NiTS.in » Google http://www.nits.in/b Tech, Macs & Movies Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:35:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Orkut unveils Low Bandwidth Version http://www.nits.in/b/google/orkut-unveils-low-bandwidth-version.html http://www.nits.in/b/google/orkut-unveils-low-bandwidth-version.html#comments Sun, 20 Apr 2008 07:45:45 +0000 NiTS http://blog.nits.in/google/orkut-unveils-low-bandwidth-version.html
Google did a major update to Orkut last week by adding Facebook ‘inspired’ applications to it, amongst other features like the one I really had to had to enable, it’s the low bandwidth version of Orkut. No, I’m not on dial-up, I’m on a good to go 384kbps line with no data caps, that’s enough for me, but saving bandwidth isn’t my real interest here, it’s the clean job.
Orkut Low Bandwidth Version is so clutter free, it shows the user’s photo, and that’s all, and everything else has been ‘textuated’. Thank God Google came up with this. Also scrapbooks now have a image-holder instead of the scraper’s picture.
To turn this version on, login to your Orkut account, and goto settings, there under the low bandwidth sub-item, select “show the low bandwidth version of Orkut” and then click on ‘save changes’. Additionally you can check “do not prompt me if my network bandwidth changes”, so as to avoid the bugging notification from Orkut that your bandwidth has changed and you can return to the high bandwidth version, that you don’t want to :P.
]]> http://www.nits.in/b/google/orkut-unveils-low-bandwidth-version.html/feed 1 Google releases Custom Search globally http://www.nits.in/b/google/google-releases-custom-search-globally.html http://www.nits.in/b/google/google-releases-custom-search-globally.html#comments Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:58:29 +0000 NiTS http://blog.nits.in/google/google-releases-custom-search-globally.html It happens first time that Google extended its search service for the business users all over the world.

Users of the Google custom search engine can add Google search capabilities to their web sites. Roberto Solimene, Google’s European enterprise director said that, “”For many organizations, a Web site is their window to the world and significant investment goes into attracting customers to the site”. Both the Custom Search Engine free edition and business edition provide hosted search capabilities, obviating the need for installed appliances. Admins can monitor usage behavior through the reports generated by these.

However, its business edition includes features of email and phone support. It also depends on us whether we choose the option of advertising or not. Using an XML application programming interface helps in getting fully customized results.

 

]]> http://www.nits.in/b/google/google-releases-custom-search-globally.html/feed 0 Google puts a check on Click Fraud http://www.nits.in/b/google/google-puts-a-check-on-click-fraud.html http://www.nits.in/b/google/google-puts-a-check-on-click-fraud.html#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:48:27 +0000 NiTS http://blog.nits.in/google/google-puts-a-check-on-click-fraud.html Google is going to redefine its clickable region for its ad serving program AdSense by doing a small change to AdSense which makes a big difference in cutting AdSense revenue and waste clicks.  image

Even though Google has filters to find out click fraud, accidentally clicking on an ad region may prove less harmful but its very hard to check the accurate reason of wasting dollars in advertising. Now, both Google as well as Yahoo are ready for an Independent Audit as last year both suffered from click fraud. $90 million was also paid by Google for a settlement. It’s just a small part of any earning from fraud.

]]> http://www.nits.in/b/google/google-puts-a-check-on-click-fraud.html/feed 0 Google hates Writer, making Blogger offline app http://www.nits.in/b/google/google-hates-writer-making-blogger-offline-app.html http://www.nits.in/b/google/google-hates-writer-making-blogger-offline-app.html#comments Fri, 19 Oct 2007 07:20:41 +0000 NiTS http://blog.nits.in/google/google-hates-writer-making-blogger-offline-app.html Riding high on it’s web extension Gears, Google has stepped further on, in extending it’s arsenal of web apps. This time though they’re trying to make these applications usuable offline.

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The bandwagon of Google Gears was started with the release of a version for Google Reader, making it usable in what we call “not so well connected to internet” zones. This time though they’ve tried to get their very popular Blogging site Blogger accessible offline, just like we do it with Windows Live Writer. It makes use of the newly released Blogger GData JavaScript library, and has been nicked as Blog.gears.

