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Gmail Video Chat: Google takes on Skype

by Jye on Nov 12, 2008 with 2 Comments

The ever growing arsenal of Google's online weaponry has once again advanced -- this time with browser based video chat. Only a few hours ago Mashable broke the news that Google had announced the release GMail's video and voice chat.  This is sure to once again attract new users to the service and secure existing ones. Unlike the bells-and-whistles Skype, it's a very clean design and features include fullscreen and PIP.  This comes at interesting time for myself as I've been trying to expand my Skype (jyesmith) list more and more each day -- and now I find my self ...

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How to sync more into Google Calendar – Facebook, Outlook, iCal

by Jye on Jul 10, 2008 with 1 Comment

If you use your Google Calendar for your main calendar, or just your transport, here's how you can get three of your most important feeds into the one whole, and never worry about sync issues again.  For me, syncing Microsoft Outlook with Google Calendar was for work, syncing Facebook events with Google Calendar for non-tech friends, and syncing iCal with Google Calendar for my laptop and soon to be iPhone (which will then replace Google Calendar as my main calendar by subscription). All the processes are bi-lateral, so you can always say who dictates what.  It's really the functionality of Google ...

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Social Media Update – July

by Jye on Jul 09, 2008 with No Comments

Mashable! today revealed that Facebook plans to launch a redesign (beta) from July 16. ReadWriteWeb discussed Twitter is rumoured to have bought Summize - this could mean big things for Twitter's functionality. If you're ever annoyed when you click on 'mailto:' link on a site, only to have your (redundant) Outlook open, you can now configure Firefox 3 to open GMail or Yahoo via Firefox 3. Great 12 hacks for Firefox 3 article by LinuxAustralia. My Comments: As the web evolves, we're seeing more and more news about social media in the mainstream media (most of it old and outdated), but it's there none-the-less. ...

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