Tag: IGOOGLE

As we previously covered, the custom iGoogle skins widget allows the user to, well, use custom skins with iGoogle. -- It says what it is, folks! It boasts a few new features that make it well worth the upgrade. For one, it's now possible to set conditions for certain skins. For example, it's possible to have, say, a rain themed skin appear when the weather widget shows it's raining. It even ...

Google has been offering two different types of gadgets (or what the rest of the world calls widgets) for a while now. You could install tiny applications on your desktop using Google Desktop. Or you could install them in a personalized Google Startpage using iGoogle. Now Google has gone and removed the line dividing these two gadget types: You can now install Google Desktop gadgets on your ...

It's hard to escape online ads, and now Google has rolled out another ad format in order to take control of another piece of the ad pie and make it more dynamic and interesting. Ads in Google's Gadgets. The AdWords Gadget program has been built to quite simply turn widgets into ads. These websites within websites can draw in dynamic content including data feeds, maps, images, audio, Flash, HTML ...

Google has rolled out a new beta feature for its iGoogle personalized homepage. PubSub (short for Publisher/Subscriber) is basically a new framework that allows iGoogle gadgets to communicate with one another. For example, if you've got a search box in one gadget, you can type a query that will affect the results in other gadget. So if you've got a news gadget, a maps gadget, and a calendar gadget ...

Google has been experimenting with totally different homepages in both Taiwan and in Hong Kong than what other countries have experienced. During a conference call the end of last week, Sergey Brin announced that Google has been testing another version of its homepage that adds a row of icons across the top of the search bar, and animated icons below it. The search giant has been taking advantage ...

Google introduced a set of themes for your personalized homepage (or iGoogle) a few months back. But if you're looking for a few more customization options, check out this new Google gadget. digg_url = 'http://digg.com/software/Dress_up_your_iGoogle_with_custom_skins'; Once you install the gadget on your homepage, you can choose from a variety of custom skins, create your own, or submit ...

If you thought slapping a lowercase "i" on a product and calling it a day was a thing of the distant past; Think again. Google's Personalized Homepage is now iGoogle. At least now we know what the "ig" stands for in the Personalized Homepage iGoogle URL. Seven new gadgets are on tap to back up the baby green "i", along with a taste of some social features and the promise of a new Gadget ...