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Is a Google Talk Contact Invisible? (13)
on Google Operating System (1849) permalinkSometimes error messages can reveal more than they were supposed to. Rahul Bansal writes about a simple trick that helps you find out if one of your Google Talk contacts is offline or uses the invisible mode. The trick takes advantage of Google's off the record feature which lets you chat with your contacts without saving the conversations in Gmail."Chats that have been taken off the record aren't stored in your Gmail chat history, or ...Shared by beanj007 (162) Darin R. McClure (72) est (101) Gil (2060) IwfWcf (51) Jeton (19) MG (201) Nkululeko Masondo (155) Peter H (93) Philou (133) rOckY (701) SharonG (289) Techfanatic (285)Contribute comment
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The Web in Google's Mobile Browser (1)
on Google Operating System (1849) permalinkAndroid's SDK offers an emulator that, among other things, lets you use the browser. Google used WebKit, an application framework that also powers Safari and Nokia's S60 browser.Android's browser does a good job at rendering complex web pages, but it doesn't have Flash support and it's really slow. You can zoom in, zoom out and move inside a web page. Here are some popular web sites rendered by an early version of Android's browser.Useragent.org:Gmail:Google Maps:NY ...Shared by naren (14)Contribute comment
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Google's Services Converge in the New iGoogle (87)
on Google Operating System (1849) permalinkIs this Google Reader? It's actually an iGoogle feed in canvas view, which happens to borrow Google Reader's interface. If you click on the drop-down, you can access all your Google Reader subscriptions.Is this Gmail? It's the Gmail gadget in canvas view, but you get almost all the features available in Gmail's standard interface.Is this Gmail Chat? It's the chat feature from Gmail integrated in iGoogle's sidebar so that you can chat with your contacts ...Shared by abe (209) Adam (167) Alex (1) Andrew Girdwood (78) arturo.servin (147) atul (513) Avinash (41) badpazzword (68) Bhavesh (123) Brit (180) Cast42 (63) cdogzilla (88) Cédric Merland (6) Dave E. (19) David (82) duguguiyu (10) Dzu (193) Eater (115) Edwin Khodabakchian (32) ehu4ever (535) eighthrs (2) everyone loves a wee sombrero (426) Fernando B (7) fyc (210) geekblake (20) gisc (178) Gothy (90) Götz (28) Greg Tidwell (52) handir (196) HBreda (255) hombrelobo (62) howking (12) imma (43) Israel (17) Javed (443) JensMinor (9) Joe (26) JuanPablo (8) Jupega (25) Karpuscul (56) KenFan (396) Leo Romanovsky (54) louisgray (702) Lu Tao (511) Mathieu Ravaux (86) Mihai (11) Mike F (2194) naovouporai (111) Nathan Reale (182) Nick (42) noattention (292) Patrick (41) Paul (201) paul (32) Peter (136) Philou (133) pio (2) pkj (56) PMinze (182) Polle de Maagt (39) Pozsi (23) ppalli (74) presveva (75) R (216) R Daneel Olivaw (64) reisfeldt (46) Riaz (39) ricardo (255) Robert Birming (337) Rodrigo (44) romano (153) Roy (23) rveguilla (56) Sam (138) Scott (23) Slim (10) StevieB (171) Tewe (16) The Big Guy (18) Tim (30) Tom (37) Tommy (31) Tony Ruscoe (50) Will WM (20) xeal (79) Yvette (32)Contribute comment
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Google Docs in Full Screen (31)
