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- GMail adds "https:"-only connections but still not by default
- Google has added a new "Browser Connection" feature to GMail to allow users to force e-mail sessions to always use the more secure "https:" protocol but, strangely, this is not turned on by default. In the Settings tab, at the very bottom, GMail users can now select...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, HTTP, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Gallery: Google's Knol takes on Wikipedia
- Google has unveiled its own "unit of knowledge" with a competitor to Wikipedia called Knol. Google's online encyclopedia promises to lend some credence by identifying the authors. by Andy Smith
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Knol, Wikipedia, Online Communications, Andy Smith, Google, Knol, wiki, encyclopedia
- Image galleries 2008-07-25
- Google's $10M, no, $100M Android Challenge
- Google's $10M, no, $100M Android ChallengeI think that Google also needs to make their own self branded phone.They can not depend on existing manufacturers to do it for them. But, after the Google phone takes off, Google might decide to get out of the market.It will be many years before...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, phone, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Google Digg = ?
- Google Digg = ?My suggestionGoogligg!! Isn't it obvious?Well, you can stick "Micro" on the front of about anything, but, Googlejust does not work so well. Just like YouTube, Google will leave the Digg name intact and keep it separate, and only look for innovative ways to incorporate advertising."Gigglywankers"Digg...
- Tags: Digg, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Google's $10M, no, $100M Android Challenge
- So does Google have anything up its sleeve, when it comes to the Android mobile communications platform? It better have. Because expectations keep getting lowered. And Apple keeps raising the ante, at least in getting attention for new mobile applications. According to a Forbes.com...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Google Inc., Phone, Mobile, Android, Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Google + Digg = ?
- There's a persistent rumor that crops up every few months about social news site Digg being acquired by ____ insert company here. The latest, citing "multiple sources inside and outside Google", says that Google will buy Digg for $200M. This is similar to a rumor in March that Digg was...
- Tags: Google Inc., Digg, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Google creates a new market and wreaks havoc on another
- Google creates a new market and wreaks havoc on anotherReputation has 100% American bias for nowI created a Knol today, but was unable to verify myself, as I don't live in the USA. For the moment, even though I have Gmail, amd on orkut, use Adsense and Google Reader, Google...
- Tags: E-mail providers, Google Inc., Knol
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Google creates a new market and wreaks havoc on another
- When they first announced it, I was certain Knol was simply a way for Google steal some of the attention away from Wikia search -- and I'm still sure that's what was actually happening. Google doesn't normally pre-announce applications months in advance. After a long wait, Google finally...
- Tags: Google Inc., Wikipedia, Knol, Wiki, Online Communications, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Medpedia or Knol, doc?
- Anonymous prestige or money and fame? That's the choice doctors who write face today as Medpedia approaches its launch date and Google announces the launch of Knol. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Google Inc., Knol, Medpedia, Wiki, Professional Development, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Online Communications, Career, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Google opens Knol website, a wiki with bylines
- Google opens Knol website, a wiki with bylinesRE: Google opens Knol website, a wiki with bylinesCan't wait for this service to be closed in a year like other Google services! That's assuming it even lasts that long. When your employees do nothing but play with office toys its...
- Tags: Knol website, Google Inc., Knol, Wiki, Wikipedia
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Google opens Knol website, a wiki with bylines
- In a direct challenge to the popular Wikipedia, Google opened Knol, an encyclopedia-like wiki site that requires writers to post their names and expertise. SAN FRANCISCO--Google opened its website Knol to the public on Wednesday, allowing people to write about their areas of expertise under their bylines in a...
- Tags: Google Inc., DuPont Co., Web Site, Wikipedia, Knol, Wiki, Online Communications, Reuters, Google, encyclopedia
- News items 2008-07-24
- News to know: Yahoo; VMware; Apple; DNS vulnerability
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Vulnerability disclosure gone awry: Understanding the DNS debacle RIM ships fix for BlackBerry code execution bug Dancho Danchev: Georgia President's web site under DDoS attack from Russian hackers 75% of online banking sites found vulnerable to security design...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, DNS, Yahoo! Inc., Vulnerability, Dana Blankenhorn, Health Care, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., App Store, Banking, Vertical Industries, Domain Names, Benefits, Healthcare, Security, Financial Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Human Resources
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Google Maps now shows you walking directions
- Google Maps now shows you walking directionsCOOL !!Ah now i can ditch my gas guzzling car :)
- Tags: Google Maps, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- Google Maps now shows you walking directions
- Google Maps has had driving directions since launch -- and it has quickly become an indispensable tool for people who need to know how to drive somewhere. Today, Google announced a new feature that is designed to help people plan their walk from source to destination. ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Pedestrian, Google Maps, Engineering, Productivity, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Aren't the Nokia N800/N810 devices dead simple web tablets?
- Aren't the Nokia N800/N810 devices dead simple web tablets?You're correct--This guy is 'reinventing the wheel'ntI suspect that the guy is talking about a free designThat makes the nokia the equivalent of solaris if someone said "we don't need linux, it's just another solaris".Of course these days, Solaris is no longer...
- Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Nokia N800/N810, web tablet, Nokia Corp., Web
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- Google shows off its bench
- The vision of Larry Page and Sergey Brin still holds. In a word, search. In another word, find. Maybe its cloud will bring a third word, host, but so far it is mainly a set of services built around that one word, search, again. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Google Inc., Bench, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Sequoia bets on enterprise apps in the cloud
- Sequoia bets on enterprise apps in the cloudA Future On-DemandGreat description of our philosophy and approach. As you noted and we expand on in our blog we are just as excited about what doesn't change -our core business model- as we are about what does - being even more...
- Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Groupware, Google Gmail, Sequoia, enterprise app, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- Sequoia bets on enterprise apps in the cloud
- Big-hitting VC firm Sequoia Capital has invested in SaaS pureplay integrator Appirio, making a bet that bringing cloud applications to the enterprise will prove to be a disruptive opportunity. by Phil Wainewright
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Professional Services, Sequoia Capital, Appirio, Cloud Computing, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Android losing it's mojo fast
- Android losing it's mojo fastForcing GTalk != do no evilYou can't get more lame than that...A note on iPhone apps.Apple would do well to remove the restriction where any non Apple application must exit not stay resident when another function is used like answering an incoming call. This will...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Blogging, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-19
- Android losing its mojo fast
- Android started off being a great idea, from a great company, with lots of support from carriers and manufacturers, and an awesome $10million contest to get developers drooling. With some stiff competition from Apple, and loss of developer morale, I'm afraid of what the future might hold for this...
- Tags: Google Inc., ADC Telecommunications Inc., SDK, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-07-19
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