Biggest Deployment of Gmail, Outlook/Exchange loses out
NSW schools has opted for Gmail for students rather than Outlook. Aside from a massive cost saving this will also allow easy email access outside of schools plus access to Gmail’s great spam filter system and other applications.
Google partner SMS Management and Technology has emerged as the leading bidder to supply the NSW Department of [...]
Google To Announce New Audience Measurement Initiative @ AM 3.0
Google plans to formally unveil its new product — AdPlanner — which will provide Web analytics to media buyers looking to place display ads on the Web. The service, leaked on the Web site of the Advertising Research Foundation on Monday, was to be introduced at the organization’s conference on audience measurement on Tuesday. (see [...]
Google App Engine suffers outages
One advantage of cloud computing is that it’s an expert’s job to keep the centralized computing infrastructure up and running. But even experts have problems, and that’s what’s going on Tuesday with Google’s App Engine.
The service has been having outages Tuesday, according to a mailing list posting Tuesday. App Engine, launched in April and still [...]
Technorati Media - Technorati’s Blog Ad Network
A very interesting post on TechCrunch announcing the launch of Technorati’s Ad network, to be called Technorati Media. The site, when launched and live, will be at http://www.technoratimedia.com/
Quoting from the post:
“…The company has been testing the new sales product with a number of partners, including BlogTalkRadio, BlogCritics, BlogCatalog, BlogTV, Technabob, GPSMagazine, GeekAlerts and NerdApproved. CEO [...]
Google Gears adds support for Firefox 3
Google has added support for Firefox 3 to Gears, the tool that allows web-based apps to function offline. Support for Firefox 3 was first announced on the feature list for Google Gears version 0.3, and speaking with Cnet, Google engineer Aaron Boodman confirmed that “Gears for Firefox 3, as of today, is available [...]
Google Trips Over
This is totally pointless, but I wasn’t aware that this was actually possible until today.
Google Trips Over
If it looks normal for you then I guess it didn’t work.
Google Bug!
Here’s what’s happening:
1. Do a search for the term ‘Artflux’
2. Look at the number 3 result (which should be artflux.com)
3. Try clicking the link to Artflux
4. You continue to stay in Google!!!
So a very interesting ploy from Google - Offer the result, but keep the visitor in Google!
We have tried on different systems (Mac and [...]
Google Opens Up (Some) Search Algorithms
After years of closely guarding the formula for its search algorithms, Google is opening up a little. The search engine company has kept its search formula a closely guarded secret for two reasons: competition and to prevent abuse, said Udi Manber, Google’s vice president of engineering, search quality, in post on the corporate blog. Manber [...]
Google could pick Git to manage Android code
Releasing 8.6 million lines of source code and expecting open-source programmers to join Google in its development is a technological challenge. But when Google does make its Android mobile phone software an open-source project later this year, it looks likely it will take a page from the Linux playbook and use a tool called Git [...]
Microsoft to lure search users with cash
According to Todd Bishop’s blog, Microsoft is all set to to lure search users with cash!
Microsoft has tried almost everything to get more people to pick its search site over Google, without much luck. So maybe a little cash will do the trick.
A screenshot of the Live Search cashback site.
That is the idea behind a [...]
