Written by Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, and all the G-Unit apps are officially out of beta now. Check out more info on the Official Gmail Blog Five years later, and beta is officially no longer cool. If you really miss it, then you can turn it back on in the Labs section of Gmail. :)
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Google Forms
Awesome new feature for Google Docs. Now you set up a form that users can fill out that will populate a spreadsheet in Google Docs. Instead of sharing a spreadsheet, you can just set up the form and people can enter information that way. Looks pretty cool. I’m already thinking of a few possibilities that [...]
READ MORE »Gmail and IMAP – Together at Last
Everyone’s talking about Google’s new addition to Gmail today. They’ve added IMAP support. What the heck is IMAP, you may ask? Well, let’s just say that it’s a very cool way to use e-mail. Say you have an iPhone and a Gmail account. You’d like to be able to use the mail app on your [...]
READ MORE »Presenting…Google!
Yes, another Google post. I know, I know…I have other stuff to post, but I haven’t gotten around to it yet. Soon. I was doing some Google Reader-ing, and I came to a post by my favorite productivity blog, Lifehacker, where I learned that Google has officially added presentations to their docs suite. I took [...]
READ MORE »Finally! Google Reader Search
Hallelujah! Google finally added a search function to Google Reader! RSS junkies rejoice! There are even options to search all items, starred items, shared items, or items in a specific folder/tag or from a specific blog that you’re subscribed to. This is a huge benefit if you’re ever searching for something that you know you’ve [...]
READ MORE »Embed Google Maps
After frustrating me for some time with complex API’s and whatnot, Google has finally added the ability to easily embed Google Maps. All you have to do now is find the map view you want to see, click Link to this page, and you can use the direct link for e-mail or IM or use [...]
READ MORE »Google Maps Updates
Googles Maps has made some great updates lately. Two that are extremely useful are the ability to drag your route to modify it and the ability to add a location to your directions if you don’t know the address but do know where it’s located on the map. To show you these new features, Google [...]
READ MORE »New Features for Google Docs & Spreadsheets
Google Docs & Spreadsheets just got a new look and some new features. Now you can organize your documents in folders, and when searching for a document, it dynamically suggests a query from your document collection. Plus, as they put it on the Official Google Docs & Spreadsheets Blog, another new feature is simply “Looking [...]
READ MORE »Google acquires Feedburner
Shock of all shocks. Google has bought yet another awesome service that I already use. If you haven’t used Feedburner before, I encourage you to check it out. It makes things very simple, like podcasting and letting your users subscribe via e-mail instead of RSS, plus they keep things nice and tidy for you. Google [...]
READ MORE »Picasa Web Albums Slideshows
Google has added the ability to embed a flash slideshow of any of your Picasa Web Albums with just a couple clicks. It’s not the fanciest thing I’ve ever seen, but if you’re looking for a quick flash slideshow of some images with built-in controls and captions (if you want them), then check it out. [...]
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