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Yesterday, we mentioned how Google Tasks has graduated from Gmail labs, and you can now access your to-do list from many other Google services you are already using: Calendar, Mobile, and iGoogle.
Here is a cool video Google put together showing you how to create task lists and manage different to-do lists. There are a couple [...]

Since adding Tasks to Gmail Labs last year, millions of users have moved from paper to-do lists to having a task list right in Gmail. Most of us probably spend so much time on Gmail anyways that it is one of the best places to keep a to-do list. However, now Google Tasks has graduated [...]

Ever since Google first launched iGoogle in 2007, the homepage of choice for millions of people has been a central hub from which to check email, news, and stocks. Now, iGoogle gets social…very social.
Today Google announced 19 social gadgets for iGoogle for iGoogle. They let you share and collaborate with friends, stay posted on friend [...]

If you check the new iGoogle gadgets, you’d probably notice an interesting new gadget there: What’s Popular. Okay, so iGoogle has new gadgets every now and then, what’s so special about this new one? Well, if you check out the gadget, it has lots of similarities with the social media voting service Digg. The Google [...]

I like using iGoogle because it makes me feel like I am already multitasking just by looking at my home page. The usual gadgets most people already have on iGoogle are probably GMail, to-do lists, and some favorite blogs. Here are the three gadgets that I love:
1. Listening to Podcasts in iGoogle
This is a new [...]

I have a number of friends and family members who either want nothing to do with social networking sites like facebook, or just don’t like posting all of their pictures in separate online photo albums. The one I discuss on here is of course Picasa web albums.
Keeping up to date on everyone’s latest additions is [...]

Really want to be in the loop on your friend’s whereabouts? Well, now you can. The Google Mobile Blog reported a new feature. Using Google Latitude you can let your friends see your (mostly) exact location, and status updates on their computer and cell phones.
How Latitude works
This feature is based on the “my location” feature [...]

The same day I got excited about using Google Notebook on Blackberry, Google announced Notebook would be shut down forever. Although it is sad Google decided to stop development on a product that offer so much functionality, there are alternatives available.
Alternatives within other Google products

Creating a dedicated document for notes within Google Docs can work [...]

The first month of the new year is almost over, but Google has definitely not been in a post holiday hibernation. Whether Google has any other new years resolution aside from increasing their userbase and developing products I don’t know, but with respect to this they are off to a good start.
Here are the newest [...]

Google has some great election day resources available for you to use whether you are researching the presidential candidates, looking for your polling place, or watching as election night unfolds.

I had a short Q&A with some of my Twitter followers last night about Google Reader. Here’s what they like about reader -

greengecko29 it’s reliability! & I can take it anywhere

tommasopassi I like Google Reader, but I have a problem using it, I’m consuming the “J” key on my keyboard

getshust I find it [...]

Like any other website, Gmail can be pretty hard to get to at times, right? Sometimes it can get really frustrating. You see, sometimes I try to logon to Gmail to get to a really important email and then it takes ages to load. I’m pretty sure the internet’s fine, because everything else is working [...]

If you use Twitter to stay in touch with your friends, you know there are several ways to update your status. Why not eliminate a whole window on your computer by adding this great gadget to your iGoogle page. It’s called BeTwittered and it’s a great way to send a quick tweet out. And since [...]

Do you know that you can use/embed Google Gadgets on your webpage? Well we’ve learned before that we can only use Google Gadgets through iGoogle, but now, Google Gadgets on our own webpages (!) how cool is that!
You can find Google Gadgets for your website right here.
Gadgets powered by Google are miniature objects made [...]

After reading Mark’s post the other day and announcing I can easily survive without Google I realized something — I’m really probably one of the biggest Google addicts on the planet.
Seriously, each item below came right off the top of my head! Are you as big an addict?

You have a Tivo wish list keyword [...]

If you have a GMail account, good for you. With that single account, you are also given many tools to access, just like iGoogle. We’ve featured iGoogle here before but I’d like to show you now a specific theme I’m enjoying, which is a particularly enjoyable theme this season. It’s The Grass theme. [...]

By Mark O’Neill
One of the best features brought out by Google has been the iGoogle customised homepage and this has led to an outburst of creativity as people vie to see who can come up with the best homepage theme.
If you are new to the iGoogle scene, the first place to check out for themes [...]

This for those of you who swear by Google Finance to watch the financial market or your favorite companies:
iGoogle just added a Google Finance Tab. Here’s a guide on how to get your Google Finance tab and brief tour on what you will see.
First, point your browser to [http://tinyurl.com/yqgnqd]. This will point you to a [...]

In my previous post I have shown how the Google Desktop team has streamlined the user experience in Google Desktop’s newest beta version. Features are explained better in a much clearer way and were made to be more discoverable by the users. The level of attention to details has made Google desktop an even more [...]

Last week in its Team Blog and in the Official Google Blog, the Google Desktop team announced the availability of the new Google beta version of Google Desktop. In the official announcement, the feature being touted the most is the ability to add Google Desktop gadgets to your iGoogle page, but there are a lot [...]

When iGoogle Themes first rolled out it was received with enthusiasm. I was one of those that changed my theme…then again…and again.
Changing themes is very easy all you need to do to change your theme from Classic to something else is to Click on Select Theme, click on the theme that appeals to you, and [...]

When Google Maps launched in 2005, it awed a lot of people because of the drag and drop capability that was then unheard off in the mainstream mapping services. The marriage of that UI wizardry and a satellite view, along with other excellent features, proved to be an excellent pair to wow the early [...]

Earlier, we had discussed how to personalize your Google Search Page using iGoogle. As mentioned, there is a feature that allows you to add tabs to your personalized page. The tabs feature is useful when your main page is already too crowded and you want to add more gadgets to your iGoogle “page”. I particularly [...]

Back in the early days, Google and Yahoo! were not the search engine giants that they are right now. You would probably remember the portals and directories during their heyday–MetaCrawler, Netscape, AskJeeves, Excite, and the like. It’s only later on that the two aforementioned companies have grown to be the top two in the search [...]