Download Squadhttp://www.downloadsquad.comDownload Squadhttp://www.downloadsquad.com/media/feedlogo.gifDownload Squadhttp://www.downloadsquad.comen-usCopyright 2008 Blogsmith, LLC. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only.Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/Android to get an App Store, cleverly called Android Markethttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/08/28/android-to-get-an-app-store-cleverly-called-android-market/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/08/28/android-to-get-an-app-store-cleverly-called-android-market/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/08/28/android-to-get-an-app-store-cleverly-called-android-market/#commentsFiled under:

android marketLeave it to Google to step in where others have mishandled the ball. It seems their mobile platform Android is getting its very own App Store ala Apple, except without all that pesky submit-and-pray scenario iPhone devs have been unable to complain about. OK, they can complain, they just can't share notes on the actual development process. Google is taking the open road here, and it appears there won't be those issues at Android Market.

From the Android Developer's Blog: "Similar to YouTube, content can debut in the marketplace after only three simple steps: register as a merchant, upload and describe your content and publish it." Holy smokes, that's it? While developers are busy doing the three-step for Google, one wonders what will become of the Great VC Gold Rush currently playing out around Apple's mobile sexpot.

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]]>androidandroid-marketapp-storegoogleiphoneVictor Agreda, Jr.2008-08-28T15:35:00+00:00Google search box now translates single wordshttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/08/28/google-search-box-now-translates-single-words/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/08/28/google-search-box-now-translates-single-words/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/08/28/google-search-box-now-translates-single-words/#commentsFiled under: ,

google translates in search bar
Google has added a simple language translation option to the normal search bar. Simply type "translate" followed by the word and the language you want to see.

For example "translate download into French" or "translate computer into Spanish." The tool currently works with nine languages including French, Spanish, Italian, German and even Hindi.

This is not a substitute for Google Translator. The tool will only translate one word at a time. If you run into a foreign word you can simply type translate and the word to get a result in English.

It's pretty simple and could come in handy once in awhile. You can at least learn to say hello in all nine languages while you are bored at work some day.

[Via Lifehacker]
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]]>googlegoogle translateGoogleTranslateChristina Clark2008-08-28T09:00:00+00:00Using Gmail's Starred items to track expected replies - Emailers Anonymoushttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/08/27/using-gmail-s-starred-items-to-track-expected-replies-emailers/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/08/27/using-gmail-s-starred-items-to-track-expected-replies-emailers/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/08/27/using-gmail-s-starred-items-to-track-expected-replies-emailers/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , , , ,

Gmail Starred ItemsOne of the hardest aspects of managing email is keeping track of sent messages where a reply is expected. Do you have this problem? I know I do. Some of the people I correspond with are completely reliable, and I know that if I send them something, I will get a reply within 24 hours and often sooner. But some of my other regular correspondents are not so reliable.

At all.

It's really frustrating.

Luckily, if you're a Gmail user, there is a very simply method for keeping track of messages where you are expecting a reply. You see it every day, and you might even be using it for something else.

What am I talking about?

The Starred attribute. With a single key or button press, Gmail allows you to add a star to a message which prominently appears whenever that message or thread is in view.

This process is incredibly simple, but effective. Now, I should first point out that starring an email is for all intents and purposes the same as labeling a message with any arbitrary label. But I think stars work better as an expected response reminder than a label would. So follow along with me and see if you don't come to the same conclusion.

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]]>emailers-anonymousgmailstarred-itemsJason Clarke2008-08-27T16:00:00+00:00Google Suggest coming this weekhttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/08/27/google-suggest-coming-this-week/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/08/27/google-suggest-coming-this-week/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/08/27/google-suggest-coming-this-week/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Google Suggest
You may have encountered Google Suggest in Google News in the past few months and if you haven't already, you're about to start seeing it in your search box as well.

Google Suggest is movin' on up from Google Labs onto the Google homepage in increments this week. If you haven't seen it yet, you will.

