Google's CEO Eric Schmidt Talks, Microsoft, Apple, and New Ventures

On March 23 I spent an hour interviewing Google CEO Eric Schmidt. We talked about everything from Google's competition with Microsoft and its partnership with Apple to all those data centers it is building.



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Google Gadget Wednesday: Google Maps

Gadget: Google Maps

Google Maps is a very useful tool that allows you to pull up pretty much any location you can think of. You can also use it to find businesses in a particular area or to get directions from Point A to Point B. Check it out for yourself. You can be on your way by clicking here.

Google Gadget Wednesday: Google Calendar

Gadget: Google Calendar

Google Calendar is a great tool that gives you a way to store all of your important day-to-day information in one centralized location. Not only is it very simple to use, but it also allows you to share your calendar with friends, invite friends to various appointments, and allows you to view the calendars of sport teams, holidays, friends, and many more! On top of that, you can have your agenda e-mailed to you daily and have reminders sent to your phone in the form of text messages. You really need to check it out for yourself. You can get carried away here.

Google Gadget Wednesday: Google Reader

Gadget: Google Reader

Google Reader is an incredibly useful web application that allows you to centralize all of your RSS feeds in one place. RSS feeds are incorporated into many websites, especially blogs and news sites. They are essentially a way for you to keep tabs on everything going on on those sites. The best part is that Google Reader integrates with Firefox 2.0 very well. All you need to do is click the feed icon and you are asked if you want to add the feed to Google Reader. On top of that, you can access Google Reader from anywhere and have nothing to download. Go check it out for yourself. Click here to get going.

Google Gadget Wednesday: Google Browser Sync

Gadget: Google Browser Sync

Google Browser Sync is an incredibly useful Firefox extension used to synchronize various browser settings - cookies, saved passwords, bookmarks, history, and tabs and windows - across multiple computers. Now I know a lot of you aren't as nerdy as I am and only have one computer, but don't stop reading quite yet. Google Browser Sync can also be used to backup those same settings to your Google account for safe keeping. Don't just take my word for it, I strongly urge you to check it out for yourself. Click here for more in-depth product information and downloads.