Tag Archives: widgets

Google IG’s Themes Hooked Me

Google IG’s themes seem to have struck a cord with me. Instead of loading up cavemonkey50.com, my browser now loads Google IG as my homepage. Why the sudden change? Google’s newly unveiled themes look amazing. I literally can’t stop looking at them. Sure, I still think Google IG’s widgets are nothing compared to other services, [...]

Google Releases Mac Widgets

Late last night Google released some official widgets for Mac OS X Tiger. The new widgets include a Blogger widget for posting on a Blogger blog, a Gmail widget which displays your inbox, and a Search History widget which hooks into Google’s Search History. While there are already a plethora of Dashboard widgets created by [...]

Google Desktop 3.0 Review

I’ll admit it. I’m one of the ten Google Desktop users. Everyone seems to hate Google Desktop, but for some reason I love it. I think it’s because Google Desktop allows me to quickly search through the years of files on my hard drive with ease. I keep my files organized, but I still hate [...]

Google Announces Widgets

Just this morning Google has unveiled their answer to Yahoo’s Widget Engine (formerly Konfabulator). Google has included an API to their personalized homepage, allowing users to create and add content to the personalized page.
Now Google’s approach is a little different then Yahoo’s. Yahoo’s widgets live on the desktop while Google’s widgets will only be on [...]