I still have not seen the much talked about update to GMail. The GMail blog mentions it. The Google Operating System guys have screen shots in their blog. So I guess it's true.
The only thing I can't figure out is the roll out schedule. I'm not a patient person. So I keep checking for the new features link. To no avail.
Any one else seen it?
Gmail is in the process of rolling out IMAP. This is big news for you Outlook and other fat client users. Will do a much better of keeping everything in sync.
When you label in Outlook, or your phone, or your GMail web client all the others will follow. No more put resorting on multiple devices.
Last week I blogged about GMail increasing their storage quotes. I was expecting a 5% increase or something like that.
I was way off. We are going to 6 GB by January! I noticed that my standard GMail account was growing very rapidly.
So I Googled and found a Blog entry on the Google Operating System blog that really sum it all up and what we can expect.
Keep in mind these increases also will be seen by the Google Apps standard and Education editions. That role out has start from what I see and read. I have few domains on Google Apps standard and the oldest and most heavily used, has started to grow.
The one on the Education Edition, has not start to grow yet. From what I have read there is no obvious rime or reason to who grows first, except GMail users. I am sure Google will get us all caught up though.
Gmail has announced today that they will be help the hard drive producers meet their projections on sales. How, you might ask. By adding even more storage to GMail.
The counter is going move faster. Plus, they are going to match GMail storage quotas for Google App users. Or at least the Education and Standard editions. That's a lot of big mailboxes to support.
As to the enterprise customers, they go from 10 GB to 25 GB at the same cost. That is amazing.
I don't know how they do it. I know most don't use nearly as much space as their quota. But Google App users must be racking up the space. My company uses it and I don't throw away much. So my usage keeps going up. Same with all the accounts in my domain. In a few years that will be a lot of storage.
Oh well, so far so good. Google keep up the great work.
I love Google Alerts I have a couple terms that I like to watch. Like tlaughlin so I know when my content makes it to Google. I also love Google Reader, it organizes my worlds information.
So my questions why doesn't alerts allow me to subscribe to an RSS feed of my alerts. Would be a great feature in my humble opinion.
It been a since we have seen an update to Alerts, can we get the team back together and expand the service? Please!
Thanks
Tim
Okay, so today is my official blog everything day. Promise last one for today.
You got to see the Maps Street view video.
Good night.
No, I didn't solve the worlds problems. Instead I added Adsense Video Units to this blog, why? I am not exactly sure.
I don't spend much time a YouTube, So guess I can now catch some video here. Besides, I said I would.
Enjoy the videos.
Later
Those Google Map folks have been busy with their digital cameras again. They added 5 more cites.
And you can look toward sky!
Enjoy finding your way with real pictures of the intersections. If only my TomTom had that!
Google AdSense has added Video Units to their offerings. Basically a really nice YouTube player with some ads around it and across the bottom of the screen.
Here is their video.
At this time my AdSense account wasn't updated, so I was not able to create my own player. I will post again when it works. We can see how easy it is.
Bye for now
Google has always been very giving to Non-Profits. In last couple of weeks they have expanded that even more. There three services that 501(c)3 organizations should be looking at, in my opinion.
Google Checkout - Donation made easy from the Checkout team. Plus Google has waived all processing fees on donations through 12/31/08.
Google Apps for Domains - Non-Profits qualify for the Google Apps for Domains Educational Edition. If you already use Google Apps for Domains Standard Edition and are 501(c)3 you can upgrade.
YouTube Nonprofit program - You can setup a channel dedicated to your cause. Add to that Google Checkout donations and a great combination for the video oriented web user.
Over all, Google is very generous to Non-Profits, as the webmaster of myself I am very appreciative.
Thanks Google!
