Spy into Google™.
50 years ago (i.e. October 4, 1957) the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. The world's first artificial satellite about the size of a basketball, weighed only 183 pounds, and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path. ... While the Sputnik launch was a single event, it marked the start of the space age and the U.S.-U.S.S.R space race.
[Source: NASA History Division]
After Google's recent acquisition of Postini, they are rolling out policy management and message recovery by Postini to Premier Edition administrators at no additional charge.
Here are some description from their product description page:
Policy management lets administrators implement rules for how messages are handled based on the sender, recipient, attachments or content of the message:Premier Edition administrators can activate these new features from the Google Apps control panel.Message recovery allows you to search for mail across your whole domain and recover deleted emails on a 90-day rolling basis.
- Messages can be selectively tracked, routed for review or blocked according to company or regulatory compliance guidelines. For example, emails with specific keywords can be prevented from being sent to external recipients, or groups of users can be entirely prevented from sending external email.
- Configurable spam and virus filtering lets organizations add custom filtering rules, complementing the spam and virus protection already included in Gmail.
One sentence I particularly like from the first post: "Picture is worth a thousand words, but sometimes there's still more to say." :P
[Via Googlified]
When you seek help from Gmail's Help Center, you would now see "user community" data in search results which includes not only threads from its dedicated Google Groups but also other external sources such as Lifehacker and About.com.
Given the fact that Gmail users increases dramatically after it opens up to the public, the Gmail Team might be receiving overwhelming amount of help tickets and turn to quality external sources which provides quick answers to simple questions.
The Google Calendar Team has developed a tailor-made interface for iPhone users. The 'What's New' page says: Google Calendar now works (and looks) better on your iPhone. Enhanced 'touch-screen' buttons and color-coded events make keeping track of your schedule - and viewing others' calendars - even easier while you're on the go.
The "YouTube Nonprofit Program" enables non-profit organizations to set up outreach programs on YouTube. By joining the program, organizations benefits from:
Here are some tips on setting up a video fund-raising campaign from the YouTube Blog:| Sign Up | YouTube Blog |
Pay attention to the description of the video! It reads '8 clicks from http://tstkeith.blogspot.com/2007/05/ ...'. Pretty obvious it is some referral statistics from YouTube. This suggests that YouTube has been putting its referral statistics in public allowing (extremely powerful) search engines like Google to access this information. I tried some other keywords but it doesn't seem to trigger the same "description". Could you find other keywords that produces the same (strange) video description? Or do you have other opinions about this phenomena?
Google is offering paid storage for Picasa Web Album and Gmail and would extend the program to other services such as Google Docs & Spreadsheet soon. The paid storage could be shared among different services. The cheapest plan start at $20/year for 6GB.
Personally, this idea is pretty disappointing as I am expecting Google to offer unlimited storage to its users in the near future but it seems they are not interested in offering free yet ad monetized storage anymore. Gmail's keen competitor, Yahoo Mail, is offering unlimited storage now and I thought this was the trend. Well, don't imagine you can backup everything on your computer in GDrive, you might only get another gigabyte only. Sigh.
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Google Maps allows business owners to add and edit their businesses helping them to connect with potential customers in their communities. However, Google thinks that relying merely on business owners is not efficient enough to 'organize the worlds information and make it universally accessible'. Therefore, they would like to pay US residents to help them add in more listings by being a Google Business Referral Representative. The details of the program is listed in form of a FAQ below.
What do you have to do?
You would have to visit local businesses to collect information (such as hours of operation, types of payment accepted, etc.) for Google Maps, and tell them about Google Maps and Google AdWords. You'll also take a few digital photos of the business that will appear on the Google Maps listing along with the business information.
How much will I be paid?
You can earn up to $10 for each approved and verified referral. $2 when a business referral is approved by Google; and $8 when an approved business verifies that the information you submitted is accurate.
Who is eligible to join the program?
You must be authorized to work as a contractor in the U.S., be at least 18 years of age, and be able to complete an IRS Form W-9.
When would you get paid?
If you earn at least $25 a month, you'll receive a monthly check.
Does that mean I'm a Googler?
Sorry, but no. Google Business Referral Representatives are independent contractors to Google, not employees.
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