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Gtriage: Escape from Gmail Overload
Gtriage is a new service that aims to help Gmail users suffering from “information overload” due to an overcrowded inbox – a problem affecting the majority of email users today. The way the service works is that it scans all your email messages and to determine which ones are the most important to you. It then tags those messages “Important” with bright red labels so they don’t get missed.
This sounds brilliant, doesn’t it? The only question now is will it actually work? …
Email as Identity: Google Turns on WebFinger
If you’ve been on the Internet for long enough, you may remember the old UNIX finger command. With finger, you could just type in a command like finger email@yahoo.com and the email server would return more information about this person. Today, Google enabled the next generation of the finger command – WebFinger – for all Gmail accounts. WebFinger provides users with a standardized and decentralized way of sharing their profile and identity information online
Google began a small beta test of WebFinger in August 2009. Today, Google’s Brad Fitzpatrick announced that the company has now enabled WebFinger fall all Google accounts with public profiles.
Google Creating Twitter Clone for Gmail
As soon as this week, Google might be rolling out a “Twitter-killer” feature for Gmail users, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.
Gmail users can currently broadcast status messages via the Google Talk feature. The main difference between the current offering and the new feature is that status messages aren’t available in a timeline format. With the new “Twitter clone,” they will be …
Yahoo and the AP Reach a New Deal – But What About Google?
Google and the Associated Press haven’t exactly been on good terms for the last few months. Due to fundamental disagreements over copyright and payments between the companies, Google stopped hosting AP content on its site in December after the existing contract between the AP and Google expired. Yahoo, however, is a step ahead of Google and just announced a new deal with the AP. The details about the contract between Yahoo and the AP weren’t disclosed, but chances are that Yahoo agreed to pay higher licensing fees in return for the right to host AP stories on its properties …
Google Reader Can Now Track Changes to Any Website – Even if it Can’t Find a Feed
Google just announced an interesting update to Google Reader. Google’s online feed reader now allows you to track changes on any page – even those that don’t feature an RSS feed. Google will create its own custom feeds for these sites and update the feed whenever it notices a change. Google Reader will display a short snippet of the page changes in the RSS feed.
Until today, Google Reader would simply respond with an error message if you tried to subscribe to a site that didn’t offer an RSS feed. Now, Google will simply create a new feed for the site and track updates. It’s not clear how often Google plans to ping these sites, however …
Chrome 4: Stable Version of Chrome Gets Extensions and Bookmark Sync
Google just released a new stable version of Chrome for Windows PCs that includes two of the most frequently requested features: extensions and bookmark sync. This change won’t affect those users who are already using these features through Chrome’s beta or developer preview channel. Windows users who are using the stable version of Chrome, however, will finally be able to use extensions and sync bookmarks between multiple machines.
Extensions for (Almost) Everybody
Google first made extensions for Chrome available in a developer release in December. Since then, developers have created over 1,500 extensions for Chrome. Some of the most popular include an extension that checks your GMail for new messages, an extension that allows users to open certain sites in an Internet Explorer window inside Chrome, as well as various ad blockers. Google also just updated its own Google Voice extension for Chrome …
Breadcrumb Display in Google SERPs
According to Webpronews, google is spotted to be testing breadcrumbs in some search results, at least some areas. Several bloggers have noticed google displaying breadcrumbs in various places. It seems appear on random results of some query. Here is screen captured showing some breadcrumbs in google SERP …