David Vielmetter

Tag: Google

  • Google+ App for the iPhone

    Dear Google, I understand that your primary focus for development of mobile Apps is the android platform, but that shouldn’t be an excuse to slack on building apps for other platforms. Especially if it involves your second endeavor into Social Media. Shouldn’t the focus here be to make your social network as accessible and functional…

  • Adding the content of a Google Plus Profile to your site

    So a while back Google killed Buzz and eschewed in Plus in an attempt to dominate the social media space. Only time will tell if Google+ will ever reach popularity levels similar to Facebook…so far it seems to be in the fizzing out phase of most new hot internet fads. But, if you’re using Google+…

  • Google Reader, the Chrome Surplus Extension and Reddit

    I’ve been a using Google Reader (GR) to keep up-to-date with my favorite blogs for a while now. One of my favorite features in Reader was Recommended Items. It allowed my mind to goof off with lolcatz and random geek fun, but it was also peppered with the occasional interesting scientific publication and interesting news…

  • Custom Google Plus One Button

    I like Google Plus. It lets me quickly share things I like with just the people I want. No need to shovel through mountains of updates I don’t care about and no mortgage or dating ads…at least for now. That said, sharing content on Google Plus can still be somewhat of a challenge for web…

  • Share Google Reader items on Google+

    I’ve been using Google Reader to keep up-to-date on my favorite blogs, news stories and more. To share, I’ve always used the customizable Send To button at the bottom of each item. Sharing Google Reader items on Google+ however works differently and it took me a minute to figure out how..

  • Google ac-hires SageTV

    As pointed out by Rakesh Agrawal on his blog, SageTV has been acquired by Google. The announcement makes me happy because I’m sure that the folks who’ve worked hard on SageTV over the years got a fat paycheck today and sad because I am still a hardcore SageTV MediaCenter user and am worried about the…

  • Google superfast DNS servers

    Google recently announced that it has set up a couple of free public DNS servers (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4) in its continuing effort to “speed up” the Internets. Unfortunately after testing them it looks like I’ll be sticking with my Verizon provided DNS servers. Here’s what I found:

  • Migrate Exchange users to Google Apps Premier

    Many IT/IS administrators for smaller organizations feel that an Exchange environment is still the most cost effective method to meet a firms collaboration needs. The argument for Exchange is often based on very reasonable prices of server hardware bundled with discounted licenses of Microsoft Exchange or SBS. The trouble is that this line or reasoning…

  • Sync your iPhone with Google Apps Premier

    Google Apps Premier (GAP) is a service from Google that allows you to get all the benefits of Gmail with your own domain’s email. Great spam filter, the Gmail interface and now Google Sync for your iPhone or iPod. So if you have a GAP account and an iPhone you can now sync your GAP…