Google Strips Beta Tag from Gmail, Calendar, Docs and Talk, Salvages the World

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Yes, really. Google Apps is out of Beta now and so are Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs and Google Talk. Google announced it on their blog and also tweeted it today and some of its logos already are stripped of the Beta tag. Google Talk and Google Docs still carry the Beta tag at the time of writing this post.

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Use your old mail accounts to use your LinkedIn connections optimally

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We know how useful LinkedIn is, in building our professional network or in securing a good job at a good place. LinkedIn has recently opened up its groups to all and has been adding new features and experimenting with whitepaper ads too. Though there have been numerous articles published [1], [2], [3] on how to use LinkedIn optimally, this articles

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Why Wolfram Alpha is not a Google Killer!

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There was a wave when Wolfram Alpha was released couple of days ago that it would be a Google killer, and now there is another which says it is NOT. I guess, the first wave, of course was kind of a keen-jerk reaction by the half-wits. The fundamental difference between them is that, they are not same! Google with its basic function is a search engine and Wolfram Alpha

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Google Internet Bus is coming to Bengaluru!

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Every Ram, Rahim and Robert in our country would have used the Google’s products, like the Google Web Search, Gmail, Google Maps, Google News, Youtube, Orkut and the lesser known ones like Local search, Google SMS Search, Google Voice Search, Google Mobile, by the geeks but may not be the Google’s not so publicized project The Internet Bus. Google recently launched this in India in February this year. The pilot

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Now share your Google Latitude location with Gtalk buddies and on your blog!

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When Google launched the new Latitude application few months back, users were ecstatic (!); ideas and feature requests were poured out with all the imagination available as where and how this can be used (or misused).

Now, Google has come out with applications based on Latitude; first among them is sharing your location with Gtalk buddies or display as a badge on your website.

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Google launches “What’s Popular” Gadget, limits it to iGoogle

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Google recently launched an iGoogle Gadget called “What’s Popular” where you can view, add, and rate popular content on Internet. Did you say whats new in that, well that’s what all others are saying here. It seems to be a clone and/or mashup (or what ever you can think of) of champions like Digg, Stumbleupon, Reddit, Techmeme, and alike.

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BSNL offers new service for online recharging of Prepaid mobile

BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) one of the largest TelCo with huge subscriber base in GSM mobile, Broadband and telephone land-line (PSTN) services in India, just announced its online service for BSNL pre paid (also called as Excel) customers for recharging their connection.

This is a boon for all BSNL prepaid subscribers as they can do it online in the

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