I’m an avid Google product user and from the looks of it, I believe that Google is beginning to really worry about their profits. Maybe they’re kicking themselves for paying so much on acquisitions that have yet to show profitability or get close to breaking even. Whichever the case, there’s five prime examples of Google’s latest moves and how it might point to a shaky foundation: More »
For a couple of years now I’ve been integrating and recommending to clients Google Checkout for several reasons, however with a recent change from Google, most of those reasons are no longer true and I find it more difficult to recommend Google Checkout over PayPal. More »
Some time ago Google bought GrandCentral and kept it as a seperate service but underneath they were integrating their systems to make GrandCentral more like a native Google service. GrandCentral developed a following especially among T-Mobile users since you could technically dial any number and connect through GrandCentral and thus you’ll receive free calling to almost anyone if your GrandCentral number was one of your faves.
Others though for example on Sprint and AT&T just wanted to be able to easily use their GrandCentral number as an outgoing number. That’s were GrandDialer came in, a free app that was written for multiple cell phones that allowed you to dial from your address book through a GrandCentral number. Everybody was happy but then Google finally integrated GrandCentral and is in the process of migrating everyone to the new Google Voice; which means GrandDialer no longer works but there’s a new iPhone app right around the corner. More »