Google Offers Glimpse of Google Apps Script

Google announced this week that it has launched a limited test of a new feature, which lets people add customization and automation to Google Apps, starting with spreadsheets in Google Docs. They call this Google Apps Script. Google Apps Script lets users automate spreadsheet actions, like reading and changing values in cells and ranges, changing formats and formulas, and creating custom functions. It also allows…

A Less Familiar Corner of Social Networking

We all know that social networking is where it's at these days, but it's not all about the ones everybody knows - the Facebooks, the MySpaces, the Twitters, etc. At the recent Social Media Club gathering in Louisville, Chris Brogan discussed what he calls "velvet rope" social networks. Have you ever participated in an exclusive social network? Discuss your experience.

Google Must Include Real-Time Search

It's not much of a secret that Facebook has been looking over Twitter's shoulder and imitating the occasional feature for quite some time.  Now, it seems that Google may be doing something similar, as Larry Page made an interesting comment about real-time search recently. Page put in an appearance at the Google Zeitgeist conference near London, and Loic Le Meur, the founder and CEO of…

Google Introduces Real-Time Gadget APIs

Aside from announcing its new collaboration platform Google Wave today, Google has also introduced a set of real-time gadget APIs. These APIs allow Google gadgets hosted in different users' browsers to communicate with each other.

Are Your Social Network Photos Really Being Deleted?

PC World is pointing to an interesting study that has found that some popular social sites are not really deleting your photos when you think they are. When the average user deletes a photo they have posted on Facebook for example, they assume that photo is gone.