FredericMartin - Blognotes 2.0

I see where you are my dear

Google is launching a new application called Latitude which is based on their maps. It helps track your friends in real time through their mobile location. Google knows quite a lot on your online life, now they even track you outside. Somehow brilliant.

Photo manager Picasa ver.3 with face recognition

Picasa (Google) is a great photo manager. And now it's even better with the third version which was launched today. The new version includes community functionalities, in-picture tagging and ... face recognition.

Google is launching a web browser

Google is launching Chrome to outcompete IE and Firefox. I've tested it and have following comments: the interface is fairly good, the page is almost full screen, their visualization of the most viewed pages as small icons is interesting and the download of pages is quick. But one critical point is definitely the lack of RSS functions (how is it possible for a new navigator?) and  I coudn't find any add ons and advanced functions like online bookmarking and multimedia tools. I will stay with Flock, much better so far.

Google Apps + Salesforce = easy collaborative Sales

Google Apps and Saleforce.com are getting together to propose a free integrated sales communication solution. This nice video explains the benefits in short.

The Social Platform War in one brilliant chart

Who´s really getting what is going on in the crazy battle for the most influential social platform? This "Starwar" chart is a brilliant overview of the social platform war led by the three Internet giants Google, Facebook and MySpace. The sizes suggest the audience of each service. Some interesting presentations on social platforms are included at the end of the slideshow.

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No reason to use MS Office anymore (the new off/on revolution)

2008 will probably be the year of the offline Internet. Google has just added an important milestone in that revolution. Google Docs - at least the US version - can now be used offline. When you miss your online connection, you can keep working on your documents in your browser. When you retrieve your connection, your documents are automatically synchronized and backed up online and you can keep collaborating with your colleagues. To allow that offline function, you have to download Google Gears first. Working together anytime anywhere is becoming a reality. More on Google Docs blog.

Open Social Networks explained in one picture

Web star Google goes mobile, mobile star Nokia goes Web. Who wins?

Google has intiated a big move into the mobile business with Android (see previous articles). Now it´s Nokia to be under the limelights. Nokia is moving one step ahead into the web business. Latest move with Ovi. Ovi means portal in their complicated finnish language, it´s a social community. Photos, Maps, Music, Games. CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo: "We forecast internet services will amount for 100 billion euros in 2010". 

Understanding Google's mobile move

An interesting article on Google move in the mobile business written by the Co-Chair of m-Commerce Committee for the Mobile Marketing Association in the US.

Google Android video demo

Google founder Brin introduces this video which explains the new open mobile platform Android.