Archive for January, 2008

Cool Google Talk Gadget Features

I began using Gtalk only recently, because only a few of my friends and contacts use it. I began to see its potential when my brother from abroad contacted me through it. I also noticed that those few Gtalk friends I had were usually online, so I too began to use it frequently and invited [...]

Join Google Search Experiment!

You have to hand it to Google; these new innovations to improve their search engine are simply outstanding. I would give them 10 thumbs up if I only I had 8 more…
These features are still in their experimental stage, but what Google has been doing can revolutionize the way we use the search engine. [...]

5 Google Reader Features I Like

Reading the feeds in my Google Reader regularly is one of the habits I want to develop this 2008. So I explored Google Reader’s features and chose what features would work best for me.
Here are the features I like:

The drag and drop feature - Once I have subscribed to a feed, and forgot to put [...]

Google Reader Feed Bundles Subscription

Starting to use Google Reader with only a few feed subscriptions is boring. You already might have added the feeds of websites you frequently visit, but still feel you want more. You have no idea though what sites to subscribe to. So, why not go to the discover page > browse tab to avoid [...]

Share Your Google Reader Items to Your Gtalk Friends

Your friends in Google Talk can now read your shared items once they log-in to their Google Reader accounts. Meaning, your Gtalk contacts who also use Google Reader are automatically subscribed to your shared items.
If one of your friends also have shared items, but you are not interested of what they are sharing. You can [...]

Make Gmail Web Clips Work For You

Since the time I started using Gmail, I have been ignoring the links above my inbox. I thought they were uninteresting paid links. It’s only when I clicked the Web Clips tab in my Gmail ‘Settings’ that I realized I can stop this blue box appearing by unchecking the box for ‘Show my web [...]

Show Music Status in Gtalk

I’d been wondering for days, how does the Music Status Sharing work. Supposedly, I can start sharing to my Gtalk friends the title of the songs I am listening to after enabling the feature in my Gtalk Settings. However, after enabling it, I still did not see in Gtalk the songs that were played in [...]