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Google to serve better ads without reading your emails

Manpreet — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:49:09 +0000

In a recent blog post on Gmail blog, Google have put to rest all the controversies surrounding their policy of serving advertisements along your electronic mails coming in gmail inbox. But many wonder how does Google do it? Do they read your emails to serve ads?

To clarify this Gmail technicians say:

To show these ads, our systems don’t need to store any extra information — Gmail just picks a different recent email to match. The process is entirely automated: no humans are involved in selecting ads, and no email or personal information is shared with advertisers.

Those who are curious what new procedure is all about can have a look at this video below:

Hope it helps!

Tweet your blog updates from Feedburner’s Socialize option

Manpreet — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:37:12 +0000

Twitter has been the hottest commodity of use in social media. Right from common man to sportsmen to celebrities to news channels and even politicians use twitter as a source to interact with the world.

Well if you are a Twitter user and want to tweet your blog updates fast with hash tags here is how feed burner can help you.

Here are some simple steps to tweet your blog updates via feedburner:

1. Go to Publicize Tab and look on the bottom left for Socialize tab

2. Link your Twitter account by clicking Add a Twitter Account.

3. Now Activate the service and you are done.

To shorten the url your blog post url’s Google is using its custom service Goo.gl. You can also create hash tags from categories and keywords that appear in your post.

China Hackers make inroads in Google and India PM office

Manpreet — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:13:32 +0000

The security breach is once again hitting the headlines at the start of calendar year 2010 and this time its of a very high magnitude. The cyber war has got into an ugly phase as at 20 other large companies from a wide range of businesses–including the Internet, finance, technology, media and chemical sectors–have been targeted by Chinese Hackers.

Chinese Hacking Spree: Google and Indian Prime Minister Office Targeted

This staggering revelation has been officially brought up by Google on their Official Blog post (which can bee seen here). The road does not end here. Pas month the Chinese hackers also accessed critical information from Indian Prime Minister’s Office where hackers had aimed India’s national security set-up (reported by Indian media).

Google meanwhile has demanded explanation from the Chinese regime to take some major Action. Google has also threatened to shutdown its operation from China and seize google.cn (the Chinese search engine name of Google).

While all this drama unfolds the gmail team has taken a proactive measure by stepping up the https security for GMail. This may have come after some critical lost information allowed hackers to access the accounts of human right activists in China.

Goo.gl: The official URL shortner from Google

Manpreet — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 06:56:49 +0000

Google is making nice strides into consumer market on internet. Their latest inroad seems to be a url shortner. Yes Google has made its own url shortner which is currently used for Google products only.

The Google URL Shortener Goo.gl promises to squeeze long Url into fewer characters which would be useful in may ways. One of them could be tweeting while making sharing on other social media like emails etc easy too.

If you are an avid feedburner user you can see how Goo.gl works if you decide to socialize/tweet your feeds directly from feedburner to your twitter account.

For a complete list of url shortner’s see: 10 useful Url Shortners for Microblogging & Link Sharing on IM

Google Nexus One vs Apple iphone : A quick Comparison Guide

Manpreet — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 07:55:50 +0000

2010 is special in many ways. First a decade has changed. Second the recession is fading away and off course third one is the new and exciting era of technological revolution standing ahead. To break of the ice Google has just launched its brand new phone known as Nexus One.

To start up on an exciting note the Googlers have announced their own web mobile buy/sell store and they would kick off their sales with Nexus One. But mobile enthusiasts want to know what’s special in this one over Apple’s iphone. So we would sum up some key difference which may help you choose a better product.

PROPERTY	GOOGLE’S NEXUS ONE	APPLE’S IPHONE (3Gs)
OS (Operating System)	Android	OS X
Screen Size	3.7’(inch)	3.5’ (inch)
Screen Resolution	800×480 px (pixel)	320×480 px (pixel)
Camera	5 MP (Mega Pixel)	3.2 MP (Mega Pixel)
Apps	Less	More
App Store	Android Store	Apple’s App Store
Battery Replacement	Simple (like Normal Phones)	Tedious (Visit Apple Store)
Voice Command	Better (Can Even type email)	Good (Basic like call )
Mobile Carrier (in US)	T-Mobile	AT&T
Expandable Memory	Upto32 GB	Upto32 GB
Contract Price	$176 (for 32 GB)	$299 (for 32 GB)

So the intense battle is on and with Google involves in this HTC product the stakes are always high. As the year progress let’s see who will emerge as the winner? Another thing which many reviewer’s in past months found lacking in Nexus One was absence of Gmail Access.

