Archive for August, 2005

Googlies From Google

Aug 27th

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The somewhat esoteric title of this post comes from a cricket bowling action. But it really sums up the (nice) surprises Google offers its clients. But first the good news for all you non-North American readers. GMail has finally gone public and is available for the US/Canada. The service will be rolled-out in phases to other regions.

In a departure from the usual service signup, GMail is currently available only to mobile phone users. The service sends an SMS invitation that you use to sign-up to the service. And your registration too is via SMS. This radical departure from the usual mail More >

Beginning Freeloaders Excellent Adventure

Aug 21st

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Change is inevitable. And this column’s frequency on Cyber India Online (CIOL) is changing soon too. My editors have announced beginning September 2005 the Freeloader column ceases publishing. I’m now beginning to understand what fighting soldiers go though mentally when facing impending death (and doom). It’s never been so hard to put together a column as this one. And I think preparing the next (and final) one too will be hard. But I’m not going quietly. More details about what I plan in next week’s edition.

I think the CIOL version’s being axed because it no longer fits my publisher’s strategic publishing More >