According to Google this should help you:
  • enter more specific search criteria quickly
  • reduce the chance of spelling errors
  • save keystrokes
  • be annoyed with Google yet again
I guess it might be cool, though it only saved me two keystrokes when I was googling Download Squad. And I think I can type in my search criteria more quickly than I can type part of it and read a list, type some more to see more choices and on and on. But, who knows, maybe I might like it. Like Mikey and his cereal.

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]]>google newsgoogle suggestGoogleNewsGoogleSuggestChristina Clark2008-08-27T10:00:00+00:00Googleholic for August 15, 2008http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/08/15/googleholic-for-august-15-2008/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/08/15/googleholic-for-august-15-2008/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/08/15/googleholic-for-august-15-2008/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,



Welcome to Googleholic, your weekly fix of everything Google.

In this edition:

  • Google apologizes for e-mail downtime
  • Docs spreadsheet gets new features
  • AdSense for Feeds is launching
  • Google Reader improves sharing
  • First Android phone to launch in Q4

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]]>androidgmailgooglegoogle docsgoogle formsGoogleDocsGoogleFormsgoogleholicChristina Warren2008-08-15T18:00:00+00:00Googleholic for August 8, 2008http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/08/08/googleholic-for-august-8-2008/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/08/08/googleholic-for-august-8-2008/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/08/08/googleholic-for-august-8-2008/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

Welcome to Googleholic, your weekly fix of everything Google.

In this edition:

  • Olympic madness
  • Google Translate comes to the iPhone
  • New Google Earth API resources
  • Directly link to Google Mapplets
  • Get your Picasa prints at Walgreens

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]]>googlegoogle earthgoogle translateGoogleEarthgoogleholicGoogleTranslateolympicspicasaChristina Warren2008-08-08T17:00:00+00:00Google is slowly killing Page Creator, replacing it with Siteshttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/08/03/google-is-slowly-killing-page-creator-replacing-it-with-sites/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/08/03/google-is-slowly-killing-page-creator-replacing-it-with-sites/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/08/03/google-is-slowly-killing-page-creator-replacing-it-with-sites/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

Google Page Creator dies
Google has stopped accepting new users for Google Page Creator, the company's online web site creation tool. Current users can continue using Google Pages, but the company wants new users to sign up for Google Sites instead.

Google Sites is a web site/wiki creator that Google launched a year after purchasing Jotspot. Sites allows you to create editable pages, embed videos, calendars, and documents. Later this year, Google will transition all web sites made with the Google Page Creator over to Google Sites.

Google Page Creator was never as easy to use as it should have been and I honestly don't know too many people who used it to build web pages. So I don't expect many people to cry over its loss. But there is at least one potential problem. If anyone's ever posted a link to your files at yourname.googlepages.com, that link could break later this year, because Google Sits uses a different URL structure. Hopefully Google will offer existing users the chance to transition to the new service while keeping their existing URLs.

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]]>google-page-creatorgoogle-sitesBrad Linder2008-08-03T10:00:00+00:00Googleholic for August 1, 2008http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/08/01/googleholic-for-august-1-2008/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/08/01/googleholic-for-august-1-2008/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/08/01/googleholic-for-august-1-2008/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,



Welcome to Googleholic, your weekly fix of everything Google.

In this, yes, we're alive edition:

  • Google tests automatic Blogger support for Google Reader
  • Gmail adds "never send it to Spam" filter
  • CalDAV support comes to Google Calendar
  • Multilingual Google
  • Google Maps transit directions come to more phones

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]]>caldavgmailgooglegoogle calendargoogle mapsgoogle readerGoogleCalendargoogleholicGoogleMapsGoogleReadericalChristina Warren2008-08-01T14:00:00+00:00Calgoo goes free: sync Google Calendar, iCal, and others for freehttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/28/calgoo-goes-free-sync-google-calendar-ical-and-others-for-fre/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/28/calgoo-goes-free-sync-google-calendar-ical-and-others-for-fre/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/28/calgoo-goes-free-sync-google-calendar-ical-and-others-for-fre/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , ,

calgoo ical google calendar sync
Since the dawn of time Google Calendar, we've been waiting for a free, easy way to fully synchronize our Google Calendar to desktop calendar clients like iCal. We'd love to be able to access the same calendar data across multiple computers, but it's always been a messy affair, not free, an incomplete solution, or PC only.

