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Knol is no Wiki

July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · google

If everywhere, everyone has been flooded with this image showing an article on INSOMNIA, it is so because KNOL is out for the public now. KNOL is Google’s knowledge base ( a way to tackle Wikipedia) of articles written by people ranging from specialised ones to bloggers to anyone stung by the writer’s bug. As [...]

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GMail Contact is now Clutter Free. Yippee!!

July 17th, 2008 · No Comments · google

I knew this would soon be fixed and it was quite sooner than I expected. If you have closely followed the trend, anyone whom you mailed twice appeared in your contact list on the left side chat window. This made your chat window filled with even all those names with whom you would never chat. [...]

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Here comes the Faster Google for the Better iPhone

July 11th, 2008 · No Comments · apple, google

Google’s first native app for the new iPhone 3G and iPod Touch has been just unveiled. And from what we have seen from it, it is almost too good to be true. The power of Google in yur palm, on the move, all in ONE BIG APP. It combines all the services of Google (almost) [...]

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Google Talk on the iPhone. Bye Bye SMS!

July 9th, 2008 · 4 Comments · google

Right, so the google guys have been on a roll. As the curtains on the new iPhone 3G get lifted this Friday, we have more reasons to rejoice. There is a new version of GTalk being specifically made for the iPhone. All you need is to go to talk.google.com and sign in, right through the [...]

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Pimp your GMail security: Check

July 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment · google

For people like me, you and almost anyone who use GMail from your personal machine, your workstation, your mobile phone, may be even a cybercafe, we often login and logout frequently, without really remembering whether any of these sessions are active/logged out and that whether my GMail is secure? Well, no matter how cool we [...]

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Happy Birthday GMail Blog

July 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments · blog, google

GMail Blog turns ONE today and the celebrations have just begun. The blog has been one of the most read blogs of the Google family of blogs, and with the feed addition of GMail blog on the homepage of GMail, this has gone up and up. Looking back at the one whole year of providing [...]

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How to set GMail as your default Mail Client in Firefox 3

July 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · firefox, google

Okay, now it is official that there are at least a good 8 Million Firefox 3 users (as of June 17) and counting. (The number is being quoted as per the Firefox Download day figures available here) So proud to see India in the 500K plus region. And nothing can be better when your favorite [...]

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The Return of Google Code Jam

June 20th, 2008 · No Comments · google

26 Days, 18 hours, 11 minutes and 50 seconds to go, as I hit the publish button. The countdown to the Google Code Jam has begun. And most of my coding genius pals have started gearing up for the event. Pretty much the name says it all, right? But I know there are some who [...]

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GMail spiced up. And it looks tasty

June 17th, 2008 · No Comments · google

With the launch of the GMail Labs last week, GOOG has already started rolling out the first set of what Labs has to offer. To enable Labs, go to Settings, and then the Labs Tab. You’ll get a list of the available tweaks and all you need to do is enable them as you wish. [...]

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IMAP vs POP. And the winner is GMail

May 28th, 2008 · 5 Comments · google

GMail has been on a roll with its continuous enhancements and additions to its ever-existent good value. Sounds like I’m selling it to you and Google is paying me to do it. LOL. No. GMail IS the preferred free mail service of the geeks (which means pretty much the world of internet for me). Frankly, [...]

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