There's going to be a Google Talk Gadget for the Personalized Homepage. I'm using future tense, because as of now, I can't add it, nor find it. Here's the proof from the Official Google Channel on YouTube.
Update: The Google Talk Page has been updated with the info. I have to say that I'm very impressed with the gadget, especially the ability to send YouTube videos; very well integrated.
In the office, as usual, we play Quake III at noon. But these three weeks we're having a one on one tournament. Here are the standings. This is just an excuse to use the Google Docs & Spreadsheets option to embed any document to a website. I'm hoping to win this championship. I already defeated fogon and I haven't played with the toughest two: JimiJaz and El Inspector. I remember when this guy (El Insp) wasn't all that good, but now he's my nemesis. I hate the guy and his railgun!
I just noticed that the Feeds Gadget on Google Personalized Home Page has changed. Before this, it used to be just a link to the most recent posts (You could edit how many to show). But that wasn't a really good thing. Microsoft's Live.com has had a really great feeds gadget from the start (A la Google Reader gadget). So finally, Google has done something for it, they added a little +/- button to expand the items. You can see both gadgets in the following images. (I've always thought Google designs are ugly, and this confirms it even more).
Of course, if you're serious about reading feeds, you should go for a full fledged feed reader.
Recently, I had some problems showing what I was listening in Windows Media Player 11 with Google Talk. I thought it was the preview version 1.0.0.103, but when I downloaded the new version 1.0.0.104, it wasn't still working. So I went to Google Talk Help Discuss and found a post that had the answer I was looking for, so if you have had this problem, this is what you have to do:
When Windows Media Player or your Windows desktop crashes, Windows Media Player is designed to disable all plug-ins (including the Google Talk music status plug-in). If this happens, the current music track you're playing on Windows Media Player won't show up as your Google Talk's status message.
I know many of you have found the solution to this problem, but for those who haven't found this fix before, all you need to do is re-enable the Google Talk plug-in. Just follow these steps:
1. Open Windows Media Player.
2. From the View menu, select 'Plug-ins' > 'Options...'
3. From the Category section of the Plug-ins tab, select 'Background.'
4. Select the 'Google Talk Music Plugin' checkbox.
5. Click 'OK.'
You'll have to close and restart Windows Media Player for your change to take effect. Happy music status sharing!
Bueno, eso es todo. Si les pasa lo mismo, ya saben qué hacer.
Yep. It's strange. I have no idea since when this is happening, but Google is promoting the use of Skype when you download the Google Pack (A free collection of essential software).
Bearing in mind that Google has its own voice communication product (Google Talk) it seems like an odd strategy to promote your main competitor's product. But they have hinted this behaviour. Check out a post from the Google Talk Official Blog that is called Talking with Skype
For those of you wondering what Bubble means, check it out on wikipedia: Bubble (economics)
It happened with the 'dot coms' and there could by signs of happening again in all the Web 2.0 hype. Check these:
Well, I have the new testing version of Google Talk (1.0.0.98) and whenever I turn on my laptop without a connection I get that MessageBox. I hope it stays on the testing versions and doesn't get released for final versions.
Certainly not.
Let's be clear, I love Gmail Chat... BUT... I just clicked All Mail and I see all my chats there... That's not cool... That's not even a nice feature... It's 'All Mail', it doesn't say chat there... Damn it...
Seven years now. Now everyone is watching them closely to see what innovation they bring next. Congratulations Google.
The quality on Google Earth is not very good (as I expected), but it was put online before than I thought. In the picture above you can see at the center a large green area. That's the Universidad Central de Venezuela in Caracas, the biggest university in the country. It has also a pair of stadiums, one of baseball and one of football. North west from the university you can see a black area called Parque Central, or Central Park. These two buildings are the tallest buildings in South America since 1979, you can see a picture of one of them below.
That was the glorious past of the building. Last year there was a fire that lasted for more than 19 hours and destroyed a lot of the building. A sad view is left on Caracas. Watch for yourself.
