2 years ago I shared about a blogger and follower/friend of mine, Ali Akbar, who purchased the domain, googleappsengine.com (he still owns it) in order to create an AppEngine-related blog (since Google apparently forgot to purchase the domain). Ali received a threatening Cease-and-Desist from Google shortly after asking him to immediately discontinue use of the domain and “Take immediate steps to transfer the Domain Name to Google”. It would appear that Google needs to take a dose of its own medicine though. To my surprise, I’ve realized recently that my articles from StayNAlive.com and other blogs are being shared, in their full text, on Buzz and having my ads stripped from them, without my permission.
Tags: Adsense, Ali Akbar, Blog, Blogger, Blogs, Buzz, Cease, Coup, Domain Name, Follower, Google, Medicine, Own Medicine, Raw Feed, Stripping, Surprise, That Enables Anyone
We launched Gmail Labs over a year and a half ago as a playground where engineers can come up with new features and let your input help decide which are good ideas and which don’t quite work out. Any engineer at Google can come up with feature, code it, and launch it quickly to tens of millions of users.
Tags: Addict, Autocomplete, Countless Comments, Email, Experimental Features, Feature Code, Gmail, Google, Keyboard Shortcuts, Label Colors, Muzzle, New Features, Original Intent, Playground, Random Signature, Search Box, Search Operators, Vacation Dates, Width Font, Youtube
Six months ago Google announced that in phasing out the obsolete internet explorer 6 it will now removing support from Orkut and Youtube and started pushing its user for modern browsers.
Google has now given specific notice to users that now Google is removing its support from youtube users from March 13, 2010 via a page on Google.com titled Solve a Problem: Upgrading your browser:
Support stops on March 13th. Stopped support essentially means that some future features on YouTube will be rolled out that won’t work in older browsers.
YouTube will have an interstitial appear when users on older browser try to watch a video on YouTube. Google says the interstitial will show up indefinitely every two weeks until the user upgrades to the most recent version of their browser. Google deems anything below IE7, Firefox 3.0, Chrome 4.0, and Safari 3.0 as an “older browser.” Users on these browsers will still be able to watch YouTube videos, but additional features that Google plans to roll out may not be supported in these older browsers.
Late month, Google announced it will end old browser support for Google Docs and Google Sites on March 1, 2010 and earlier this month, the company announced it would start to phase out support for these browsers for Google Mail and Google Calendar by year end. Google is pushing both enterprise and consumer users towards newer browsers on all its Web properties.
Google’s stance on IE6 varies from Microsoft’s because the search giant does not need to support Windows XP, the operating system with which IE6 first shipped, as long as Redmond (which will support XP and IE6 until April 8, 2014). Microsoft, on the other hand, which has stated time and time again that it wants to see IE6 disappear as much as anyone else, refuses to force anyone to upgrade (though it’s worth noting that the software giant’s Office Web Apps won’t support IE6 either, just like Google Docs) and says the decision is ultimately up to the user.
Microsoft is trying to push users to upgrade by touting IE8’s many features over IE6, particularly in the area of security. So far, this has worked relatively well, as IE8 is the most popular browser, although IE6 is still used by about 20 percent of surfers worldwide, according to NetApplications.
One more getting down for Internet Explorer 6
Six months ago Google announced that in phasing out the obsolete internet explorer 6 it will now removing support from Orkut and Youtube and started pushing its user for modern browsers.
Google has now given specific notice to users that now Google is removing its support from youtube users from March 13, 2010 via a page on Google.com titled Solve a Problem: Upgrading your browser:
Support stops on March 13th. Stopped support essentially means that some future features on YouTube will be rolled out that won’t work in older browsers.YouTube will have an interstitial appear when users on older browser try to watch a video on YouTube. Google says the interstitial will show up indefinitely every two weeks until the user upgrades to the most recent version of their browser. Google deems anything below IE7, Firefox 3.0, Chrome 4.0, and Safari 3.0 as an “older browser.” Users on these browsers will still be able to watch YouTube videos, but additional features that Google plans to roll out may not be supported in these older browsers.
Late month, Google announced it will end old browser support for Google Docs and Google Sites on March 1, 2010 and earlier this month, the company announced it would start to phase out support for these browsers for Google Mail and Google Calendar by year end. Google is pushing both enterprise and consumer users towards newer browsers on all its Web properties.
Google’s stance on IE6 varies from Microsoft’s because the search giant does not need to support Windows XP, the operating system with which IE6 first shipped, as long as Redmond (which will support XP and IE6 until April 8, 2014). Microsoft, on the other hand, which has stated time and time again that it wants to see IE6 disappear as much as anyone else, refuses to force anyone to upgrade (though it’s worth noting that the software giant’s Office Web Apps won’t support IE6 either, just like Google Docs) and says the decision is ultimately up to the user.
Microsoft is trying to push users to upgrade by touting IE8’s many features over IE6, particularly in the area of security. So far, this has worked relatively well, as IE8 is the most popular browser, although IE6 is still used by about 20 percent of surfers worldwide, according to NetApplications.
Tags: Browser Support, Browser Users, Consumer Users, Docs, Google, Ie7, Internet Explorer, Mail, March 1, Office Web, Operating System, Orkut, Safari, Six Months, Software Giant, Web Apps, Web Properties, Worth Noting That, Year End, Youtube Videos
Google has announced a new technology for adserving following is the extract from google blog announcing the change and entering the next generation of adserving:
Today, we’re announcing the next generation of ad serving technology for online publishers — DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP).
For the past few years, we’ve been investing in a suite of solutions — AdSense, ad-serving technology and the DoubleClick Ad Exchange — to help online publishers make the most money possible from their content, whether they sell advertising directly through their own sales force, through an ad network such as AdSense, or a combination of both.
Tags: Ad Serving Technology, Ad Space, American Readers, Australian Readers, Difficult Decisions, Doubleclick, Fast Food Restaurant, Google, New Technology, News Site, News Sites, Online Communities, Popular News, Relative Performance, Significant Impact, Social Networks, Static Image, Surfboard Makers, Surfboard Wax, Surfing Website
The Google has claimed that its security has been compromised. And after the investigation by US Analysts it was revealed that it was a Chinese Author who is mainly involved in hacking the system of Google.
It was revealed that the spyware inserted to many computers in the world has been entered by two educational computers installed in an institute of China which has close ties with Military.
Tags: Best Security, Chinese Author, Chinese Government, Close Ties, Educational Computers, Financial Times, Google, Government Of China, Hacking Forum, Internet Explorer, Mischel, Security Analysts, Security Consultant, Security Departments, Security Flaw, Security Matters, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Software Vulnerabilities, Technology Security, Western Experts
