Gmail - Beta No More

From today onwards Google has announced that they are removing beta from logos of several Google Apps services. Which means Google Apps is out of beta. Gmail has been in beta status for 5+ years. Other major Google Apps services which are out of beta status are,

• Google Calendar


• Google Docs


• Google Talk

Time to speed up your web application!

Researchers at Google Cooperation has taken another step to speed up online user experience. Now they are going to speed up web sites. Well not that they got special magic to do it. They try to direct the web developers to do the right thing to speed up web. You can find more information about it on Google Code "speed" project and Official Google Research blog release.

Personalized New Tab Page for Firefox

Google Toolbar 5 Beta is providing "Opera Speed Dial" like user interface for Firefox New Tab Page. "Opera Speed Dial" like user interface is already available on Google Chrome. With Google Toolbar 5 Beta you can get the same functionality plus more configuration opportunities and enhanced services.

Google Search Engine Optimization Made Easy

• Do you why your page rank hing so low?
• Have you ever wanderded how to do correct SEO (Search Engine Optimization)?

In last month Google answered lot of those questions by releasing "Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide" which is available in PDF format. If you read that guide you will understand, SEO is not that hard. Just the KISS principle. You just have to keep it simple and tidy too. :-)

• Download Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide by Google

New Google Web Browser - Chrome

The newest service from Google is called "Chrome", it is a web browser with stunning user interface with but not bulky or heavy on resources. Actually nice implementation of KISS principle.

Chrome supports tabs as other web browsers and the other main features are,

• Web application shortcut creation
• Amazing crash control, If one web application crashes it won't affect other tabs.
• And security features such as skipping "History" for certain pages, unsafe/malware/phishing site warnings.
• Instance book marking as in firefox 3 buy cling start icon.
• Can import data from Firefox and Internet Explorer
• Nice download manager
• Web History, Search, suggestions all in one field.
• Opera like speed dial.

Google chrome is based on open source technologies from Firefox and web kit engine. Google chrome is an open source software and based on multiple licenses mainly BSD license. Google Chrome is currently available for Microsoft Windows only.

Links

• Google Chrome Home Page / Download Google Chrome
• Google Chrome Book

YouTube Videos

Story Behind Crome

Ten Features of Chrome

Gmail security made more easier

Is this NEWS?

In the early days of Gmail introduction, the gmail session always kept secured even after you logged in that is gmail was always using https. But since https is slower than http, they transfered the session to http once you logged in unless you access gmail via https://mail.google.com/mail. So https sessions were available from the beginning but only few used it.

So what's the big deal? Why this additional "s" is so important? ;-)

https is the secured version of http protocol. https encrypts data before transmit it over the network, but http transmits it plainly. https is slower but safer and very had to hack. There were some posts few months back, that Gmail with http can easily hacked and it was impossible to hack sessions that uses https.

OK, https is better! But what is the big feature?

Now you can choose your session between http and https without having to login in specifically using https://mail.google.com/ to be on safer side.

So how can I my Gmail session more safer?

1. Login to Gmail.
   
2. Go to sesstings. (The link is on right hand side upper corner.) :)
3. Scroll to the end of the settings page.
4. You will see two options under "Browser connection:"
5. Select "Always use https".
6. Click on "Save Changes" buttons.
7. Feel more secured. :-D

Where can I learn more about these?

• HTTP
• HTTPS
• Gmail's New Feature

goosh - The Unofficial Google Shell

goosh is an google shell developed using AJAX and Google API. It provide google search results, RSS feed reads, translation and more. Users can just enter their search term to the shell. And it shows list of results. It also has about twenty commands. You can get a description of them by entering help on goosh shell.

FAQ

• What is the url of goosh? http://www.goosh.org/
• From where can I find Google API?
• What is a shell?