Filed under: Google iGoogle, Google's customizable homepage, has some pretty sweet-looking themes. In fact, I rounded up the 10 best on Download Squad not too long ago. Google keeps adding themes faster than I can change my homepage, though. The latest fresh batch of themes is food-related, and a bunch of food-themed homepage gadgets have come out at the same time. While this news probably isn't going...
Filed under: Google iGoogle, Google's customizable homepage, has some pretty sweet-looking themes. In fact, I rounded up the 10 best on Download Squad not too long ago. Google keeps adding themes faster than I can change my homepage, though. The latest fresh batch of themes is food-related, and a bunch of food-themed homepage gadgets have come out at the… Continue reading
Are there any of you out there who developed a really popular iGoogle gadget? How did you manage to make it popular? Please share your story in the comments!
Google released a Gadget Dashboard for iGoogle gadget developers. On this page, you can add gadget of yours by URL -- for some, you may need to click on a link in a verification mail -- and then see weekly stats, your gadget ratings and more. Note though that the stats only show you how often a gadget is loaded, but that doesn't mean the gadget is used, too... because it just happens to be loaded when...
Alton Brown, Google, and YouTube team up to answer the most puzzling Thanksgiving questions from the YouTube community and celebrate Thanksgiving with new themes and gadgets for iGoogle. www.google.com/gourmetthemes. This question is from YouTuber "Hakuo0000" For the big meal, get Alton Brown's roast turkey recipe at FoodNetwork.com/thanksgiving.
James and Rupert Murdoch are increasing their attacks against rival media and things will not get very pretty between now and the next UK general election in the summer of 2010. In the eyes of News International, the BBC is ripe for picking apart, not least because of the amount of "free" services from on-line news to original childrens' programming for an ultimate cost to the consumer far...
Good list of Google's more prominent failures . They are far from perfect, as any heavy duty Google user knows. Time for me to update my Google Quick, Sick and Dead list . Here's the current list, I use pretty much everything except Android. I'm surprised to see that there have been more promotions than demotions over the past 10 months ... The Quick Search and Scholar Android Google Reader Gmail Google...
Last week Google gave their preview on Chrome OS and since many different opinions have been written. The opinions go from a complete failure to being already a winner and a look into the future . I'm in the last category, but love to have it already today. Like many people today I use several devices to access information, sometimes this is a desktop with a lot of screen real estate, while more often...
I’ve made some changes to the iGoogle gadget over the past few days. One of the changes involves custom language, adjusted to your spoken language . For now, if your iGoogle is set to Russian , German, Croatian or Slovenian language, you should already see the change! But I’d like to make our gadget available in even more world languages ! I have set this very simple form below, where you...
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What's cooking with iGoogle, Google Blog (Nov 19) "But, in addition to spicing up your recipe repertoire, Google can be a huge resource in the kitchen. From helping you with sugar measurements, to jump starting ideas for unique Thanksgiving table...
As Googlers, we love data. More data lets us make better decisions and make improvements to our products. As fellow gadget authors, we know that once you've developed a gadget, it can be difficult to get data that lets you know how your gadget is doing. The stats and comments in the directory are tailored for users, not developers, to help them make better decisions about which gadgets to install....
1. Twitter: Monday is the peak day for re-Tweeting There are two ways of looking at this - either it is best to Tweet about your event on a Monday when, seemingly, most Twitter users are receptive to the message. Or there is the other school of thought, that being that Tweeting on a Friday (when fewest users are re-Tweeting) is the best day, i.e. when Twitter noise is at a minimum, but users may be...
Mmmm, food... Following on from recent additions on the theme of comics , nature and video gaming , Google is appealing to the foodie in all of us with new grub-themed iGoogle themes. "We've partnered with a variety of top chefs and food industry experts to bring you some elegant new, food-focused iGoogle themes", says Google. There's also new homepage gadgets that the online giant hopes...
Just in time for the holidays, Google has rolled out some food-inspired Gourmet themes and gadgets that are sure to tantalize your taste buds. There's already a wide selection of iGoogle Themes to choose from, but now you can spruce up your iGoogle page with a mouthwatering Paula Deen theme, a Jamie Oliver theme, a Crumbs Bake Shop theme, an Emeril Lagasse theme, and more. And I'm sure YumSugar will...
A new comer in the world of News readers: Firefox powered by Red Panda's add-on. Red Panda turns Firefox into a contextual browser. To each page is associated a series of News from Google News, Blogs, Diggs and even Twitter, Red Panda analyzes each page on-the-fly and displays related news. Pretty cool. A powerful way to fight against overloaded pages offered by iGoogle and other NetVibes.
Google has now officially released the new and improved version of iGoogle. A new canvas view has been incorporated in the main page which enables you to view your gadgets in the full screen view as well.
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The new iGoogle is a fetid and steaming pile of manure. Why does google think I want a tab listing the items on the page that I'm looking at; I'm already...
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