on Google Operating System (1849) permalinkIf you need more space to edit your documents in Google Docs or if you want to read a document, there's now a full-screen mode that hides the menus and the toolbar. Just select View > Full-screen mode or type Ctrl-Shift-F to go into full-screen mode. Unfortunately, the same shortcut is also used by the Web Developer extension to display element information, but you can change it in the options.Since you no longer have access ...Shared by Ameer (78) Andy C (110) Avinash (41) Brian (481) Chung (337) Compuwizard123 (134) Darkwookiee (36) DWM (29) fyc (210) gisc (178) Glen Horton (89) HBreda (255) macbeach (14) Marque (104) MG (201) MiramarMike (66) Nkululeko Masondo (155) nlnnet (19) Paul (201) PMinze (182) R (216) ramyon (131) ricardo (255) Rick Klau (346) Robert van Bregt (104) rungss (16) Sam (138) Stelian Iancu (20) SyP (20) Toomore (56) WindPower (70)Contribute comment
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Gmail and Google Calendar to Add Offline Support (115)
on Google Operating System (1849) permalinkIt seems that this year Google's most popular web applications will work offline. After Google Reader and Google Docs, two other services will integrate with Gears. Andrew Fogg saw a preview of the integration at Google's offices and found that Gmail and Google Calendar will add offline support in approximately 6 weeks.In the past months, Google accidentally enabled the option in Google Calendar and some users saw the dialog illustrated below: "To view and edit ...Shared by adrcc2 (24) Alberto (27) Alvin A. (93) Ameer (78) Andrew (81) Andrew Mitry (38) arturo.servin (147) Bhavesh (123) Brent (17) Brian (481) Charlie (13) Chris (23) Chris. F. Masse (274) Clint Ecker (405) Compuwizard123 (134) danliebke (70) David (82) dd (53) Denis Gobo (35) Dennis Laumen (89) dobata (1581) Doctor Setebos (76) Dom Derrien (32) Donnie Berkholz (93) Doogie (2) Dzu (193) erbianchi (47) faizal (87) Fernando Batista (65) fyc (210) Garrett (80) geekblake (20) gisc (178) Glen Horton (89) Gothy (90) guercheLE (392) Harper (170) Hasan (256) HBreda (255) Henry Webb (272) Ian (34) individual8 (3) invariant (79) James Forbes Keir (100) Jesper Kjær Hansen (5) Jeton (19) Jim (31) John (113) JustonWestern (12) Kaleb (9) kcearns (66) Kevin (21) kmohr25 (157) Larsen (21) Laughing Squid (292) Leo Romanovsky (54) lpalli (32) Lu Tao (511) macbeach (14) Martin Gordon (90) merkurov (28) metaeuphoria (146) metallicker (60) mgratzer (18) MH (208) Mike F (2194) minus-one (37) Mr. Matt (85) Navid (272) Netviber (62) Nick (11) Nicolas Lehuen (60) Nkululeko Masondo (155) norti (137) nyenyec (43) Oscar J. Baeza (14) Pat (40) Patrick (41) Patrick (135) Paul (43) paul (32) Paul (201) Paul O'Flaherty (27) Peter (136) Philou (133) PMinze (182) ppalli (74) psi (40) Quasidot (147) R (216) R Daneel Olivaw (64) ricardo (255) Robert Birming (337) Robert van Bregt (104) Rutger Blom (92) rzklkng (986) Sacha (107) Sam (138) sasb (27) sevas (12) Shogun (37) Sonny Cloward (43) Swaroop (16) swined (119) symtym (72) tapir (116) Tewe (16) theundesided (29) Tommy (31) Toomore (56) xeal (79) xrx (90) Yu (176) 摩摩诘(Momojie) (37) 攻疼新一 (1327)Explore read 10 notes
- dd said: Andrew also found out that Google will add SyncML support for Gmail contacts next month. He thinks this is "related to the sync that they worked on with Apple for 3G iPhone".Remove starShareShare with noteEmail
- Peter said: Finally!
- Harper said: looks like i will have to dust off my syncml skills.
- Kaleb said: I am an extreme user of Google Calendar at university. This will be great for those spots that my laptop doesn't get WiFi.
- Paul said: gCal sync for iphone should be easier after syncML...won't have to go through GooSync.com
- Tommy said: Sweet, offline support will be awesome, how often do you really read old email?
- Pat said: What does this mean for Soocial?
- Martin Gordon said: OMG
- Dom Derrien said: Cool: a SynchML port means that I'll be able to synchronize my calendar and my contacts on my cellphone from simple Internet access! Just as a long time ago during my Steltor days ;)
- individual8 said: Perfect...
