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Google is shutting down Google Wave as a standalone product despite its innovative features like real-time collaborative editing and live typing, citing insufficient user adoption despite a loyal following. The company will keep the service running through the end of 2010, open-source the core technology so others can build on it, and help users export their data.
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Google Public DNS is a free service allowing users to replace their ISP's domain name servers with Google's addresses (8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4 for IPv4; 2001:4860:4860::8888, 2001:4860:4860::8844 for IPv6) to potentially improve performance and reliability. The guide provides step-by-step instructions for configuring these settings across multiple operating systems including Windows, macOS, Linux, ChromeOS, iOS, and Android, as well as routers and mobile devices. It emphasizes backing up original DNS settings before making changes and includes testing procedures to verify proper functionality after configuration.
Google launched OpenSocial, a set of standardized APIs enabling developers to build applications that work across multiple social networks simultaneously, rather than forcing them to write separate code for each platform. Unlike Facebook's proprietary FBML approach, OpenSocial uses standard JavaScript and HTML, making it easier for developers to adapt existing code and deploy across hosts like Orkut, LinkedIn, Ning, and Friendster. The initiative addresses developer frustration with the costs of maintaining applications across fragmented platforms and positions Google as a central intermediary controlling access to social network data.
Posted by Jess Lee, Product Manager, Google Maps Today we're excited to announce a new feature on Google Maps that allows you to add maps to...
A collection of useful Google search techniques and features to improve your searching efficiency and get better results.
Google announced it was discontinuing Gears, its browser extension framework for enabling advanced web application features, because those capabilities had been adopted into the HTML5 standard and were now being implemented natively across major browsers. The company had successfully migrated Gears' key functionality—offline support through application caches, local data storage via IndexedDB, file handling, geolocation, notifications, and web workers—into standardized APIs that would reach far more developers than the proprietary extension ever could. Gears would be removed from Chrome and receive no further updates, though its open-source code would remain available.
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A PHP library for submitting product data to Google Base, Google's discontinued product information service.
Google has launched Google Apps for your Domain, offering Gmail, Talk, Calendar, and Page Creator to businesses through a single control panel with free hosting and ad support, with plans to add document creation and spreadsheet tools plus collaboration features. The move directly challenges Microsoft's multibillion-dollar Office business by enabling online document storage and collaboration, positioning Google with a clean slate but behind in customer acquisition against Microsoft's entrenched advantage despite Microsoft's vulnerability to disrupting its own revenue model. The outcome of this competition could reshape office software pricing within the next year as Office 2007 launches and Google expands its capabilities, though other competitors like Zoho are also building competitive suites.
Google Code was a free project hosting service for open source software development projects.
A purported Google engineer named ZorbaTHut conducted an extensive forum interview describing internal practices and culture at Google circa 2006, covering topics like the company's flat hierarchy (just five levels for engineers), the actual flexibility of the famous 20% time policy (adjusted based on project deadlines), the prevalence of Linux systems, and hiring processes that emphasize skills over credentials. The interview also touches on practical matters like click-fraud concerns with AdSense, confidentiality rules around unreleased products, and the company's approach to programmer autonomy, suggesting Google's management philosophy trusted skilled workers to manage their own time and didn't micromanage their work-life boundaries.