Google posts

This could also be titled, “How Larry Page is starting to run Google more like Steve Jobs would.” Google has operated in many ways like Microsoft and other tech companies that are going after a bunch of things at once. It worked for them better than most, but there were still too many failures and distractions to keep the company from achieving its goals. Things have changed with Larry Page at the helm and as a result, the company seems more focused. It seems more like Apple. The latest addition to the Google feature list is Instant Pages for Chrome. The concept is very simple – when a user does a search…

In one of the most aggressive attempts Google has made to promote one of its products, the “Email Intervention” campaign has launched to get users to push their friends and family over to Gmail. Combining humor and mentions of features, Google has put out a video and an accompanying “toolkit” to help their users get people off of their antiquated email clients. The idea is that this is a helpful way for people to improve the lives of their friends and family, giving them features such as free calls and video chat that other services do not offer. It’s clever and unique, but it does bring into question…

When it comes to funny competitive attack commercials, many have tried and failed to capture the magic of “I’m a Mac”. Microsoft was finally able to put out a cute (not hilarious, but point made) video taking a jab at Google services that will be competing against Microsoft Office 365. Introducing Gmail Man. The video does make some good points that many people know but that most try to ignore. Google has and probably always will algorithmically comb our emails in an effort to serve more relevant ads on their email service. It’s a controversial practice that Google has been able to sidestep for years….

It’s not that big of a deal, really. It’s just a Chrome extension that someone made to add some spice and life to Google+. Many people will be doing their browsing from mobile devices and clients and may never actually go to plus.google.com very often. Still, it’s really nice to see how quickly and easily it was made. What you see above is the top of Google+ the way I see it on Chrome. I installed this extension and in seconds I had a nice new look and feel. Again, this is nothing earth shattering. Then again, can you do this on Facebook? Yes. It’s just not very easy. Perhaps Google will be rolling out different…

Google has been on a rampage over the last few years promoting the cause of increasing internet speed. They are pushing for faster connections and faster loading pages. Faster connections are something they can have a direct effect on by helping build a stronger infrastructure, but they can only encourage people to code their websites better to make them faster… … or can they just fix it themselves? They can and will. Page Speed Service is being designed to allow people to point their site’s DNS entry to Google.  They will fetch the content from the servers, rewrite the pages, and present…

Here is a quick tutorial on how to transfer your photos from Facebook to your Google+ account. It’s possible that Facebook could shut this off at any time, so do it as soon as possible if you want to do it at all. Create an account on PrimaDesk Add accounts, first Facebook, then Picasa (the login is the same as your Google+ account information) Click on the Camera tab on PrimaDesk You’ll see both accounts and your Facebook photos available Create a matching album on your Google+ account Drag and drop from Facebook to Google+ That’s it. Here’s the video describing it all from HouseholdHacker. …

With Google+ ramping up (and in some cases recently, ramping down) in its battle against Facebook, many are looking at the revenue models to determine who will eventually be the winner. The goals for both are the same in essence but the way they make money is very different. Google’s goal is to create the central point through which business, particularly local products and trust-factor services, is done. They want individuals to reach businesses through their conglomeration of services and they want businesses to reach the people through the same. It’s a combination of connections and discovery…

It was fun while it lasted. Something new and shiny popped into our social media lives in the last month that offered nearly everything we’ve ever wanted. Much like a new significant other, we fawned over how cool this feature was or how amazing that feature was. We declared our undying love for this new network and vowed to someday completely transition away from the old hag run by Mark Zuckerberg. We only saw the good. There was nothing bad other than a few bugs here or there and some quirky taste-choices. It was great. The shotgun wedding that saw 20 million users flock to Google+ in three weeks (versus…

The launch of Google+, Google’s new social network, has gone off without a hitch. After only three weeks, Google+ has pulled in 20 million users according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The report comes just a week after Google Chief Executive Larry Page said that Google+ had more than 10 million users and that they were sharing and receiving more than 1 billion items a day. That’s impressive growth considering Google has made access to the site by invitation only. Google has yet to market the service to the more than one billion monthly visitors who use its search engine, Gmail…

The tech world has been buzzing for a month about Google Plus, the social network that is challenging Facebook for supremacy over our likes, shares, and attentions. While social may be the present and future of Google, something that has been the past, present, and future has changed and points to a change in the way that Google is doing business. Google Places has been a valuable asset for a while. It gives more data about local businesses than many businesses post themselves on their own websites. One portion of Places that has always been appealing is the combined reviews aspect. Until today,…