Posted by bordalix Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:53:00 GMT
It's out, it's free (at least for now), and it's a serious competitor to Amazon Web Services, with a more turn-key solution:
Google is offering to host your entire web app, not just the storage. It lets you use Google Checkout for commerce and Google Accounts for user accounts.
Via John Gruber.
Posted by bordalix Sat, 22 Dec 2007 19:14:00 GMT
A new service from Google, this time used from your phone. Watch the video below to see the simplicity and power of 1-800-GOOG-411:
It looks like 2008 will be the year of the phone.
Posted by bordalix Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:37:00 GMT
Finally, Google responded to Yahoo's acquisition of del.icio.us by developing his own service, named Google Shared Stuff. The service looks crappy, but I think that's because the lack of users in the system. Being a kind of service heavily dependent on the network effect, it will take a while for the service to bloom and flourish. I'm willing to try it, since del.icio.us is getting slower and slower search results.Posted by bordalix Sat, 11 Aug 2007 19:43:00 GMT
Google's motto is and always has been "Don't be evil". Are they planning to change it?
Posted by bordalix Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:05:00 GMT
A great snoop from 45n5, a video with Google advertising in YouTube movies. The system is pretty smooth, the ads are not that intrusive, and the interactivity allowed amazing (be able to link an ad to a movie, and make that movie run over the YouTube movie is great):
Meanwhile, eMarketer expects online video advertising to nearly double in 2008 to $1.3 billion USD, and TechCrunch posted an excelent article, with a round up of the possible players in this market, worth reading.
Great times are expected in a near future.
Posted by bordalix Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:17:00 GMT
Do you need to travel from Oporto, Portugal, to New York? Don't want to spend a lot of money on this trip? Well, try this: point your browser to maps.google.com, click on "Get directions" and write "Oporto" to "New York". On the left side of the search results, notice step 51.
Please don't try this trip if you didn't eat your cereals in the morning.
Posted by bordalix Wed, 04 Apr 2007 12:00:00 GMT
When everyone is talking about the new Google AdWords TV ads trial, Ozan Halici and Jurgen Mayer from the University of Applied Sciences Ulm, Germany, released the movie "Master Plan, about the power of Google".
Even though I don't agree with everything stated in the movie, it is a very well done movie, so I decided to post it in my blog. The graphics are astonishing, take a look:
RSS readers should click here to watch the movie.
Posted by bordalix Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:48:00 GMT
The Google Apps Premier Edition is out, at a bargain price of 50 USD/user account/year. You still can have the free version, now named as Standard Edition. Check what are you buying in the Editions comparison page.
Posted by bordalix Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:39:00 GMT
A few links about evolutions in some Google services, and a brand new idea for cellphones selling:
Posted by bordalix Mon, 06 Nov 2006 17:40:00 GMT
In a few days, a great tool will born: Spanning Sync. It allows a full syncronization between Google Calendar & iCal. Watch the screencast by clicking the picture below:
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