Google Reader can now display favicon of subscribed sites
Google Reader team has announced that they are adding a new optional feature that would display favicons of the subscribed sites.
Google Reader developers said that this was one of the most demanded features from the users of the service.
They have made it an optional [...]
Google Reader gets two new features: Explore and Magic sorting
Google continues to enhance their online feed reading service Google Reader.
They have added two new functionalities to Google Reader which makes it even more capable.
These two new features are:
Explore: This section is designed to bring to you the best and the [...]
Bit.ly continues to expand with new partnerships
Industry experts might claim that link shortening services have little value as it is very hard for them to generate solid revenues.
But this has not deterred Bit.ly from becoming the giant in this segment of the market.
Bit.ly is already the default link shortening service used by Twitter. [...]
Google Reader gets more social features
Google has been working hard on enhancing their Google Reader web application to make it more useful to fans of RSS feeds.
Google has added a couple of new features which makes Google Reader more social.
Here are some of the new features:
Send To: This feature enables you to share [...]
NetNewsWire 3.2 beta 6 now with Google Reader Sync
NetNewsWire 3.2 beta 6 has been released and it comes with a brand new feature which was much in demand.
NetNewsWire 3.2 beta 6 can now sync with Google Reader.
NewsGator had to work in collaboration with Google to enable this special functionality.
This would bring much joy [...]
Google Blog Search updated with new features like RSS feeds
Google has announced some more feature updates on their blog search engine service.
Google Blog Search finally gets RSS and Atom feeds.
Now, users can subscribe to Google Blog Search categories and other sections through their preferred RSS readers.
They are also offering iGoogle Gadget for users [...]
Google Gmail now has Message Translation powered by Google Translation
Google has finally added the much needed language translation feature in Gmail.
This new feature named Message Translation has been added through the Google Gmail Labs section.
It uses the Google’s own automatic translation technology to translate the message in various languages to the primary language [...]
Two sample Google Chrome extensions
Google has finally showcased some sample extensions for Google Chrome. These samples work if you are on a recent dev channel build.
You would still need to enable support for these extensions by adding –enable-extensions to your Google Chrome shortcut.
After restarting Chrome, you can visit this page to check out the three [...]
Google finally delivers Offline Gmail access through Labs
Google has finally launched the Offline Gmail feature on their popular webmail service.
Offline Gmail is being delivered to Gmail users through Google Gmail Labs.
It is being rolled out in a phased manner so you might not have it yet on your Gmail box.
This was one of [...]
Helvetireader: A great add-on for Google Reader users
If you are a user of Google Reader service, you might want to check out the Helvetireader add on for it.
This is not a Google solution. Helvetireader is basically a greasemonkey userscript which has been updated to work with the recently updated Reader service from Google.
It [...]
