Googling Friday #24

Hey everybody and welcome to another edition of Googling Friday. Let’s see what is going on this week in the world of Google.

Gizmo5 shutting down April 3rd

Gizmo5 the popular VoIP service which was bought by Google and later transformed into Google Voice, will cease operations on April 3rd. Customers in the US can have credits for their service transferred to Google Voice.

Google to Fortify Android Market

In light of last week’s malware issue on over 50 apps. Although not mentioning specifically just what that means, they did say they would build safeguards to prevent further instances of it happening again.

Google Allowing Users to Block Sites in Search Results

Google has yet another feature, in addition to bringing instant preview to mobile devices, it now gives the user the option to block certain sites from search results. So if you don’t like a certain site being shown in search results, block away! Uh, MSNBC, HuffPost, and Daily Kos...guess what!

Gmail and Smart Labels

So do you get a mass email from a newsletter that you just don’t need to taking up your inbox space? Well, Gmail has a new feature called Smart Labels to move them somewhere else besides your Inbox. It is in the Labs section of your Gmail settings if you want to play around with it.

Well, this week I don’t have a Google product review for you. But if you know of something I haven’t reviewed yet, let me know and I will take a look at it. Until then, see you all next week!