT&T is stirring the pot, and in their words, using "regulatory capitalism" to block or slow down innovation. This is turning into a fairly heated debate, and is getting more interesting all the time. Google defends its position...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., Phone, Federal Government, Telecom & Utilities, Government, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-10-10

OH Canada! You've finally got Street View

After what seems like an eternity, Google has finally released Street View in several major centers across Canada. A big reason for the delay is the Canadian government's privacy concerns over the service. It's yet to be seen if the actual launch of Street View in...

Tags: Google Inc., Privacy, Canada, Government, Security, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-10-08

Countdown to Google Voice on iPhone

AT&T has given the green light for Apple to distribute applications that can make internet phone calls, like Skype. Does this have anyone else wondering how long it's going to be before Google Voice is approved for distribution through the App Store? If AT&T was actually...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Voice, Internet Phone, Smart Phones, VOIP, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-10-06

Gmail adds favicons to "enhanced" messages

Google has enabled what they call "enhanced content" in email messages -- which comes in the form of a gadget that serves up additional information rather than simply the static message you would find normally. The idea is a good one -- real-time content in messages could...

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

Blog posts 2009-10-03

BestBuy partners with Google in mobile

Google and BestBuy are working together in plans to entice users to purchase cellphones from their store store rather than from other wireless retailers. Google is developing applications that will be pre-installed on devices purchased at BestBuy. The first mobile application that Google will be...

Tags: Google Inc., Best Buy Co. Inc., Mobile, Business Structures, Retail, Advertising & Promotion, Mobile Applications, Wireless And Mobility, Finance, Marketing, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-09-30

Google Base no longer for products

Google just released "Google Merchant Center" -- a service that they want users to use instead of Google Base for products. If you have product data in your Google Base account, you should automatically find all your stuff available in the new service. Previously, you may...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Base, Merchant Center, Blogging, Internet, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-09-28

AT&T complains about Google Voice to FCC

According to AT&T, Google isn't playing by the rules with Google Voice -- they are rejecting outbound calls to some rural areas to reduce their access expenses. Google says that these numbers are typically used for things like sex chat lines. Why would it be against...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., Voice, AT&T Corp., Google Voice, Telecom & Utilities, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-09-26

Project 10^100 opens up for voting

It's been a while since Google launched project 10^100 -- created to harvest great ideas from people around the world that could change the world. Google will invest millions of dollars in the winning ideas -- and that's where you come in. Tonight, Google launched a website...

Tags: Google Inc., Idea, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-09-24