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I won’t be upgrading to Firefox 3 today or anytime soon because too many of the Firefox Add-Ons I rely on haven’t been updated yet or won’t be at all.
Sadly, the latter is the case with Google Browser Sync according to an email from Google posted by Lifehacker:
Thanks for trying out Google Browser Sync and […]

Google can no longer use the Gmail name in Germany because the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court has ruled that using it would infringe on a man’s trademark.
As in the U.K., where it likewise doesn’t own the Gmail trademark, Google provides the service under the name “Google Mail” in Germany.
“We have also applied for the registration […]

Thanks to Google’s purchase of FeedBurner, webmasters can now use FeedBurners’ best Pro features for free!
This includes advanced statistic features such as FeedBurner Stats Pro and MyBrand.
FeedBurner Stats PRO
PRO is feed analytics taken to the next level. You will now have access to the number of people who have viewed or clicked individual content items […]

Just in time for summer road trips, Google Maps has added a new feature that allows you to click and drag any point on your route to another road and to have your route recalculated with updated directions, distance and travel time.
This is especially useful for adding stops or if you want to avoid a […]

Google announced they’ll be releasing a very different looking version Docs & Spreadsheets tomorrow.
People have really come to rely on Docs & Spreadsheets since we launched last October, and lots of you have offered suggestions for ways we could improve the experience for both new and power users. Tomorrow’s update is a direct response […]

If you operate a business you can add it to Google Maps for free. Each listing includes your address, contact information, hours of operation, payment methods accepted, a link to your web site and you can even upload photographs of your business.
The listing is free however you’ll need to verify that your business address is […]

I’ve had my first Mac for just about a month now and I’m absolutely not missing Microsoft Windows in the slightest. However, I am missing some applications that are native to Windows.
I’m using the following programs in Parallels Desktop for Mac but I wish there were native Mac OS X versions of them so […]

Google is preparing users of its Gmail service by warning that the service might be unreliable when they make updates to improve the service.
“Users of all Web services may have periodic trouble with access, and as we make updates to improve and enhance Gmail, some users may see error messages and experience short periods of […]

Are you a little confused about Google Apps? Google Apps is essentially an inexpensive, web based, alternative to Microsoft Office for small business, enterprise, schools, and even families.
One of Google App’s strengths is it’s collaboration abilities. You can easily share your documents with others so you can work together.
Google has posted this video to […]

Are you confused by RSS? Those little orange icons, that look like this or just say XML or RSS? You might have clicked on one once and saw a lot of confusing code? Forget about that experience. RSS is the best way to follow web sites and this video will explain what RSS is […]

TechDirt is warning that everyone using web based email to have a backup plan in place for their emails when these use these services. Many people have switched to Gmail for their email program and rely on Google to store all their emails forever. Gmail even suggests you never delete anything as they’ll keep adding […]

Google has added a Real Estate and Rental Listing search and listing service to Google Base. It combines Google Base and Google Maps to display home listings along with maps to the properties listed.
If you’re a real estate professional, making your listings searchable on Google is simple and completely free. We don’t charge for […]

The next time you need directory assistance skip the costly 411 service and dial 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-466-4411.)
The service even connects you to the business and you don’t have to pay for that call. Though regular air time or usage charges will apply.
Using this service, you can:
search for a local business by name or category.
[…]

Google wants to make it very easy for you to get all your own “data” out of Google should you want to. Matt Cutts reports how you may easily download all your mail out of Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Talk, and so on.
When users get what they want from you quickly and […]

Google uses millions of hard drives and started a study to that sampled one hundred thousand drives for five years to determine what caused their failure. The findings was published in a paper, here are the highlights:

SMART (Self Monitoring And Reporting Technology) is a good indicator of impending mechanical failure, but a high amount […]

If the Independent International Investment Research Group has its way, Google could lose the Gmail name. The group already won the rights to the Gmail trademark in the United Kingdom and is now bringing its fight to the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO.)
IIIR wants the USPTO to nullify Google’s ownership of the Gmail trademark; […]

Lots of blogs are displaying MyBlogLog widgets and include the MyBlogLog tracking javascript code on their sites, including mine. However, it has just been discovered that MyBlogLog has the ability to track ad views and clicks.
I’m not too sure how I feel about this. At times I get really sick of the headaches MyBlogLog causes, […]

Ever wished you had a cheat sheet for all the search options in Google? Well, now you can have one!
This two page Google Cheat Sheet lists all the current Google services and tools.
The two pages of Google Cheat Sheets include:-

A list of all Google domains
Company information

Founded Date
Key People
Revenue
Employees
Contact Address
Contact Phone & Fax

PageRank

Googlebot 2.1 Addresses
List of […]

Google has made available two new AJAX widgets for your web sites.
The News Bar Wizard allows you to create a small Horizontal News Bar or a larger Vertical News Bar.
The News Bar is a Google AJAX Search API application that lets you easily add application and page-controled news search results to your web pages […]

A new feature in Google Toolbar 3 Beta for Firefox and Google Toolbar 4 for Internet Explorer is the ability to add custom search buttons for sites that you search often. Google offers a Button Gallery so you don’t have to go through the process of creating buttons yourself but the gallery is missing a […]