Google has fixed a problem with its Outlook sync tool for Google Apps.
Many residents of African countries can’t afford a computer, but the continent has the world’s highest cell phone growth rate, with one-third of the population already owning a mobile phone. That’s why Google unveiled its Google SMS suite of applications yesterday. The suite includes access via text messaging to information on health, agriculture, sports, weather, and more. One service, Google …
YouTube confirmed on Tuesday that Steve Chen, a co-founder and most recently YouTube’s chief technology officer, was no longer working at the company. Mr. Chen left some time ago to work on unspecified engineering projects at its parent, Google.
Google has fixed an issue with the Outlook synchronization tool it released recently for its Apps hosted communications and collaboration suite, Google said Tuesday.
A flaw that prevented Windows Desktop Search from working properly with Google’s App Sync for Outlook tool has been fixed.
Google has a firm grip on the news industry. With Google News, its monstrous news aggregator, and examples such as the recent explosion of citizen journalism covering the conflict in Iran, Google is giving traditional print journalism a run for its money.
Ugandans are benefiting from a mobile service which gives information on health, sex and farming from Google.
Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. It took a big step toward universal accessibility today when it launched a program in Uganda aimed at bringing information to poor rural and urban dwellers via mobile phones.
Google’s universal voice mail box is opening up to the masses. In March, the company announced Google Voice, a service aimed at simplifying the way people manage their phone calls , voice mail and text messages. The product is an evolution of GrandCentral, which Google bought nearly two years ago.
For all the hoopla over Google Voice, I have to wonder why it’s such a big deal. Have people never heard about RingCentral before? Yes, I know we’re talking about Google, which apparently makes it an instant hit, but most of the features have been available for years.