Saturday, February 27, 2010
If you recall, when Google launched Wave, it was by invitation only and was completely separate from Gmail. The result is that the interest fizzled out because a majority of users could not use it. Personally, I love Wave; but, there’s nobody on the other end to make it useful. By integrating Buzz into their [...]
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Google recently announced that you will be able to use their Google Docs service to store files of any type. They are adamant that this is not the fabled GDrive. Based on my preliminary experience, I would have to agree. While Google’s new file storage service is very affordable, [...]
I spent a few hours today setting up websites for a couple of clubs of which I am a member. They both use Google Sites to make things simple for others to administer.
One group is Hub City Toastmasters. You can visit that site at http://hctoast.rgvleaders.com.
The other group is Social Media Club RGV. You can visit [...]
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I had the need to log into my Grandcentral account today and discovered that it is transitioning to Google Voice. Google Voice takes many of the great features of Grandcentral like call screening, listening in to voicemail, call blocking, sms alerts, phone routing, and call forwarding, amongst others; and adds features like voicemail transcripts, personalized [...]
Lately, I’ve been messing around with Google Apps. You can see a sample Intranet I created at http://demo.shainemata.com to see what I’ve been doing. Last time I used Google Sites, I didn’t quite get the idea. Now that I have some time messing with the service, the first thing that comes to mind is, Microsoft [...]
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Google can now sync your Windows Mobile calendar and contacts with your Google Calendar and Gmail contacts. They announced this a couple of weeks ago on their blog. Today, I finally got around to trying it. I have to say that it gives new life to my 2 year old Windows Mobile phone. I’ve [...]
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