Well, Calgoo has been one of those paid options up until now, but the minds behind the program just announced that it is free from here on out. That's right, Calgoo is now the free option in Google Calendar and desktop caledar synchronization. Calgoo officially supports 30 Boxes, Apple iCal, Microsoft Outlook, and -- of course -- Google Calendar.

Calgoo's "Chief Owl" will not employ ads in the app in order to pay for the costs of developing the program, but the team will begin to run ads on Calgoo Hub and possibly other future products. As for the software itself, it's pretty easy to use, and it provides for two-way synchonization, which means that any changes on one calendar will apply to the other.

[via WebWorkerDaily]
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]]>30 boxes30BoxescalendarcalgoogoogleoutlooksyncsynchsynchronizationDanny Mendez2008-07-28T12:00:00+00:00Google Knol goes live, Wikipedia hardly quaking in its bootshttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/23/google-knol-goes-live-wikipedia-hardly-quaking-in-its-boots/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/23/google-knol-goes-live-wikipedia-hardly-quaking-in-its-boots/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/23/google-knol-goes-live-wikipedia-hardly-quaking-in-its-boots/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Google Knol
Google has finally pulled back the curtain on its so-called Wikipedia killer, Google Knol. We first heard that Google was looking at launching a user-editable encyclopedia-style web services late last year. But to be perfectly honest, a lot's happened in the last 7 months and we kind of forgot about it. Now that it's here, we're not entirely sure it's fair to call it a Wikipedia-killer.

Knol provides a place to find information about topics ranging from lung cancer to toilet clogs. What makes it different from Wikipedia is that while any user can suggest alterations to articles, the original author gets to decide whether or not to include those changes. In theory, this will help prevent people who don't know what they're talking about from ripping apart an article from an authority on a topic. In practice, since anyone can write an article on any topic, whether they know what they're talking about or not, it could be even harder to find reliable information on Knol than Wikipedia.

Knol's saving grace might be that users can write multiple articles on the same topic. So if you think you know how to build a better mouse trap than the 20 other writers who have published their own methods, you can write your own article. Readers can then rank stories so hopefully only the most accurate and/or helpful "knols" will find their way to the top of the pile.

Creating a Knol is fairly straightforward. You just sign in with your Google account and start writing. You can also import documents create in Microsoft Word, Excel, PDF or TXT file.

[via Official Google Blog]
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]]>googleknolwikipediaBrad Linder2008-07-23T14:30:00+00:00How to do a global search in Craigslisthttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/22/how-to-do-a-global-search-in-craigslist/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/22/how-to-do-a-global-search-in-craigslist/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/22/how-to-do-a-global-search-in-craigslist/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

google craigslist global search
Many people may not have noticed this, but it's impossible to do a global search at Craigslist.org. It sort of makes sense, doesn't it? For most of the public, we'd imagine a global search would turn up useless results, but that only makes Craigslist useful for most of us. What about thoe crazy-curious folks that just need to know all about what's being offered, asked for, etc. around the world?

Marty Orgel submitted to Wired a short-tutorial on how-to do a global search of Craigslist through Google, and it's pretty easy. Just do an advanced search, and in the "Find web pages that have... all of these words" box, type in your search terms. Make sure "directory" is entered into the "But don't show pages that have... any of these unwanted words" box, and type "craigslist.org" into the domain box at the bottom.

The method worked for our global search of "time machine", which turned up 12,700 results from several regions including: New York, Austin, Northern Virginia, and San Diego. Most of them really had to do with a time traveling machine, so, yes, there are several crazy people in the world. Don't worry, though, we're pretty sure many of the listings originated from well-humored teenagers... well, we hope that's the case.
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]]>Danny Mendez2008-07-22T10:00:00+00:00Google Docs introduces template galleryhttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/18/google-docs-introduces-template-gallery/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/18/google-docs-introduces-template-gallery/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/18/google-docs-introduces-template-gallery/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,

A lot of desktop word processing and text editing apps feature templates you can use to jazz up your documents -- or make them look terrible, depending on your opinion. Now Google Docs gives you the same option, with a new template gallery. There are over 300 templates, featuring everything from resumés to cards to calendars.

