Run Your Own Free Proxy Through the Google App Engine [Proxy] via Lifehacker by Jason Fitzpatrick on 3/3/10 Finding a good proxy is difficult. You either have to run it yourself from your home computer or web server, or you’re left scavenging about for free proxies online. Instead, you can run one for free through [...]

Infographic: Google's Cash and Culture via Fast Company by Cliff Kuang on 2/26/10 The good folks at Pingdom scoured the interwebs for facts and figures about Google, and collapsed them all into this sprawling, informative chart–it contains everything from how they make all that cash, to the composition of their workforce, to tidbits about Google’s [...]

Google Buzz Explained [Screenshot Tour] via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on 2/9/10 Google today announced a new service, Google Buzz, that automatically brings social networking into Gmail and the rest of the Google-sphere. Whether or not you’re big on social networking sites like Twitter or Facebook, Buzz offers a somewhat new and intriguing approach. What’s [...]

Ten Questions About Google Buzz via Technologizer by Harry McCracken on 2/9/10 I’m through with declaring any tech product or service to be a “killer” of any other tech product or service. But I will say this: If Twitter is found dead anytime in the next couple of years, someone’s going to need to hide [...]

Google Sync Gains Remote Data Wipe, Admin Functions. Goodbye Exchange? via jkOnTheRun by Kevin C. Tofel on 2/4/10 Google just beefed up their mobile synchronization functionality for the enterprise and education markets, which removes one long-standing complaint about the service. Up to now, you couldn’t remotely wipe your handset data using Google’s tool set. This [...]