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Google Sidewiki

Posted: September 23, 2009 in Google, internet
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Interesting new release from Google. Google Sidewiki allows you to contribute helpful information next to any webpage. Google Sidewiki appears as a browser sidebar, where you can read and write entries along the side of the page. The idea, says Google, is enable people to take advantage of stuff other eople have found while looking for the same infromation as you. Sidewiki is released as part of Google Toolbar for Firefox and Internet Explorer. Chrome and other browser versions to follow.

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Welcome to the dark side

Posted: September 2, 2009 in Google, internet, Technology
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Google’s Gmail Fail Casts Dark Cloud on ‘Cloud Computing’ – PC World

PC World echoed some of my thoughts in this piece today. “If this latest Gmail failure has proven anything, it’s that local hard
drives should always be an important part of any computer. Maybe one
day you won’t need to have massive storage space to keep a copy of
absolutely every photo, video or document you own, but vital data like
e-mail will still need a little storage space offline no matter how
reliable companies claim their cloud solutions are.”

As mentioned in the piece, it’s a good idea to at least have GMail’s offline service installed so you can access your most recent e-mails when there’s no connection. Better yet, buy the excellent Mailplane, which puts GMail on your desktop rather than your browser and also gives you offline access to recent messages.

One thing I take issue with, though, is that PC World, like most news sources are still stating that GMail was out for “two hours”. This is bull – I was not able to receive mail or access my Contacts for at least 36 hours.

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Google Calendar available offline

Posted: March 11, 2009 in Google, internet, Technology
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Google made my day when it reently made its GMail application available offline. Now it has taken the next logical step and made its web-based Calendar available offline. Long overdue and handy if you’re travelling and don’t have continuous internet access. Now you can read downloaded messages and draft replies that will sync up the moment you’re connected.

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