Tiffany B. Brown

A web log about web development and internet culture with frequent detours into other stuff.

Posts tagged: google

Google releases GMail Mobile 2.0
Google announced the release of the 2.0 version of Gmail mobile Java application yesterday. I’ve used the 1.0 application for about as long as I’ve owned my phone. It worked well for most of that time, except for a significant — though since fixed — glitch with secure connections. I have only used the new interface [...] [24 Oct 2008]
Notes on Google Chrome
Update 2: Google explains its Windows-only release of Chrome in Platforms and Priorities When it comes to Mac and Linux versions, this means that our goal is not to just “port” a Windows application to these other platforms–rather, our goal is to deliver Chromium’s innovative, Google-style user interface without rough edges on any of them. Chromium’s [...] [2 Sep 2008]
An all Flash / SWF search engine roundup
SWFs to become fully searchable SWF searchability FAQ Improved Flash indexing (Google’s announcement) Adobe, Google and Yahoo Join Forces To Make Flash More Searchable [1 Jul 2008]
A Thursday three-fer in case you missed it
WordPress 2.3.3 WordPress 2.3.3 is an urgent security release. If you have registration enabled a flaw was found in the XML-RPC implementation such that a specially crafted request would allow a user to edit posts of other users on that blog. Stop sharing spreadsheets, start collecting information Google Docs now lets you create custom forms to collect information [...] [7 Feb 2008]
Recommended: Anil Dash’s ‘Google and Theory of Mind’
Anil analyzes Google’s Knol product and suggests that Google may be dancing awfully close to the ‘evil’ line. Two points to think about: Theory of mind is the awareness that others are aware, and its absence is the weakness that Google doesn’t know it has. This shortcoming exists at a deep cultural level within the organization, and [...] [14 Dec 2007]
Yahoo! Widgets 4.5 released, Google Desktop for Mac brings gadgets to Dashboard
Yahoo! Widgets 4.5 is Here! Google Desktop for Mac Google Desktop for Mac seems like overkill since Spotlight is pretty robust (in my opinion). But the ability to deploy Google Gadgets in Dashboard? I’m thinking that’s genius. Previously: Widgets and Gadgets and Modules! Oh my! Elsewhere: The Year of the Widget? on Newsweek.com [29 Nov 2007]