The selection of different templates is impressively versatile. Expense reports, presentations, invitations -- it's all there. Styles range from minimal (basic blue bars) to ostentatious (robots!). Something that immediately struck us as clever is the selection the Avery Dennison-sponsored themes, so you can print to those Avery labels and business cards that every office seems to be up to its ears in. If you use templates in your desktop writing app of choice, you'll probably also find a use for them in Google docs. Although the designs are hit or miss, there are enough of them that you should be able to find what you're looking for.

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]]>designdocumentsGoogle DocsGoogleDocstemplatesJay Hathaway2008-07-18T10:00:00+00:00Googleholic for July 15, 2008http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/15/googleholic-for-july-15-2008/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/15/googleholic-for-july-15-2008/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/15/googleholic-for-july-15-2008/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


Welcome to Googleholic, your bi-weekly fix of everything Google!

In this edition:

  • New YouTube "My Videos" interface
  • YouTube Living Legends: Chuck D. and Snoop
  • Radiohead gets Googlefied
  • Webmaster Tools Access Provider program

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]]>googlegoogle webmaster toolsgoogleholicGoogleWebmasterToolsliving legendsLivingLegendsradioheadyoutubeChristina Warren2008-07-15T17:30:00+00:00Google adds speech recognition to video searchhttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/15/google-adds-speech-recognition-to-video-search/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/15/google-adds-speech-recognition-to-video-search/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/15/google-adds-speech-recognition-to-video-search/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

YouTube Speech recognition
Google is rolling out a speech recognition tool that adds a whole new dimension to video search. Previously, if you wanted to search for a YouTube video, you'd have to rely on the title and tags. Now you can actually search for spoken text in a video. Well, in selected videos only. Right now the speech recognition is only available in a handful of political videos.

You can check out the new feature by adding the Google Election Video Search Gadget to your iGoogle page. Or you can view the gadget as a standalone page. Just enter a search term and Google will locate videos where the word is uttered. Google will also add little yellow markers to the timeline letting you know where the word occurs.

Google uses speech recognition technology to automatically transcribe the text of these videos and add them to an index. Videos uploaded by politicians to their official YouTube channels are indexed within a few hours.

Google certainly isn't the first site to combine speech recognition with video search. Blinkx and EveryZing offer similar services. But Google is the 800 pound gorilla in both the search and online video worlds.
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]]>speech-recognitionvideo-searchyoutubeBrad Linder2008-07-15T13:00:00+00:00Googleholic for July 11, 2008http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/11/googleholic-for-july-11-2008/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/11/googleholic-for-july-11-2008/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/11/googleholic-for-july-11-2008/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


Welcome to Googleholic, your bi-weekly fix of everything Google!

In this edition:

  • Live blog with Google Docs
  • Google Mobile App for iPhone
  • App Engine Hack-a-thon in Chicago
  • Google Sites domain mapping
  • Google Notebook bookmarklet
  • Google News new design

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]]>app engineAppEnginegooglegoogle docsgoogle mobile appgoogle newsgoogle notebookgoogle sitesGoogleDocsgoogleholicGoogleMobileAppGoogleNewsGoogleNotebookGoogleSitesChristina Warren2008-07-11T15:00:00+00:00Google Lively: a 3D social networking/chat tool that nobody asked forhttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/09/google-lively-a-3d-social-networking-chat-tool-that-nobody-aske/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/09/google-lively-a-3d-social-networking-chat-tool-that-nobody-aske/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/09/google-lively-a-3d-social-networking-chat-tool-that-nobody-aske/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

Lively
If you've ever thought it would be a good idea to embed a chat widget on your web site, Google has another proposition for you: Why stop there? Why not embed a 3D environment, let users create avatars, decorate a room, and chat with one another? The company has taken the wraps off of Lively, a 3D social networking/chat service that does just that. You can create or join Lively rooms through Lively.com or you can embed rooms on any site using a small snippet of HTML code.