But people who are looking to but Nexus One have a good news at their end. Gmail team yesterday announced the arrival of Gmail on Nexus One. Hope this 11 point comparison helps you in choosing the product of your choice.

Gmail offers cheap solution for over flowing inbox and picasa albums

Manpreet — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:52:41 +0000

I remember Former CEO of Microsoft Bill Gates gave a very interesting statement: “The beauty of computer is it does not get heavy even if you store more”. This in fact symbolizes that data only need a physical address and location a a media for storage. Which is off course too simple. But the problem starts arising when that media is full itself.

Coming to Google it has offered many free products all the while for users which included Picasa, blogger and off course Gmail, many others. But the problems is space is limited for each users. What if I need more space when I run out of it.

Starting from today you can buy 20 GB for only $5 a year, twice as much storage for a quarter of the old price, and enough space for more than 10,000 full resolution pictures taken with a five megapixel camera. So enjoy un-interrupted storage of emails and photos with Google.

Source- Gmail weblog

Is gmail/Google in problem again? or my pc security: getting a 404/302 error

Manpreet — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:18:43 +0000

[Note: This post hasan update (Google and Gmail were fine it was indded my network problem)...more at the below of post]

Today wen I opened up gmail to check my regular emails I got a 404 not found exception. I checked the gmail blog but there are no updates. I’m just curious whether gmail is in problem (see the screenshot below) or my wireless network security has been compromised.

Here is the screen shot of the problem:

Also when I was using Google search with Firefox 3.5 It was giving me a 302 error (see screenshot below).

Please comment on this post if you are encountering the same problem as I’m while accessing GMail/Google or my wireless network security has been compromised.

[Update Nov 11, 2009

1. I think Gmail/Google were absolutely fine, It was my personal pc/network security which was compromised. We are are working to get this website right on track

2. But Im still amazed how a small malware can block my web access to Gmail (throwing an Apache 404 error ) and to Google (by throwing 302 error) ]

Admob: another acquired advertiser in Google’s kitty

admin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:17:02 +0000

Google is certainly set to make inroads in mobile advertising business. Last year Google had acquired double click to make its advertising reach rich media ads users also. Now its the time for some moile advertising in action.

We have got a confirmed news from Admob that Google has offered a whopping $750 million as per the agreement. With this partnership Google is aiming more than 15,000 mobile Web sites and applications that make up AdMob’s publisher network.

[Update you can read about this announcement here]

Gmail offers customization for offline use

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:08:23 +0000

To be productive in this fast paced world one must think ad act on multiple domains simultaneously. Similar to this one is the aim of gmail team who now offer selective downloading of email messages while working offline.

When you hit save, Gmail will synchronize new messages you didn’t have downloaded before and remove the ones you’re not planning to read from your hard drive.

From [Gmail blog]

View received docs, pics or videos right within Gmail

Manpreet — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:14:49 +0000

Gmail team has come up with an excellent utility feature which allows you to view multimedia content within the email page. This inherently means that you don’t have to page up separately for the documents you get in your email.

Earlier this year Gmail had come up with a great feature to view or watch YouTube videos, Yelp reviews, and Picasa and Flickr albums within the gmail page.The latest feature in this preview series of media content includes viewing the Docs in the same page with which your Gmail is opened up.

It is is very simple and you just have to click “Show preview” and the contents of the document will display right there — no need to switch back and forth between email response and document.

[Via : Gmail Blog]

How to choose a smart password?

Manpreet — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:04:56 +0000

Phishing, is a common way for hackers to trick you into sharing personal information like your account password. Creating a new password is often one of the first recommendations you hear when trouble occurs.

Good password does not assures a scam free life, but setting one that’s memorable for you and that’s hard for others to guess is a smart security practice since weak passwords can be easily guessed.