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]]> http://www.nits.in/b/google/google-hates-writer-making-blogger-offline-app.html/feed 0 HealthVault beta out, MS pwns Google http://www.nits.in/b/google/healthvault-beta-out-ms-pwns-google.html http://www.nits.in/b/google/healthvault-beta-out-ms-pwns-google.html#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:02:25 +0000 NiTS http://blog.nits.in/google/healthvault-beta-out-ms-pwns-google.html MS releases its Online health records system named HealthVault on Beta, a free online repository. Now you can dump all your health reports and your doctors’ records online free. Sources revealed that Google was set to launch a similar system which got delayed due to the death of its leader Adam Bosworth.

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On HealthVault you can record your health history and can save all your reports, prescriptions, treatment history. This data can be directly downloaded from your doctors, hospitals, labs, prescription drug plans,etc. Data could also be typed or uploaded from devices even on glucose monitoring devices or blood pressure monitors. The system works on providing password based access and the only concern would be maintaining full patient privacy. Its very useful as full records are maintained at one place and doctors can take close look at the symptoms.

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]]> http://www.nits.in/b/google/healthvault-beta-out-ms-pwns-google.html/feed 0 Google to release Gmail Client Soon http://www.nits.in/b/google/google-to-release-gmail-client-soon.html http://www.nits.in/b/google/google-to-release-gmail-client-soon.html#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:24:05 +0000 NiTS http://blog.nits.in/google/google-to-release-gmail-client-soon.html The big G has built an email client for Gmail, that’s going to use the Google Gears plugin (remember Google Reader?). It’s currently under closed testing according to a report by Hindustan Times.

I must say it’s a brave move by Google, considering that in this DSL age, when every one is moving to the Web as an Operating System, Google is doing otherwise by making desktop versions of it’s web apps.

This is just another step by Google to slowly counter the industry standard in daily office computing i.e. Microsoft’s Office.

Let’s wait and watch if it has the import functionality from the biggest mail clients right now, viz. Thunderbird and Outlook Express.

]]> http://www.nits.in/b/google/google-to-release-gmail-client-soon.html/feed 0 Adsense for mobile, everyones invited http://www.nits.in/b/google/adsense/adsense-for-mobile-everyones-invited.html http://www.nits.in/b/google/adsense/adsense-for-mobile-everyones-invited.html#comments Sun, 15 Jul 2007 11:19:39 +0000 NiTS http://blog.nits.in/google/adsense/adsense-for-mobile-everyones-invited.html Good news guys, big daddy Google has showered us Adsensers with another present this summer, after the referral 2.0 arsenal. It’s the adsense for mobiles, adding to the already list of adsense options, like adsense for content, adsense for referrals, adsense for search, adsense for rss, adsense for parked domains, and recently adsense for referral 2.0. Adsense publishers are just going to love it more, considering that there are more than 3 billion mobiles all over the globe. However, adsense for mobile is only out to certain selected publishers so far for their mobile platform optimized sites. The supported markup languages so far are WML, XHTML and CHTML.

]]> http://www.nits.in/b/google/adsense/adsense-for-mobile-everyones-invited.html/feed 0 Now start gMailing without Invites http://www.nits.in/b/google/now-start-gmailing-without-invites.html http://www.nits.in/b/google/now-start-gmailing-without-invites.html#comments Mon, 12 Feb 2007 04:54:22 +0000 NiTS http://blog.nits.in/google/now-start-gmailing-without-invites.html Google’s ever invite only Gmail, is now out to public beta.
This was announced earlier this week on the Gmail main page. However it’s not
available in all parts of the world.

Only Africa, Australia, Brazil, Europe,
the Middle East, Japan & Russia have this privilege. People from these
parts can goto the Gmail Signup page to register a new Gmail id for them, and for the rest of us, it’s still
the same story.
It’s not working in India yet. Also users from UK and Germany have reported
that it’s not working yet over there. I guess we got to wait a little more for
it.

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