Yahoo! Web-based Messenger - better late than never

Finally Yahoo has come up with a better web-based messenger. This should have been done long time back when Google started integrating gtalk on the web in every means it would - Gtalk is intergrated with gmail, google personalized home page as a gadget and finally you can add their gadget to any page that you might want.

Of course right now gtalk is not used for any kind of revenue generation. Whereas yahoo web messenger screen shows Ads once you've logged in.

All said and done, you have one more PC-based application available in a web-based form. The whole world seems to be moving towards web-based applications!! :)

Google Personalized Home Page branded as iGoogle

Hmm.. Interesting to see that Google has decided to brand its personalized home page offering as iGoogle.

The need for branding definitely shows the kind of traffic that has starting using the personalized web page feature. I personally use the personalized home page feature for all my needs and it has the following web-based widgets or gadgets in it - gtalk, bookmarks, timezone, clock, to-do, calendar, news feeds, etc.. The list of tools goes on and on in my personalized home page.. ahhmm i mean iGoogle :).

All that is fine.. but why are corporates obsessed with appending the letter "i" before one of their established brand names (iMac, iPhone, iTv and now iGoogle). Guys at google.. you are innovative and why do you want to lose out on the naming front :(.

Google Talkabout: Google Talk Gadget

Google Talkabout: Google Talk Gadget

This is a wonderful gadget. Its really great to know that now your personalized home page has become an information, entertainment and communication power house.

I am especially glad because gtalk is blocked in my office. We can open IE in a remote application server and browse. You cannot run anyother application in that server other than IE. Also, the Gmail site is block. But the personalized home is something accessible for us. Now, I can use gtalk from the personalized home page.

Kudos to Google!! :) Love you guys.