Official Description Of GDrive Discovered
While there’s still no telling when – or even if – GDrive will be released, there’s fresh evidence that the product exists in some form of development. It looks like Google may be close to presenting GDrive to the public, too, as the evidence amounts to an official product description.
YouTube May Be Getting More High Profile Content
YouTube seems to be doing just about everything in its power to make sure it remains the dominant player in the online video industry.
Google Flips Off Cable ISPs With M Labs
Suspect your ISP is interfering with the “unlimited” connection you contracted them for but don’t know how to prove it? Google can help. In a bold, message-sending move to broadband providers (primarily cable), Google’s Vint Cerf unveiled Measurement Lab (M-Lab), an open platform people can use to test their Internet connections.
eBay Getting More Serious About Advertising
eBay is moving to increase its advertising revenue. It is an area that has become increasingly profitable for the company, and increasing profitability has probably never been more important for eBay.
Facebook Gives Users A Voice At Davos
Facebook users have been known to form groups protesting poverty, world hunger, and disease, even as cynics responded, "All right, let me know when that affects something." Now, some changes may actually occur, as certain users’ responses to poll questions will be shared with crowds at the Davos World Economic Forum.
The President Dips Into the Google Pool
Add another layer onto the Obama administration’s ties to Google. Obama’s Director of Citizen Participation is reportedly going to be Google Product Manager Katie Jacobs Stanton.
Google TV Ads Adapts To DVRs
People take their television seriously; even in very poor neighborhoods, you’ll find all sorts of satellite dishes and cable connections representing folks who don’t want to miss shows. And since more and more people are using DVRs, too, Google TV Ads has started taking the devices into account.
Yahoo Mail Classic Gets Chatty
Yahoo announced that it now offers an SMS chat feature in its classic version of Yahoo Mail, something Gmail has been offering for several months, and Yahoo has been doing in its newer version since 2007. Google has offered SMS in its chat since October, and Chat in general for quite some time. They have also launched voice and video chat recently.
If YouTube Is The New TV, They Should Monetize Like Old TV
The world is waiting to see how Google plans to make money from YouTube. Increasingly innovative in the slap-an-ad-on-it department, Google is a victim of its own success, relying on clicks when YouTube is better as a straight branding vehicle, just like its television predecessor.
Data Portability and the Cloud
We’ve been hearing a lot these days about cloud computing and data portability. It only makes sense that we see some data portability through the cloud as well right? Confused yet? Think services like Facebook Connect combined with Google Apps.