We got our first clue that Google was up to something in the social networking/virtual world space last year when a student at Arizona State University snapped a screenshot of the signup page for a top secret Google project. At the time we guessed that Google was building a Second Life competitor. But since it's a web-based service, it looks like Lively is more of an IMVU competitor. That should come as no surprise, since as VentureBeat points out, one of the founders of IMVU now works for Google.

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]]>avatarimvulivelysecond-lifeBrad Linder2008-07-09T08:30:00+00:00Googleholic for July 8, 2008http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/08/googleholic-for-july-8-2008/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/08/googleholic-for-july-8-2008/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/08/googleholic-for-july-8-2008/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

Welcome to Googleholic, your bi-weekly fix for everything Google!

In this edition:

  • Gmail fights PayPal and eBay phishers
  • Protocol Buffers go open source
  • Walking directions for Google Maps
  • YouTube Screening Room, round two
  • Viacom v. YouTube and what it means for your privacy

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]]>gmailgooglegoogle mapsgoogleholicGoogleMapsphishingprotocol buffersProtocolBuffersscreening roomScreeningRoomyoutubeChristina Warren2008-07-08T19:00:00+00:00Gmail adding log-in monitoring featureshttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/08/gmail-adding-log-in-monitoring-features/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/08/gmail-adding-log-in-monitoring-features/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/08/gmail-adding-log-in-monitoring-features/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

gmail log-in monitoring features
Have you ever asked yourself, "Is someone else using my email account?" Well, if you're the cautious type, Google just added a few log-in monitoring features to its email service, so such paranoid questions won't feel so pressing anymore.

Wondering if you're Gmail account is open in multiple locations? Just look at the very, very bottom of the main Gmail page. It'll say something to the sound of: "This account is open in one other location." Click on the "details" link next to it to get taken to, well, a details page.

It'll give you the deets on the most recent sessions including the access type and IP address. It's not the end-all for email hijacking, but at the very least it'll help you point-out intruders. And if you don't see the feature yet, sit tight, Google is slowly rolling out the feature to all accounts.
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]]>accountemailgmailhijackintruderloginmonitormonitoringDanny Mendez2008-07-08T08:00:00+00:00Glubble and Kidzui - good kid browsers, silly names http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/07/glubble-vs-kidzui-kid-browser-wars/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/07/glubble-vs-kidzui-kid-browser-wars/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/07/glubble-vs-kidzui-kid-browser-wars/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , , , , , , ,

kids browsing
There is a battle for the hearts and wallets souls of our young surfing children on the interwebs. Parents are obviously concerned about the appropriateness of the world wide web being a kid's playground, so are looking for suitable controls to help them feel their children are protected online.

We looked at 2 kids browsers, Glubble and Kidzui, and gave them a test spin as well as subjected them to an unscientific kid focus group. Check out our results after the jump.

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]]>childrens browserChildrensBrowserFirefoxGlubbles vs. KidzuiGlubblesVs.Kidzuikids browserKidsBrowserKidzuiparental controlsParentalControlssafe browsingSafeBrowsingDolores Parker2008-07-07T14:00:00+00:00Googleholic for July 4, 2008http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/04/googleholic-for-july-4-2008/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/04/googleholic-for-july-4-2008/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/04/googleholic-for-july-4-2008/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


Welcome to Googleholic, your bi-weekly fix for everything Google, the July 4th column! Happy 4th everyone!

In this edition:

  • Google C++ testing framework
  • Google Talk for iPhone
  • Google Maps voice search for BlackBerry Pearl
  • Use Spotlight to find online Google Docs
  • More ways to earn revenue from YouTube

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]]>adsenseblackberryc googlegoogle talkgoogleholicGoogleTalkspotlightyoutubeChristina Warren2008-07-04T00:04:00+00:00