Google Friends Newsletter
February 2006
February salutations to Google Friends everywhere. We hope
you enjoy
this update on Google services and new products. At the
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POWER TIP
Winter Games Enhanced
We've updated Google Earth and Google Local with high
resolution
imagery of the area surrounding Torino, Italy, home of the
2006 Winter
Games. With Google Earth installed, click on the KMZ file
for Olympic
Venues, which will load placemarks for all the major sites
at the
Games. To really appreciate the scenery, be sure to enable
the Terrain
layer and take advantage of the tilt view control in Google
Earth:
We've also generated street maps for Torino, which are
available in the
Google Maps API for those of you interested in creating
Winter Games
mashups.
http://earth.google.com
http://local.google.com
(search on 'Turin' or 'Torino')
This Google Blog post features even more Games-related news:
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/02/gamesmanship.html
NEW PRODUCTS
Google Toolbar (beta)
The latest Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer adds several
features
to help you customize your Toolbar. Add custom buttons to
search your
favorite websites -- choose from hundreds of buttons in our
Button
Gallery or make your own. Create and label bookmarks that
you can
access from any computer. Get instant search suggestions as
you type in
the search box. Share web pages with friends via email,
blog, or SMS.
Make your Toolbar as unique as you are.
http://toolbar.google.com
Google Desktop (beta)
Google Desktop is a free application that now gives you easy
access to
information across your computers and from the web. The
latest version
allows you to undock Sidebar panels and place them anywhere
your
desktop. You can also easily share items from your Sidebar
with a
friend, including news, websites, games and more. Use the
Search Across
Computers feature to find documents and web pages you've
seen on any of
your computers. With Google Desktop, you get personalized
information
when you want it, right on your desktop.
http://desktop.google.com
Gmail Chat
Now Gmail accounts are automatically enabled with chat
features. The
people you already talk to often are just a click away in
Quick
Contacts. You don't have to use another program or switch
between email
and IM -- it's all on the same Gmail interface. And you
don't need to
build a new buddy list or do anything special either--it
just works
when you're signed in to Gmail (you can also easily sign
out of chat).
See when your friends are online and decide for yourself how
you want
to get in touch. We've also made it easy for you to save
your chats so
you don't always have to remember whether something
important was said
over email or IM. Now you can search for your chats, or
print them, or
even reply to a chat using email.
https://m
ail.google.com/mail/help/chat.html
Froogle Personalized Search
We recently integrated Froogle with Personalized Search so
that you can
view and manage your history of Froogle searches and the
products
you've looked at, just as you already can do with Web
Search, Image
Search, and News. Just sign up for Personalized Search and
make sure
you're signed in to your Google Account when searching on
Froogle.
http://www.google.com/p
search
http://froogle.google.com
Gmail for your domain
Attention schools, organizations and businesses - now you
can try a
special Gmail beta test that brings Gmail to every user on
your domain.
Since it's hosted by Google, there's no hardware or
software for you to
install or maintain. Each account has 2GB of storage and
Google-quality
search tools to help users find information fast. The
administrative
control panel lets you easily manage user accounts, aliases
and mailing
lists. To request being of this beta test, visit the home
page and
click "I'm Interested."
https://www.google
.com/hosted/Home
MISCELLANY
Google Current
Current TV is a new cable and satellite channel available
throughout
the U.S. Through a partnership, we provide access to Google
Zeitgeist
information - up to the minute aggregated search query
results -
for the Current staff to use in creating new TV stories. The
resulting
program, "Google Current," airs every half hour
on Current TV and
provides a look at what the world is searching for on
Google. From
hybrid cars to human-animal hybrids, from Paris riots to
Paris Hilton
photos, your searches guide Current stories.
http://www.current.tv/go
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