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Portable Gmail Contacts (60)
on Google Operating System (1849) permalinkIf you use Gmail, many Google services have access to your contacts list and you can easily add addresses using autocomplete or from a contact picker. But what happens when you need to enter an email address on a site that's not from Google? Many news sites have options to send a link to your friends and sometimes this is more convenient than loading Gmail and pasting a link to the article.Google Contacts Autocomplete is ...Shared by adrcc2 (24) Ameer (78) Andrew (81) badpazzword (68) Bevan (3) Compuwizard123 (134) Czar (283) David P (37) David T (9) Dennis' Library (16) digiSal (10) DWM (29) Dzu (193) elias (38) eunduk (50) Fernando Batista (65) fyc (210) griflet (37) guercheLE (392) HBreda (255) Israel (17) James Forbes Keir (100) Jdorfman (152) jgonfre (70) Johan (6) Josh (35) MadGrin (72) Mark (131) Mathias (5) MH (208) Mike (3) MiramarMike (66) Mr. Matt (85) ndench (45) nessuno (13) norti (137) ocular avulsionist (27) Petre (46) Phil (4) Philou (133) pkj (56) Rakesh (15) ramyon (131) ricardo (255) Rick Klau (346) RobC (12) Robert van Bregt (104) rungss (16) Sid (77) SilverStag (34) SimonRobic (4) sparrowsmith (10) sryo (82) Techfanatic (285) Theo Bosdas (90) Tom (37) Wyctim (165) xrx (90) Yassin (35) YuSuPh (181)
- ndench said: Potentially useful, if you've got Greasemonkey
- Tom said: this should be integrated into the browser.
- sparrowsmith said: wonder if this has the possibility of exposing my contacts to sites I visit without my knowledge or consent?
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Google Docs Templates (60)
on Google Operating System (1849) permalinkIt's so difficult to start with a blank document, especially when it should have a standard format. Now you can use one of the 309 templates from the new Google Docs directory as a starting point for your timesheets, resumes, invoices, photo albums or party invitations."A template gives you a quick start towards creating a document, spreadsheet, or presentation. Each template has boilerplate content and preset design styles that are meant to be reused. To ...Shared by andy bons (12) arturo.servin (147) badpazzword (68) Carl (59) Compuwizard123 (134) coolsin (49) Daniel Bachhuber (133) danutz (101) Darkwookiee (36) David (82) David T (9) Dzu (193) Fernando Batista (65) gabopagan (170) gisc (178) HarrySachz (79) HBreda (255) imma (43) James Forbes Keir (100) jbussoli (15) Jdorfman (152) jenni ripley (28) jim.hellas (191) John (113) John Ager (55) kcearns (66) Larsen (21) Lu Tao (511) macbeach (14) Mark (17) Marque (104) Mich D (1349) Mrs S (121) Neko (27) Nick (35) Nick (6) pericles (1887) pkj (56) PMinze (182) Powera (115) Rakesh (15) ramyon (131) ricardo (255) Robert Birming (337) Robert van Bregt (104) Roger (226) rungss (16) Sam (138) sanoss (20) Shoshannah F (222) stevegio (23) stratus (45) Techfanatic (285) Tewe (16) Tim (36) WindPower (70) Yassin (35) YuSuPh (181) Yvette (32) 狮子真好吃啊 (185)Explore read four notes
- jbussoli said: I have been a slow and cautious adopter to Google docs. Forms has been a huge turning point for me. Templates is another huge factor which makes me feel that I have made the right decision for both my personal and professional routine.
- Sam said: This is nice!
- andy bons said: Congrats to Val and her team... woo!
- Yvette said: Hehe - I like seeing that mine made the actual launch. It's the 2nd one in the screenshot: Semesters Gradebook & Attendance
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Almighty Google (43)
on Google Operating System (1849) permalinkThe Vacationeers have some new futuristic videos that show an omniscient Google which is already a part of people's lives. After the creepy video about Google Street View, the comedy group explored some other Google services.Google SMS can sometimes offer free dating advice:My Maps can anticipate your actions and add placemarks in advance:Google Moon might show some things that you aren't supposed to know, like the fact that NASA never landed on the Moon.{ via ...Shared by Ameer (78) Anders (2) atul (513) b-rad (161) badpazzword (68) bfernald (116) Bob (58) Carlo Facci (30) chrishathaway (28) David T (9) Dedalus (109) Dr. Sam (32) ema (42) geekblake (20) Ian G (186) Jérôme Flipo (14) Jonathan Sterling (138) Karpuscul (56) Ko Phyo (6) Leo Romanovsky (54) mamelouk (11) Marc (266) Marie (94) megastep (118) Mike (12) mmhan (140) mucio (60) NeonDemon (391) nlnnet (19) Paul (201) Peter (30) ricardo (255) rkj (78) Robby R (78) rOckY (701) Roman (10) Sam (138) sumidiot (41) Toy (17) vinoaj (5) Vlad (49) Wayne (268) xrx (90)
- Karpuscul said: Смотреть обязательно, во что бы то ни стало!!!Очень классные видео про сервисы Google.
