Archive for the ‘Google’ Category

Google Docs & Spreadsheets

Wednesday, October 11th, 2006 255 views

Google spreadsheets and the recently aquired Writely (now Google Docs, apparently) have been integrated, forming an online AJAX office suite called - wait for it - Google Docs & Spreadsheets (Beta)! This puts both services (most notably Writely) into the familiar white-and-blue Google design, merging the respective applications' functionality. You ...

Now, anyone can talk!

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006 257 views

From the google blog: Google Talk is now open to everyone. For those who don't know, Google Talk is Google Inc's instant messenger/VOIP application. A small, fast alternative to Skype/MSN and the likes, currently in beta but already very much functional. From the blog: Last year, we launched Google Talk, a ...

Google Writely (beta)

Sunday, August 20th, 2006 576 views

The next member of the google office family, the recently aquired Writely online collaborative word processor, has entered public beta. Piling on top of Google Spreadsheets, Google Calendar, Google Base, and of course Google Mail, we've almost got a complete office suite now!

Picasa Web

Saturday, June 24th, 2006 497 views

So I signed up for the Picasa Web Albums beta, and have been testing it a bit. It's a bit like other photo sharing sites, except it is integrated into Google Picasa, the photo management software. The Picasa Web beta is still closed, so you will have to apply for ...

Google AdSense

Wednesday, March 29th, 2006 728 views

Yes indeed, that is a banner ad. Granted, it's only text, but if you scroll way down there you will find some pretty buttons too. Neat eh? Well I'm not going to be rich any time soon. I signed up for Google AdSense mostly out of curiosity. And of course ...