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Google beats Microsoft, again...

This took a little longer than I thought. I figured that Google had surpasses good old Redmond a long time ago. Google has been beating the hell out of Live search(formerly MSN search). But does anyone really use Microsoft.com that much? The only thing that I can think of is that if they included Windows Update or all the Microsoft owned websites. Anyway, way to go Google, just don't become the new Microsoft.

1 comment Tags: google, micrsoft

Check out Google Checkout!

Google's Checkout product is a lot like paypal but has been targeting merchants a little more then consomers. Or so it seemed, Google is now offering a Coupon for websites using Google Checkout, Sign up for it and get 10 dollars? Not a bad idea. I expect to see a large increase in Google Checkout awareness and its customer to skyrocket. The catch is that 10 dollars really isn't that much so it will force people to use their account to buy whatever they want with that ten dollars.
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Goggles: The Google Maps Flight Simulator

I found this a while ago and decided to share it with those who don't already know. Probably the most interesting Google Maps mashup yet, Goggles lets you fly a 3D biplane. But, you must start at a major city. It even lets you shoot at the things below you. Some things that Goggles leaves to be wanted are 3D building (but that would probably on come from use of Virtual Earth 3D and IE7), a more detailed plane, and for the things you shoot to blow up and not come back. But, then again it is in beta.


It is, of course, a marketing ploy for the games developer.


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Blogger Beta is Beta no more

Google Blogger Beta went live today in place of the old blogger. This new Blogger is great and all for the very new bloggers but Vox kicks it's ass and so does wordpress for those that host their own blog. 


Some of the changes that Google introduced is "labels" which the rest ofthe world calls tags. They also made editing templates easier. They even added the ability to add "private" blogs. Everyone on Vox and some other blogging sites have already had this for a while now and greet this with a yawn.

But please, just adding tags now?

1 comment Tags: blogger, google, web 2.0

Google kills the cell registration

    In the begiinning GMail was invitation only. Then  Google developed an awkward registration strategy: text messaging the invitation code to people. Well, now after a long period of invitation and cell-phone registration only, (arguably) the best email srvice offered is now completely open to people to register with. Yep, it only took google this long to figure out that peopel dont like registering that way. So go ahead try GMail.
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Google Click-Call

There have been rumors for quite some time now. But now its official! Google has added a Click to Call feature to Google Maps. It works a lot like Jajah, you enter the number of the phone you want to use to call and then click on the call button. Your phone will ring. Then their phone will ring when you pick yours up. It works using Google Talk and Skype technology. But it also has a little bit more VOIP under the hood. This feature is completely free and very useful for someone looking to order or trying to prank call someone without being found out.

Windows Live Local has had this feature for quite a while though...

NOTE:
You can only call businesses with this feature.

1 comment Tags: map, google, live, google maps, jajah

iRows killed by Google


Google takes out the competition! Reported by this popular Hebrew blog. They say that the two founders of Israeli web-based excel clone iRows have been hired by Google. This being one of the few web-based excel clones out there. The founders will hold on to the intellectual property of iRowsbut they are closing the site. Currently the other two main web-based spreadsheet applications are NumSum and ZohoSheet.
Lately it seems Google is doing less innovating and more buying.


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