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Google's "Edit Search Results" Experiment (21)
on Google Operating System (1849) permalinkGoogle tests an enhanced version of last year's experiment that allowed users to hide search results and to move some results at the top of the page. The new experiment adds an option to comment on a search results and to view everyone's edits.According to the FAQ, "your comments and the webpages you add, promote, or delete, along with the user nickname for the account you're logged in with, may be viewed by other Google ...Shared by Adam (496) Alan Dean (264) Ameer (78) Andrew Girdwood (78) Angela (21) atul (513) Chris C (23) Earl E Morningwood (166) gabopagan (170) Glen Horton (89) graywolf (165) juzcoim (44) livibetter (63) Mark Cramer (65) Navid (272) Paul (201) R (216) ricardo (255) Troed Sångberg (19) xrx (90) 康爷 (116)Contribute comment
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Google Demoes Video Search with Speech Recognition (54)
on Google Operating System (1849) permalinkGoogle released a demo for a speech-to-text technology that allows you to search inside a video's content. You can add an iGoogle gadget that is restricted to a small number of political videos from YouTube. Since the gadget is actually an iframe, you can also go to the original page."Using the gadget you can search not only the titles and descriptions of the videos, but also their spoken content. Additionally, since speech recognition tells us ...Shared by Alaska Report (21) Andreas (16) badpazzword (68) bfernald (116) Bhavesh (123) Bob (58) Burad (121) ChaoticMind (42) ckaroli (279) Craig (18) Damon (2) Dedalus (109) fijidaddy (138) Gil (2060) Gopal (35) Gothy (90) graywolf (165) guercheLE (392) Hassan (268) Ian G (186) invariant (79) James Forbes Keir (100) Jupega (25) juzcoim (44) KenFan (396) Kenley (23) Lu Tao (511) metallicker (60) MH (208) Michael Hills (18) MichaelMJ (19) Mike F (2194) minus-one (37) mMakino (44) natalia (345) Niclas (69) Nihar (98) Patrick (41) Phuller10 (202) pkj (56) puthali (52) ricardo (255) rkj (78) Robert Birming (337) satbir (10) sinisterff (52) small (52) tarun (27) Tech For Novices (361) Tewe (16) Tim (171) warza (48) Yetimon (36) zhangs.jedi (96)Explore read four notes
- Yetimon said: Thus bringing Google one step ever closer to sentience.
- puthali said: cool! but sad that they had to pick political videos to start with...
- zhangs.jedi said: 好东西啊，简直可以用来做定性研究了。
- Alaska Report said: well.. it looks like now every word actually does matter..
