Gmail Team Introduces Themes and Colors

With email hooked up to my Samsung Instinct, I don't always sign in to my Gmail account on a PC. I happened to log in today and notice something a little different. Gmail now offers colors and themes for your inbox. The Gmail team announced it on their blog earlier this week.

While I tend to be a minimalist when it comes to my desktop (I still use the old-school Windows desktop theme instead of the XP theme), I think it's great that Google continues to evolve their products. They create products that are robust and simple and then continue to make them better.

There are 15 new colors and 15 themes for your inbox. The funniest them by far (probably because I'm such a geek) has to be the "terminal" theme. It changes your entire inbox into a green-screen AS400/Bboard theme. Classic.

Obama Continues to Use Internet Buzzwords on Google

I have to thank my twitterfeed again for finding this. User @chownage notes that when you google the word twitter, it comes up with the popular micro-blogging tool first, but then the second link is to Barack Obama's twitter page. I would think this might confirm Obama's campaign includes paying for better page ranks in search, especially since the same thing was happening when you searched Facebook last week and now it's gone. I guess it could be popular enough to make it to the top.



I'm still a little torn on whether it's a great idea or just over the top. Not that anything illegal is happening. It just seems like polotics is all about association and if you're associated with up and coming internet companies and buzzwords like Facebook and Twitter, it's probably better than being associated with oil companies and an old regime.

Barack Obama and Facebook

Does anyone find it odd the second search result from typing in Facebook into google is Barack Obama's Facebook page? Does that mean there's that much interest in that page or it's the most relevant page for Facebook in Google indexes? Interesting...



Update: I have to thank @chownage from my Twitterfeed for letting me know about this interesting find.

Google Eye 700 mhz Spectrum

I came across a blog today on CNET.com that attempted to predict the future of Google and how they could be poised to destroy the cell phone industry. Although it's mostly a tongue-in-cheek prophecy, Don Reisinger states in this blog that:

" ...people will be tossing their iPhones, Razrs and every other cell phone into the nearest river."

It is a pretty interesting take on the news that has come out recently regarding Google's plan to buy the 700 mhz pipeline. I can't imagine what it'd be like to have free broadband anywhere you want. The future seems so bright, especially for techie's.