Month: August 2006

  • Sharing Gadgets

    Sharing Gadgets  Posted by Catalin Patulea,Software Engineer Some gadgets are simply better when you share them, and if you’re thinking of creating such a gadget, you’re in luck. By means of the Communication API, Google Desktop allows a gadget to exchange data with another instance of the same gadget on a friend’s computer. Through Google…

  • Homeless

    Homeless Great article in Wired News about how homeless folks can use blogging to reach out and express themselves online. I never thought about how important it would be to get homeless people email access, but it makes obvious sense when you realize that they have no fixed address. posted by Jason Goldman

  • Professional Services

    Professional Services One of the great things about giving away Google Analytics for free is that you, our customer, get to select exactly the professional services you want. We don’t restrict you with (or ask you to pay for) a pre-determined one-size-fits-all professional services package. Instead, you customize your integration, analysis, and implementation package according…

  • Getting to know you

    Getting to know you By Donal Mountain, User Experience team As a user experience researcher on the Base team, it’s my job to really understand how you are using Base. I spend much of my time observing people who already use Base every day. I do this research in order to learn as much as…

  • Make your own buttons

    Make your own buttons Custom Buttons are by far my favorite feature in the new Google Toolbar, which comes out of beta today. Clearly I’m not the only one, either — we have over 600 buttons in the gallery, with new buttons being added every day — and here are some some of my favorites,…

  • Firefox Security Update

    Firefox Security Update Firefox has issued an update for its browser across all platforms to improve security and stability. You can download the update from Mozilla’s Get Firefox site. Firefox 1.5 users can wait for the automated update that will be released within the next 24-48 hours if they so choose. From Mozilla: For more…

  • Mozilla Partners with Real Networks

    From Slashdot engineer_uhg writes to tell us that Mozilla has just entered into a multi-year agreement with Real Networks to have Firefox distributed with downloads of RealPlayer, Rhapsody, and RealArcade. The Mozilla team cited Real’s estimated 2 million downloads per day as a great tool for distribution. However, many Firefox supporters question the move complaining…