Did Google just pulled the plug on cloud computing, or the Wave only?

Google recently dropped Wave, its revolutionary collaboration platform I wrote about last year. The general reaction is a surprise, firstly because the Wave was very innovative, though not well packaged, secondly because no longer than a few months ago Google was actively promoting Wave to business partners on the Google IO 2010. And now, they are just stopping the service, just like that. Ok, it’s not the first product they closed, but this time the ecosystem is bigger, and the consequences are higher. And an important question arise – how dependable cloud computing really is?

Is Safari 5 a game changer?

Yesterday marked the beginning of the Apple WWDC 2010, the release of iPhone 4, the iOS 4 and a general wow effect, mainly over the iPhone’s new Retina display and video talks called FaceTime. Apple didn’t want to steal iPhone’s thunder, so it quietly released Safari 5, but in fact, it’s the biggest leap for this browser since years. But let’s first look on what is new.

Exploiting Gmail webmail for phishing

I recently noticed that a certain Gmail webmail “feature” enables you to convince the receiver that the email was sent by someone else than you. This exploit is really easy to fix by Google, but apparently it would also change the way they display senders completely – would, sort of, be like a step back to the era of email addresses as identification. Here’s how it works.

What’s wrong with Buzz?

It all started with Twitter. And a bit of a Facebook. Got spiced up by LinkedIn and Yahoo Meme. We had Blellow on the way, Friendfeed, even the recent hype – Foursquare – can count in. Instant micro-exhibitionism, so you can generate all the buzz you need. But wait. Now you have the actual Buzz, for all your social pleasures. Enjoy?

Google phasing out support for Internet Explorer 6.0 and what does it mean?

As a Google Apps admin I have received an email today about Google planning to stop supporting IE6 in Docs and Sites, starting March this year. They plan to eventually stop supporting that old browser on all of their services including GMail. The transition begins this week, as they will be displaying upgrade requests on said services to the users who still browse with Internet Explorer 6. What does it mean for Microsoft, Google and the Web?

Enabling Speed Tracer on Chrome for Mac

Google released Chrome for Mac, finally, but the extensions don’t work. It’s actually Google’s fault, because the latest Chromium built already supports extensions. And then they release this great-looking Speed Tracer tool, something Yslow and others have not gone before. However, it seems you can’t install it on Mac (although in the example screenshots on Google Code you can actually see Chrome for Mac, oh irony). Well, guess what – you can :)

Do you want a Google Wave invite?

I have 5 invites for the highly hyped Google Wave and I am giving them away to my fellow readers! I will randomly choose five of you who comment this post and tweet this tweet. And then we can connect and wave our selves off ;)

What is Google Wave and what it’s not

The biggest hype on the Internet nowadays is the Google Wave. What is it exactly? It’s “an online communication and collaboration tool that makes real-time interactions more seamless”. That’s what Google would like to tell you. But in reality, there’s still a lot of work for them to get there. I’ll walk you through my experiences in this brief review.

How to use Google Apps and App Engine to get free email, calendar, homepage and more

This article will explain how to setup email, calendar, online docs and more from Google Apps, as well as deploy your homepage using Google App Engine – all integrated and all under your own domain! Why? Because GMail is the best online mail client, because Google Calendar is awesome, because Google App Engine works blazing fast, and finally – because it’s all free!