Adding a Theme to Google Homepage Using Google Start-Page as an information resource it's possible now to customize its appearance selecting a theme. Entering your zip-code it even promises to change its look and feel according to current sunrise and sunset times: Lovely.

'This theme will dynamically change to match your time of day, including local sunrise and sunset times.'

For the instant there is just six themes available, but I think over long term it might become a new playground for creative designers.

• Fusion - Approach to a Personalized Google Experience
• Consumer Internet into the Office

Labels: branding, google, homepage

  ¶ 'Adding a Theme to Google Homepage' posted by eA : 11:30 AM

  Consumer Internet into the Office Personalized Start-Pages are frequently used as an information resource and a preferred place to personalize trust worth and up-to-date news and services.

As a result of user demand more and more gadgets are developed for this very competitive portal market. A recent deal between IBM and Google introduces more than 4000 Google Gadgets to the users of IBM WebSphere.

From Reuters:

'SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - IBM (IBM.N: Quote, Profile , Research) has reached a deal with Google Inc. (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile , Research) to bring the consumer Internet into the office by piping YouTube and thousands of other Web programs into IBM software used by millions of office workers.'

With this approach Google's Gadgets fuse in the IBM WebSphere Portal, converge in customer interactions and represent a further step towards a personalized customer experience.

More from Reuters:

'IBM WebSphere is the global market leader for portal software with a roughly 30 percent share, according to Gartner and IDC surveys. It competes with SharePoint from Microsoft Corp.'

'Customers such as German airline Deutsche Lufthansa and Disney hotel operator Starwood Hotels will now be able use Google Gadgets.'

Also:

• Into the Enterprise with Google Apps Premier Edition
• Into the Air with AJAX
• TrendSpotting: New Technologies First in Consumer Markets

Labels: bizdev, google, homepage, ibm, productivity

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  Google Reader Supports Video Now
To take advantage of the Google Reader all one needs to do is to follow these little sbscription buttons: or and to make a Google Account.
More:

• Centralizing Information with new Google Reader
• Checkout what's Possible on a Global Level
• YouTube's Rewarding Creativity soon
• Trendy: More Online Video Entertainment in 2007

Labels: google, homepage, reader, rss

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