about 3 months ago - No comments
Google just announced they’re giving away Google Voice invites to students. If you’re a student, visit google.com/voice/students and enter an email address that ends in .edu. Your Google Voice invite will arrive in your inbox within 24 hours. Keep in mind that only one invite will be be sent per email address and Google Voice
about 5 months ago - No comments
OOOh, anyone who knows me (or who is a google contact of mine) will know that I’m a prolific Google Reader user. Look what I found today! The Google ReaderAdvantage™ program is simple. You get one point for each item you read. The more you read, the more you get. Then you can trade in
about 5 months ago - 5 comments
Google has announced that they’ve stopped censoring their search services—Google Search, Google News, and Google Images—on Google.cn. Users visiting Google.cn are now being redirected to Google.com.hk, that allows uncensored search in simplified Chinese. They’ve also created this new web page, which will be updated regularly each day, so that everyone can see which Google services
about 6 months ago - 1 comment
This is how Google Voice transcribes a message. This voicemail was left in Chinese by my Auntie Linda, who was inviting me to dinner. Here’s the original: Hey Jen, If I’m doing, Dante at 10 AM. A number on a budget. The basic compiling a list call back. Yeah, okay. Yeah back. Bye bye. Related
about 7 months ago - No comments
My coworker Kurt was asking about this so I’ll post it up here: If you have Firefox and GreaseMonkey, then install this script. Go to your Facebook Phonebook, then in your Firefox menu, go into Tools > GreaseMonkey > User Script Commands… > and you’ll see Export Facebook Phonebook. Extract the data, and then POST
about 8 months ago - 1 comment
Google has now added a single button that merges all your duplicate contacts at once. To clean up your contact list in one fell swoop, just click the “Find duplicates” button in the contact manager, review the merge suggestions (and uncheck any suggestions you don’t want merged), and hit the “Merge” button. Related posts:Import Facebook
about 8 months ago - 8 comments
I’ve been using Google Voice since it was known as GrandCentral. It changed over sometime March 2009. Too bad they didn’t have that nifty “vanity name selector” when I signed up or else I would have gone for something like ###-BEEJ. Well, Google Voice is available by invitation only, and it seems pretty tough for
about 9 months ago - 3 comments
This article at Geeks are Sexy made me laugh. I’ve been poking around this last week, but I don’t know what to do with it. I still have some invites, so leave a comment if you want one. Related posts:Google Voice Lens Flare on Facebook Fixed comments Forget MySpace, Check out Virb Google Voice for
about 1 year ago - No comments
I’ve been using Google Latitude for a while now. It’s pretty fun. Remember how I posted where I was when the Oakland officers were shot? Check out this stunt: Related posts:Google Chrome Beta Download (Windows Only) 4 Oakland Police Officers Shot Stunt City Google Reader Play Fun with Google Maps
