Tuesday, July 8. 2008
GMail - Added Feature
| For those users of Google's ubiquitous Gmail client, there is now an added security feature which will let you monitor which computers have been accessing your GMail account past and present. |  |
Tuesday, April 1. 2008
Google Docs: Offline Version coming?
| It looks like Google Docs is going to start offering an offline version of their already popular Google Docs application (which is trying to be a competitor to the Microsoft Online Office Suite). The app works with any modern browser that supports Google Gears, but is currently limited to word documents and doesn't yet support presentations or spreadsheets. |  |
Friday, January 18. 2008
iPhone 1.1.3 Released - Problems with Gmail
| At last, iPhone firmware 1.1.3 has been released. Among the new features: However, there have been some bumps with the latest release. Among the issues is a problem with GMail. Essentially, the GMail protocol on the iPhone has been changed from POP to IMAP, causing a sync of GMail folders (which can be good or bad, depending on how you have your main GMail account set up). To work around this behavior, you can manually configure POP or manually configure IMAP. As for me, despite the cool Google Maps features, I still can't quite part with my free 3rd party apps, so I'll be waiting for the jailbreak for this firmware, which is not yet available, but there is this status page up to track when one becomes available. As a (unannounced) side note, with iTunes 7.6, you can finally manually manage music and videos on your iPhone -- hallelujah!  (still no official iPhone disk mode, but getting closer  ).Update (4/17/08): It looks like IMAP support has been pulled from GMail (not sure yet if this is temporary or permanent). |  |
Friday, January 4. 2008
Google additions for iPhone
| Sorry about the lateness of this posting (got stuck in the draft state), but a cool article on some Google additions for the iPhone, namely the addition of tabs for the browsing experience. |  |
Monday, December 31. 2007
Top 10 Overlooked Google Apps
| Over at LifeHacker, there is a nice article on the Top 10 Overlooked Google Apps. | |
Sunday, December 16. 2007
Google Streets: Mpls Finally Added!
| Old news to most, but Google Streets has finally added Minneapolis and St. Paul (as well as six other cities). Yeah! |  |
Friday, November 23. 2007
Google As a Password Cracker?
| An interesting application of the Google search engine for MD5 password cracking. | |
Friday, October 26. 2007
SearchMash: SnapShot Previews Added
| Google's SearchMash has now added snapshot previews. | |
Thursday, October 25. 2007
GMail adds IMAP support
| If you are a user of Google's ubiquitous Gmail client, you'll might be happy to know that GMail has added IMAP support. There is also tips for iPhone for enabling this feature. | |
Wednesday, October 24. 2007
Mozilla/Firefox Tied to Google?
| I must have been living in the semi-dark ages, because I was surprised to hear that Google provides 85% of the revenue for the Mozilla foundation (evidently the contract runs through November 2008). Since I don't know what I would do without Firefox, I'll be keeping my fingers crossed that Google and Mozilla will remain the best of friends. |  |
Tuesday, October 16. 2007
Top Blogs on Google Reader
| A quick list of the top blogs on Google Reader. Nice (especially if you are short on Internet reading material ) |  |
Wednesday, September 19. 2007
iPhone: Safari & Google Map Crashes?
| If you regularly use the Google Maps or Safari browser apps on the iPhone, you will have undoubtedly been frustrated by the constant crashes. There are several theories behind what is causing this, one of them being a possible memory leak in the apps. This seems to be highly probably, since a (soft) reboot of the iPhone seems to correct the problem (at least temporarily). Here's hoping that Apple corrects the problem in an upcoming software update soon. | |
Friday, September 7. 2007
Google Book Search
| Now Google has launched Google Book Search, which will let you add books to your library to create a personalized search source that you can then annotate, review, and share. Very cool! |  |
Saturday, September 1. 2007
Google Earth: Now with Google Sky
| Google has expanded it's Google Earth app with Google Sky. Google Sky lets you view the sky in your current location as well as zoom in on various planets or constellations. The key combination of Ctrl+Alt+A (if you're running OS X it's Command+Option+A) to invoke the hidden Flight Simulator feature. |  |
Tuesday, August 7. 2007
Google Streets Adds Four More Cities
Google Streets has added four more cities (San Diego, Los Angeles, Houston and Orlando), bringing it to a total of 9 cities covered so far. Unfortunately, my city still not among those included.  | |
