[October 2005] Recent Google Launches

[Laurent Van Winckel]

Firefox Toolbar - out of beta
Firefox fans will enjoy the brand new Google Toolbar optimized for your
favorite browser. It includes Google Suggest, which completes words as
you're typing, plus the ability to customize the layout of your Toolbar
- popular among Firefoxers.
http://toolbar.google.com/firefox/

Google Earth + National Geographic
Dive deep into Google Earth through a new layer of information based on
National Geographic stories and photos from across Africa. And these
include Michael Fay's incredible "Megaflyover" photos, multimedia
resources, and even a live "WildCam" at a watering hole in Botswana!
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2005/...continent.htmlhttp://earth.google.com/


Personalized Homepage - out of Labs
We heard your feedback on the Personalized Homepage option, and so now
we're taking it from beta to full product release. For those keen on
adding information they want to see when they come to Google, the
Personalized Homepage enables you to add your favorite news sources,
weather, stock and movie information. Sign in to your Google Account,
or get one and then get going.
http://www.google.com/ighttp://www.google.com/accounts

Google Blog Search
This blogging thing has clearly taken off - but how do you find what
bloggers are writing about? Google Blog Search delivers Google-fast
search results across blogs in many languages, regardless of where they
are hosted or written. You can search by topic, URL, keywords, or even
restrict your search to specific blogs or date ranges.
http://blogsearch.google.com

Google Reader
Spend your time reading what you care about most. Google Reader
automatically gets the latest news and updates for your favorite sites.
You can also use Reader to discover new content you don't want to miss
and share interesting items with friends.
http://reader.google.com

[intelliot]

And speaking of Google Reader, we just added a new Google Reader Forum.