Posts Tagged ‘google’

Different Ways to access Google Docs

Friday, December 19th, 2008

Google DocsIf you are a regular Google Docs user, then it’ll be useful to know about multiple ways of accessing your documents, spreadsheets or presentations.

Here are various ways to access and upload documents to Google Docs.

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Check Safety Status of any Website

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

Google flags sites that host badwares as not safe for browsing and when you visit such sites via Google Search, you get a warning message from Google about safety issues.

Suspicious Website

This functionality of Google can be used to check out safety status of almost any site. To do this simply go to url

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Twitter now Integrated with Google Friend Connect

Monday, December 15th, 2008

Google today released a new feature for its Google Friend Connect. Now you can integrate your twitter account with Google Friend Connect and see your twitter friends joined to a particular site.

You can also use your twitter profile as Google Connect Profile intead of using Google Profile.

To integrate twitter account, you need to sign in to Friend Connect and then click Settings on Google Friend Connect gadget on any of your favorite sites.

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7 Useful Google Reader Tools to Improve Productivity

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Google ReaderGoogle Reader is the best RSS Feed reader available out there with its nifty minimalist interface that let you focus on reading your favorite blogs. The best part is that there are plenty of tools and scripts available for Google Reader that boost your productivity to higher levels.

Below we have compiled a list of 7 useful tools for Google Reader that help increase your productivity whether you are a feed junkie or an occasional Google Reader user.

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Chat with your Gmail Contacts via SMS (US Only)

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

Gmail  Now you can catch your friends on the go whether they are online or not . New Gmail Labs experimental feature allows you to chat with your friends on the go by sending messages to their mobile phones via SMS.

This service is currently available for US mobile phones only i.e. you can chat with your US friends via SMS anywhere from the world.

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Google Reader Gets a Major Face Uplift

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

Google Reader Google today pushed in new interface for Google Reader users. The new interface is more cleaner and minimalist and let you concentrate on what you use Google Reader for, reading blogs.

The new interface does away with rounded corners look and sports squared corners. The rounded corners, drop shadows and colored backgrounds of sidebar navigation were quite distracting which have been removed to give a minimalist cleaner look.

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Google Chrome Now includes Bookmark Manager, Updates to 0.4 beta

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

Google Chrome 0.4.154.25

Google Chrome 0.4 is now available. It now includes a Bookmarks Manager, a decent pop-up blocker and options to control your privacy. You can update your copy of Google Chrome manually by clicking on About under Wrench icon, though it’ll update automatically in a day or two.

The new features and enhancements in this version are:

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SearchWiki - Customize Google Search Results

Friday, November 21st, 2008

Google-SearchWiki

Google today released a new feature for Google Search Results - SearchWiki. SearchWiki lets you customize search results by promoting a result to top place by clicking a small icon next to search results. You can also add notes to a search result that would help others find relevant information easily.

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Change Gmail looks without any add-on

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Gmail Themes

Now you won’t need to use those scripts and add-ons that let you customize the look of Gmail as themes have become official in Gmail. The themes will be available under Settings in Gmail and are being rolled out to all users in a day or two.

The themes look inherited from iGoogle themes.

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Google Sketchup 7 Now Available[Easier for Newbies]

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Google-Sketchup-7

Google today announced the release of Google Sketchup version 7. Google Sketchup is 3D modeling software from Google using which you can easily build 3D models of houses, furniture or any 3D object you can think of. The models built using Google Sketchup can also be used with Google Earth.

Here are some of the new features in Google Sketchup 7:

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