Google unveils Wave @ Google I/O.

There are a lot of things happening @ Google I/O. First day they talked about what a big leap HTML 5 is. Second day they unveiled Wave: A brand new way of communication for this era. I just read the Techcrunch post about this and I'm blown away. Just go read it.

Google OpenSource Initiatives

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There has been slew of open source initiatives from Google lately. These are the one’s I came across.

• Protocol Buffers, Google’s own message exchange format, released under Apache Licence.
• Browser Sync: A Firefox extension that synchronizes your browser settings across computers, released under New BSD Licence.
• Google C++ Testing Framework: Google’s framework for writing C++ tests on various platforms, under New BSD Licence.

Why is this so interesting to me? Well, this will give us an insight into the tools built by Google and their programming standards etc. Personally, I will try and learn as much as possible from these various tools.

There also one more cool thing I came across lately, Google C++ Style Guide. Do check it out. It is mighty useful if you, like me, work on C++.

Google Desktop for Linux. Finally!

Google has announced the release of Google Desktop for Linux. God! I've been waiting for this.

Here's the link for downloading the .deb/.rpm packages.
For those of you who want to install from a repository, head to this link.
The above link give you detailed instructions on how to get Google Desktop onto your Linux box.
Get going.

Installing a .rpm package: rpm -ivh "file_name_with_extension"
Installing a .deb package: dpkg -i "file_name_with_extension"

Via Google Operating System.

What's Hot today? Google Hot Trends.

Some of you might be aware of Google Zeitgeist and Google Trends. Zeitgeist lists popular searches and Trends compares the popularity of searche terms. Google has announced something new: Hot Trends. These guys at Google, seems to me, never stop at finding new ways to look at data.

Here's more on "Hot Trends" from the Official Google Blog: ...It's a new feature of Google Trends for sharing the the hottest current searches with you in very close to real time. What's on our collective mind as we search for information? What's interesting to people right now? Hot Trends will tell you. At a glance, you'll see the huge variety of topics capturing our attention, from current events to daily crossword puzzle clues to the latest celebrity gossip. Hot Trends is updated throughout the day,....

This is what the Zeigeist home page says about "Hot Trends"....On May 22, 2007, the original Google Zeitgeist for Google.com was replaced by Hot Trends, a dynamic feature in Google Trends. Visit Hot Trends for regular updates throughout the day into what people are searching for on Google.....

Keep up with the trends.

Via Official Google Blog

Upcoming features in Gmail.

Down with Yahoo! Web Messenger? Well, there some news on the Gmail front too.
Here's a set of new features that will be appearing on Gmail soon.

• Skip spam classifier as an action for a filter.
• Information about your login: "This account is open in N other locations", "Last account activity".
• Attach inline images.
• View attached images as a slideshow.
• Multi-user conversations in Gmail Chat.
• Integration with AIM in Gmail Chat.

Cool, Ain't it?

Via Google Operating System.