Tag Archives: Google

Getting Google Buzz to post to Twitter

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Graeme Hunter

Google Buzz has been out for a couple of days now. It certainly seems to be getting a lot of attention, personally speaking it looks a lot more active than Twitter was when I first joined it. There is quite … Continue reading →

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The real-time web is sort of coming soon

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Graeme Hunter

A couple of interesting but not unexpected developments today, first Bing announced it was including real-time Twitter updates in its searches(this doesn’t look that live yet), then a few hours later Google announced the same. Real-time updates have been coming … Continue reading →

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Google Chrome on Mac OSX (almost)

Posted on January 13, 2009 by Graeme Hunter

Google have confirmed today that they’re aiming to have Mac OSX and Linux versions of their Google Chrome browser ready for release by the middle of 2009. In the meantime, it may be possible to build a version to try … Continue reading →

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How Google Notebook can help with your Christmas shopping

Posted on November 19, 2008 by Graeme Hunter

As well as search, Google Reader, and Gmail, there is one other Google product I’ll use every day, and that is Google Notebook. It works so well for me for making todo lists, storing links and information, and sharing with … Continue reading →

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Google Maps Mobile v2.2 released

Posted on August 12, 2008 by Graeme Hunter

Google have updated Google Maps mobile to version 2.2. Works on the N95 fine, seems a bit speedier and neater. Google Transit seems to cover the South of England in general, so I can potentially use it to plan bus … Continue reading →

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Spicebird 0.4 available for download

Posted on January 15, 2008 by Graeme Hunter

Spicebird is an open-source collaboration suite. Simply put, it is built on Mozilla’s Thunderbird code, and also includes calendars, instant messaging, notes, contacts, feed reading and an old-school news reader. It look nice, is well put-together thus far, has a … Continue reading →

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Gmail and AIM – together at last

Posted on December 5, 2007 by Graeme Hunter

So now Google Talk within Gmail has support for AIM. Google ask that other networks get in touch with them if they are interested in being included. Well what about the networks and systems that are available already? How about … Continue reading →

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Another piece of the Google puzzle in place – Social Networking

Posted on October 17, 2007 by Graeme Hunter

Well I’d just finished writing the previous post, just went to flick through my feeds, and found this little gem. Google Maps is going Social. They’ve now added a profile section to Google Maps, so that any maps you chose … Continue reading →

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Sync Gmail Contacts with Kontact

Posted on October 15, 2007 by Graeme Hunter

So I’m on a quest to get, well, everything on everything. I want everything in sync. Now that’s quite a project, so I’m taking little steps. What I’ve done today is to get my Gmail contacts to sync with my … Continue reading →

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Applications I’m missing at the moment

Posted on August 28, 2007 by Graeme Hunter

I was just thinking about the applications that I don’t have, that I would like. So I thought I’d write a quick list, explain them, and then revisit them in a few months time to see if they exist. I … Continue reading →

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