Googling Friday #21

Hello folks and welcome to another edition of Googling Friday. I don’t have much this week so this will be a quick edition, but I hope you will still find it informative.

Google announces One Pass payment system

In the light of Apple’s new in-app subscription plan, Google announced its own digital content payment plan. They will take 10% off the top compared to Apple’s 30% from developers as it presents developers not happy with Apple’s strict guidelines on in-app subscription policy, an alternative. But one more key thing, content providers can obtain users data with One Pass, something Apple does not allow.

Switching to Google Calendar, a How-to

Last year I made the jump to using Google’s Calendar for my personal organization. I have been very please with it and a highly recommend this free service. MacWorld has a step-by-step process on how to get setup with Google Calendar, it is well worth the read for Mac and iOS device users.

Well, that is it this week. Kind of a slow news week in GoogleLand, but see you all next week for more news from Google.

Googling Friday #3

Hello folks and welcome to another installment of Googling Friday. Lets look at some Google news before we dive into this weeks Google app review.

Google brings Google Voice to Gmail

Google announced on Wednesday the ability to dial a phone number from within Gmail. It will appear on the right hand side within the chat list. As shown below:

Course what this means is you will no longer have to visit the Google Voice page directly to make a call and you can now directly talk to someone right from your computer and don’t need it to dial one of your phones first.

Now for this weeks Google app review, Google Calendar

Google Calendar

With Google Calendar, you can view your events and tasks from any computer connected to the internet. Also BusyCal has a desktop based calendar application that can interface with Google Calendar, iPhone, and iPads. Google Calendar has pretty much replaced iCal for me as my default calendar application. It is pretty straight forward and is part of your Gmail account with its own link at the top of your Gmail page. So check it out, I really like it.

Well see you all next week for more cool stuff from Google!