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Find the Email Addresses from a Page with Google Toolbar (15)
on Google Operating System (1849) permalinkGoogle Toolbar has a useful feature called AutoLink which detects the content from a page that follows some predefined patterns and adds links to pages that offer more information. AutoLink detects US addresses, UPS tracking numbers, International Standard Book Numbers (ISBN) and Vehicle Identification Numbers (VIN) and links to relevant pages from sites like Google Maps, Amazon or CarFax. Despite its name, AutoLink adds the links only after you click on the Google Toolbar button ...Shared by Ameer (78) atul (513) Chandan (724) draggon (35) gabopagan (170) gisc (178) juzcoim (44) Karen Eliot (110) Mike F (2194) Niclas (69) Nkululeko Masondo (155) Paul (201) Quasidot (147) R (216) SilverStag (34)Contribute comment
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Google Suggest Preparing for Global Launch? (15)
on Google Operating System (1849) permalinkGoogle France's homepage tests a query suggestion feature based on Google Suggest. The feature seems to be enabled only for the homepage and there's a setting that lets you disable it. In March, other people noticed Google Suggest enabled by default at Google.com.Launched in 2004 as part of Google Labs, Google Suggest is available in many interfaces and in some international Google sites:* Google Labs* Google Experimental Search* Google Toolbar for IE and Firefox* Firefox ...Shared by Adam (496) Ameer (78) arturo.servin (147) babak (21) badpazzword (68) David (82) Dom Derrien (32) graywolf (165) Hasan (256) Nick (162) Nkululeko Masondo (155) ricardo (255) Robert Birming (337) Sante J. Achille (49) Tech For Novices (361)Contribute comment
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Gmail Superstars (77)
on Google Operating System (1849) permalinkOne of the 13 features added to Gmail Labs in May is Superstars, an extension of Gmail's starring system. Instead of using a single star to flag all the messages, you can choose between 12 icons.After enabling Superstars in Gmail Labs and clicking on "Save changes", go to the settings and select the icons you want to use. The exclamation mark is useful to flag important messages, quotes could show that a message needs a ...Shared by ABrad45 (24) Alan (29) Ameer (78) Andrew Taylor (131) aNTwNHs (40) Art (313) atul (513) badpazzword (68) cgranier (14) Chung (337) ckaroli (279) Cogo (76) Coze (19) Dedalus (109) Dennis Laumen (89) draggon (35) Dzu (193) Eunix (123) fijidaddy (138) Florinda P (55) gabopagan (170) gautamg (36) gisc (178) handir (196) Hugo (36) iandexter (9) Igor Poltavskiy (237) Ispirato (75) J. Phil (668) Jack Teague (23) Jeff (54) Jeton (19) Jigar Mehta (170) Jonathan Sterling (138) kepp (100) kukoo (88) Marie (94) MaTT (44) merkurov (28) MG (201) Moses (222) Nathan (37) ndench (45) Nick (162) Nkululeko Masondo (155) norti (137) p3n9 (17) Patty (1017) Peter H (93) Petre (46) Phani (11) Phil (85) Phreak 2.0 (207) Phuller10 (202) ppalli (74) R (216) R. Francis (115) ricardo (255) robenalt (7) rOckY (701) Ron Wattonville (736) Sam (138) sanoss (20) Sante J. Achille (49) satbir (10) Sean Harvell (39) Shankar Ganesh (334) Shogun (37) StalkerNOVA (63) stratus (45) SYM (269) tforster (5) Tibor (35) Yu (176) Zaki (222) zhangs.jedi (96) 康爷 (116)
- zhangs.jedi said: 这些代码的确很有效。
- Jigar Mehta said: Cool!
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Gmail to No Longer Auto Add Contacts (128)
on Google Operating System (1849) permalinkGoogle has finally realized that it's a bad idea to automatically add to the list of Gmail contacts all the people you've sent an email. An updated version of Gmail's contact manager has a separate section for the people you've emailed: "suggested contacts"."My Contacts is a place to import, store and view all of the contact information that's important to you. You can also create your own groups of contacts to easily email many people ...Shared by (``-_-´´) (363) Aditya (5) adrcc2 (24) Aleksas (17) Ameer (78) Andrew (81) Andrey Petrov (8) Andy (80) Anu (20) Atilano (135) baldahin (20) beanj007 (162) Bhavesh (123) biano (36) Brad Davis Seal (165) Buzzworkers (180) Ced (18) Chad (70) Chat (6) Chimpadink (38) cisellis (127) ckaroli (279) curlyfoxy (5) dalehugo (32) danutz (101) Dario Salvelli (15) Dave (66) Dave (36) David (82) David (157) David Chartier (50) Dennis Laumen (89) dk (65) dobata (1581) Doris (20) DWM (29) Eunix (123) Evert Jan (22) Fenng (264) fijidaddy (138) fyc (210) G (59) geekgrrl (108) gisc (178) gyakusetsu (43) Hagdahl (19) Harper (170) ignace / micronauta (92) IwfWcf (51) jack (19)
