Googleholic for December 28th 2007

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Googleholic for December 28th 2007

by Chris Gilmer Dec 28th 2007

In this issue of Googleholic we cover:

2008 Google predictions
Google Reader is your friend again
Google Phone coming in the Spring?
Political advertising on Google
.Mac pages in Google
Will Google Apps offer more in 2008?
Google VC's role in
Google Docs gets a few new settings

Continue reading Friday's Googleholic...

2008 Google predictions
Google System offers their predictions for 2008.

Google Reader is your friend again
A number of users questioned the security of Google Reader shared items, Google clarifies things.

Google Phone coming in the Spring?
Google could be showing off some Android enabled HTC prototypes in Spring 2008. Rumors...

Political advertising on Google
Candidates in North Carolina are starting to make a move to Google.

.Mac pages in Google
.Mac pages are being indexed and ranked by Google.

Will Google Apps offer more in 2008?
Could next year be the year that sees Google adding to their Apps productivity suite? After all, companies are subscribing to the $50/month per user plan.

Google VC's role in
Google's stock soared and many early employees struck gold. A few of them are all about finding the next Google through technology venture funding.

Google Docs gets a few new settings
Among them, margins, page numbers, landscape/portrait, legal, letter or A4 paper size.

Last weeks Google news...

Make sure to check in for Tuesday's Googleholic Google News report.

If you have any tips, tricks, or anything Google, you can always drop us a line!

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