Taking another bold move into Skype’s territory, Google has announced the addition of voice and video chat to Gmail. Interestingly, audio and video chats are currently available only as an extension to the Google Talk feature within Google’s free webmail service, and not via its standalone Google Talk chat client application.
Since the new Gmail voice [...]
Video Chat in Gmail
November 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Technology, The Web, Video
Tags: chat·google·gtalk·ichat·skype·talk·Video
Search for Local Coupons in Google Maps
October 30th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Business, Hawaii, The Web
Looking for a deal? Google it! The search giant (and up-and-coming global empire) has quietly introduced the ability to search for printable coupons in Google Maps. As local search blogger Mike Blumenthal notes, apart from some coupon-related domain names spotted last month, Google’s work on the service has largely stayed below the [...]
Tags: coupons·couponsearch·google·googlelocal·googlemaps·valpac
Google Grabs Jaiku
October 9th, 2007 · 1 Comment · The Web
The “activity stream and presence sharing service” Jaiku has been snapped up by Google.
Technology has made staying in touch with your friends and family both easier and harder: living a fast-paced, on-the-go lifestyle is easier (and a lot of fun), but it’s more difficult to keep track of everyone when they’re running around at warp [...]
Tags: google·jaiku·lifestreams·microblogging·presence·twitter