Buzz off! Outta my inbox!
One Google product I’ve not gotten into, nor even shown any interest in is Google Buzz. Because I can drag-n-drop my labels to hide them, I hid the new Buzz label the first day I noticed it. Considering Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Plaxo and other social timesuckers, errr social networks last thing I needed was another.
In their “Better Buzz Controls” post Google posted this:
“When you participate in a conversation in Google Buzz, we bring that post to your inbox to make it easy to keep up with the discussion. But we’ve heard loud and clear that buzz in your inbox can get noisy — we feel it too…“
| Print article | This entry was posted by George on March 18, 2010 at 5:52 pm, and is filed under Google. Follow any responses to this post through RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback from your own site. |
ABOUT COMMENTING ON THIS BLOG
Comments are moderated by a human and will be approved if they bring value to the discussion. This means comments are on topic, relevant and useful. Here are some ways to insure your comment is rejected, marked as spam or will be edited (at my discretion):
- Using keywords, business names or website names in the Name field
- Putting a spammy site/page in the Website field
- Foul, abusive or discriminatory language
- Comments for SEO only purposes
No comments yet.
No trackbacks yet.
Google Retiring the Old Adsense Interface
about 4 months ago - No comments
I got an email today about Google retiring the old Adsense interface, which they’ve been developing for a while now. But, to be fair, maybe the old interface isn’t better, maybe I am just resisting the change. At first, the new interface was unwelcome, because I’d just gotten used to using the old one. Then, I
Google +1 Button Coming Soon to Adsense
about 4 months ago - 2 comments
That Google +1 button is sprouting everywhere, and now the +1 button is slated to appear in Adsense ads. Below is an example from the Adsense Insider blog. Now your “social friends” can see what ads you like … I don’t know if that’s good or not, but its good for Google whose ads will
Gmail, Gmail Mobile Go Persian (Farsi)
about 4 months ago - No comments
Google has released its Gmail and Gmail mobile in Persian today. Or as Google put it: At Google, we want to make our products universally accessible and useful, and that means providing them for as many people as possible in the language they speak. The Gmail and Google Localization teams have worked together to bring
Mobile Multi Sig, Mobile Sig, and Vacation Auto-Respond
about 4 months ago - No comments
Gmail announced some new stuff for Gmail for mobile today. Specifically Google’s Dominic Leung, Mobile Software Engineer announced the addition of these Gmail for mobile features… Multiple sign-in support Mobile-specific signature Vacation Auto-Responder Multiple Sign-In Support So, first the addition of multiple sign-in support. You’ve been able to do that on the desktop for a
Greener Google? Sure.
about 4 months ago - No comments
Gmail is cooler in the cloud. Literally. Google’s point is that cloud-based services (which are ever more popular) use less energy than their traditional counterparts. Of course, their post doesn’t make such a broad claim, they focus on some of their services and also said: Cloud computing is secure, simple, keeps you productive and saves
Yahoo! Acquires eGroups, Google Acquires Neotonic
about 5 months ago - No comments
“Yahoo! Acquires eGroups” AND “Google Acquires Neotonic” Those two news flashes are probably two of the more exciting statements Brandon Long has ever read – real life-changers. Under What did you do before joining Google? in the latest Faces of Gmail post, Brandon reveals he worked at eGroups, which was acquired by Yahoo! back in
Gmail Tip: Stars
about 5 months ago - No comments
The Gmail Blog yesterday posted a tip on using stars in Gmail. I’ve been using the free version of Active Inbox (AIB) to manage my email for probably over a year now. However, as Gmail makes routine changes that break the Active Inbox interface, and since AIB hasn’t rolled out changes addressing some features that
Gmail Labs Rolls out Email Preview Pane
about 6 months ago - No comments
I just read New in Labs: Preview Pane and I’m really glad to see you can now preview emails in Gmail. It can be difficult to get a feel for which emails to read and which to pass up for later. For most business users and many regular Gmail users, time savings and convenient features
Google Advisor, Make Smarter, Faster Financial Decisions
about 7 months ago - No comments
Google Advisor can help you make financial decisions. Advisor helps you choose Mortgage, Credit Card, Certificated of Deposit (CD’s), bank accounts and more. Yes, Google Advisor can help you with financial decisions by cutting down the time spent looking for, applying for and comparing offers and programs. Google for your daily life … check out
Schedule Appointments with GCalendar
about 8 months ago - No comments
Google Calendar keeps getting better and better… recently GCalendar added color-coding of events, and now they’ve introduced appointment slots which allows you the flexibility to accept appointments. Or as Google’s post put it: Google Calendar has become indispensable for organizing my own time and sharing my schedule with friends and coworkers. But what about letting
