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New Version of Skype Adds Screen Sharing
Skype, the popular VOIP client formerly owned by eBay, just released a new beta version of its Windows client. The new version finally brings screen sharing to the Windows client, something which already became available in the last beta version of the Mac client in January. Skype now also allows users to import their contacts from Gmail
Chrome’s JavaScript Engine Gets Major Overhaul, 30% Faster
JavaScript-heavy webpages (such as Gmail), will now run 30% quicker on Chrome, according to Google. Given how fast they were already running, that’s fairly insane.
Chrome’s JavaScript Engine Gets Major Overhaul, 30% Faster
JavaScript-heavy webpages (such as Gmail), will now run 30% quicker on Chrome, according to Google. Given how fast they were already running, that’s fairly insane.
Gmail Labs Automatically Translates Your Email
Got yourself a pen pal that just happens to speak another language? A new feature in Gmail Labs automatically translates foreign-language email messages to your native tongue directly in Gmail.
Facebook Gives Major Boost to OpenID
Facebook has adopted the OpenID user-identity framework to simplify how people register for and log into the social networking site.It means that people will be able to sign into Facebook using their log-in credentials from Gmail. “This is a quicker, more streamlined way for new users to register for the site, find their friends….
Confirmed Gmail / Google App Outage
mbone writes “Earlier today there was a confirmed Google outage which got a lot of attention from network operators. From a post to NANOG after everything calmed down: ‘Google ack’d a maintenance on their core network did not go as planned-Forced traffic to one peer link that was unable to handle all the traffic. Maintenance has been rolled back. Issue has been restored.’ This is exactly what makes me nervous about cloud computing and data storage. It’s bad enough when I screw up a config and it takes down my mail, but what about when it happens to the entire globe at once?” Several readers also point to CNET’s coverage of the outage. Update: 05/14 19:25 GMT by T : CWmike adds this: “Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes that what may be happening is a massive DDoS attack. Based on the size of the attack that would be needed to interfere with Google, I believe that it’s quite likely to be the result of an attack from the controllers of the Windows worm, Conficker. Another theory that has been put about — that the problem was due to AT&T NOC routing problems — does not appear to hold water, writes Steven.” Update: 05/14 21:01 GMT by T : Google’s put up a low-detail explanation on their blog that says “An error in one of our systems caused us to direct some of our web traffic through Asia, which created a traffic jam. As a result, about 14% of our users experienced slow services or even interruptions.”
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Google suffers major failure
Google Search and Google News performance slowed to a crawl, while an outage seemed to spread from Gmail to Google Maps and Google Reader. Comments about the failure were flying on Twitter, with “googlefail” quickly became one of the most searched terms on the popular micro-blogging site.
Google Apps gains business cred with 30k-seat deal
Gmail may not yet have the same footprint as M|cr0s0ft Exchange, but megadeals such as a recently announced 30,000-seat installation at Valeo prove that large enterprises are comfortable running applications in the cloud.
Google Bulks Up Gmail With Built-In Search
Google has added the ability to search Google directly within Gmail, a move that increases the centrality of the e-mail service and gives Google a new opportunity to show advertisements.
The Man Who Made Gmail Says Real-Time Conversation is What’s
Paul Buchheit built the first version of Gmail in one day. Then he built the first prototype of Google’s contextual advertising service Adsense, in one day as well. …
