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Google Chrome to Support Greasemonkey

Jonathan Dingman — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:19:08 +0000

This is a huge win for Chrome users like myself. Greasemonkey is an awesome platform within a platform, that supports userscripts. I’ve been a huge fan of Google Chrome on Windows, as it’s been the fastest browser I’ve ever used. I did a comparison of Chrome vs Internet Explorer, and Chrome definitely won.The idea [...]

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Google Chrome to Support Greasemonkey

Google Drops IE6 Support

Jonathan Dingman — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:55:00 +0000

In a recent turn of events, Google is dropping support for IE6 among other browsers as well. Here is what Google Apps recently sent out: Dear Google Apps admin, In order to continue to improve our products and deliver more sophisticated features and performance, we are harnessing some of the latest improvements in web browser technology. [...]

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Google Drops IE6 Support

Google Testing New Search Layout

Jonathan Dingman — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:40:08 +0000

As we have seen Google test, test, and test again, with innovative and unique navigation systems, Google is at it again. Huge thanks for tipster Jared for sending in these screenshots he was able to capture. Here is what looks like a new potential layout for Google search. The first screenshot is of normal search. [...]

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Google Testing New Search Layout

Gmail Now Uses https by Default

Jonathan Dingman — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:37:54 +0000

The Gmail blog announced yesterday that they were moving to default https access for Gmail users. I’ve been using this feature for quite some time just because I’m a little anal with security. Here’s what Gmail Engineering Directory, Sam Schillace, has to say about it: In 2008, we rolled out the option to always use https — encrypting [...]

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Gmail Now Uses https by Default

Google to Move Out of China?

Jonathan Dingman — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:52:55 +0000

Google made the announcement this morning that they will stop censorship in China. Finally! This is huge news. That Google is not bowing down to the Chinese government’s censorship anymore, even if that means they need to withdraw from the nation. This piece of news comes to us in an odd form. It originated from cyber [...]

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Google to Move Out of China?

Trigger Happy Webmasters

Jonathan Dingman — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:24:57 +0000

Looks like someone over on the Google Webmaster Tools team went a little trigger happy last night.Update: and just in case I missed the first bajillion messages in my dashboard, they also fowarded it to my inbox. Dear Webmaster Tools User, If your website accepts advertising, we invite you to increase your site’s visibility with advertisers in [...]

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Trigger Happy Webmasters

Video: The Muppets – Bohemian Rhapsody

Jonathan Dingman — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:04:36 +0000

What a great way to kick off the new year with a great video :) Blogged on Google News by Jonathan Dingman © Fireside MediaVideo: The Muppets – Bohemian RhapsodyRelated posts:Video: Inescapable Ads How to Get Backlinks, the Whitehat Way Jonathan Dingman on Tools & Plugins

Happy New Year from Google – 2010

Jonathan Dingman — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:45:17 +0000

Google Australia is already celebrating their happy new year with this logo.Here’s to everyone wishing you a happy new year in 2010! Blogged on Google News by Jonathan Dingman © Fireside MediaHappy New Year from Google – 2010Related posts:Yahoo! Offers Comprehensive People Search Not so Happy Pi Day Google Respects Authority More Than Anything

Google Analytics Annotations

Jonathan Dingman — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 12:49:37 +0000

This is awesome! I’ve been wanting something like this for a while. There was a greasemonkey hack there for this, but it wasn’t ever really consistent. FINALLY! As a holiday treat, in an email sent to Google Analytics users, the Analytics team has launched a holiday bonus feature of annotations. Here’s what it looks [...]

Christmas Lights Gone Wild

Jonathan Dingman — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:03:45 +0000

This is a pretty amazing assortment of lights and music to go with it. Merry Christmas Eve :) via Blogged on Google News by Jonathan Dingman © Fireside MediaChristmas Lights Gone WildRelated posts:Merry Christmas to You! ‘Tis the Season Merry Christmas