If you want to know how to choose a good password pleas go to gmail blog. They have given nice tips there.

Tweak search results in google & labels in gmail

Manpreet — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:11:33 +0000

Gmail labs is often working to get something new for you or tweak the old one for better use. This time again they have done a tweak on labels which might help you reduce the clutter.

You can do only make show up those labels which have the unread messages rather than a full list. To know how you can do this just go to gmail blog, and just do this stuff.

On the search engine stuff, Google team has done a good job by introducing the search snippets. This can help you getting the relevant content easier and faster. Just check it out!

Gmail Contacts go temporarily unavailable

Manpreet — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:17:28 +0000

If you are a frequent gmail user then you may be in a bit of problem. Gmail is having some issues today and some features which may not work.

Like your contact list may be temporarily unavailable, and can result in a few issues:

Auto-complete may not work
The contact manager may not load
Chat may not work

Gmail team is working on it. Let’s hope it get fixes soon.

Get email updates faster in your iphone and Windows Mobile

Manpreet — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:28:58 +0000

Gmail team has developed a brand new way to keep you updated in your conversations with the rest of the world.

Strating from today you can get your email messages pushed in your iPhone, iPod Touch, or Windows Mobile device within seconds.

This is a gmail team work and you can get the instructions on their blog to set it up.

Google Voice integrated with Gmail

Manpreet — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:30:06 +0000

Recently Google launched a unique concept called Google Voice. Google Voice allows you to have one unique number for all your mobile commuication purposes. Now that Google Voice users can enjoy more benfits.

Earlier when Google Voice users got notified of a voicemail, a new browser window used to open up for playing. But now you can play your voicemails within gmail itself.

Moreover, your message status will stay synced: messages played from Gmail will appear as read in your Google Voice inbox and won’t be played again when you check new messages via your phone.

Google scraps ‘On behalf of’ for direct emailing through 3rd party

Manpreet — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:43:21 +0000

For those who use Gmail’s custom “From:” to send messages with one of your other email addresses listed in place of your Gmail address. Here is a good news.

Earlier when sent these messages, some (including versions of Microsoft Outlook) show them as coming “From username@gmail.com On Behalf Of customaddress@mydomain.com” which is annoying.

Now Gmail team has scrapped ‘On Behalf of’ so the message will appear as if directly coming from customaddress@mydomain.com. That’s intersting.

Update on Google Latitude & 2009 Online Marketing Challenge

Manpreet — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:15:15 +0000

Google Latitude(service that lets you and your friends share your locations with each other) is now available for iPhone and iPod touch as a web application running in Safari.

In this app:

You can see your friends location on a map and modify your privacy settings so that you control how your location is shared and with whom.

You will also have basic search, directions functionality to help you get around the world said Google mobile blog.

Google also announced 2009 Online Marketing Challenge winners. Please see here.

Automatically Display Images in email from family, friends & contacts

Manpreet — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:05:13 +0000

Whenever an email from your know contact comes with images comes, What the first thing you do. Obviously click on “Display Images Below”. But in daily routine you just be tired of it. So if you are a gmail users no more extra work.

Gmail has introduced this feature to automatically display images from those emails who are frequent in you contact list. Nothing major but yes if you are frequent web surfer, it will shorten your steps of viewing.

The only thing I’m concerned with is people with low bandwidth may face probs. See how it works for you at gmail weblog.

Google Earth for Moon: 40th anniversary of Apollo mission

Manpreet — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:22:22 +0000

Google has found the best gift to dedicate to the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11th mission(today) where man landed on the moon.

To celebrate and relive this historic event, Google has announced the launch of Moon in Google Earth. Watch video post below:

You can now use Google Earth to explore, fly around and search the moon.

Hack attack on twitter’s employee, leak of Company info feared

Manpreet — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:21:45 +0000

The only company or app which has remained in news inspite of world recession is Twitter. As they say your foes grows more rapidly than friends and that’s what happening for Twitter.

The Twitter blog says:

“About a month ago, an administrative employee here at Twitter was targeted and her personal email account was hacked”

So I sincerely hope no important information is leaked from the employees’ account and rest we should also follow google’s advice for strong password.