November 16th, 2006 | by A Googler | published in Google Talk
Sometimes, the sound of your friend’s voice or the sight of a favorite smiley may not be enough; you might need to connect by sending along your writing portfolio, or a recording of duck calls, or a video of a guy throwing silly putty from the roof of …
November 15th, 2006 | by A Googler | published in Google Talk
If your friend is away from his or her computer or not logged in to Google Talk at all, you can leave a voice message which will be converted to an MP3 file and sent to their email account. In fact, if you’re too nervous to ask out that special friend …
November 14th, 2006 | by A Googler | published in Google Talk
Eating cereal aside, nobody likes to hear snap, crackle and pop. When we built Google Talk, we focused on voice quality, and our users seem to notice and appreciate that. Whether you’re calling your kid at school twenty minutes away or your friend trav…
November 14th, 2006 | by A Googler | published in Google Talk
While you’re showing Google Talk to your manager, your dentist or your mother-in-law, you might want to add them to your Friends list. But however charming they might be, perhaps you don’t want them to stay on your Friends list after the demo. Fortunat…
November 10th, 2006 | by A Googler | published in Google Talk
Google Talk has been out for over a year now, and here on the support team we’re pretty used to the bells and whistles that make it a special product. But we realize that many people are new not just to Google Talk, but to chatting online itself. So we…
November 9th, 2006 | by A Googler | published in Google Talk
Look who’s talking now!A few of us from the Google Talk and the orkut teams got together a while back and started teaching orkut how to talk. After all, orkut users are already a very social bunch — so we thought they might enjoy talking to each other…
November 1st, 2006 | by A Googler | published in Google Talk
Tired of getting the old “did-not-receive-your-chat” error message every time a friend disconnects while you are writing? If so, you will be pleased to hear that we’re making things a little bit better by turning on another top requested feature in Goo…
October 17th, 2006 | by A Googler | published in Google Talk
We want to hear how you’re using Google Talk — and we’re looking for everything from the practical to the wacky. As in: did Google Talk help you get a date? Has it it reduced the cost of your small business communications? Is it easier to keep in touc…
October 9th, 2006 | by A Googler | published in Google Talk
Interoperability is one of the biggest goals of Google Talk, so we’ve been committed to open standards from the very start. Google Talk furthers this commitment by offering support for Speex, the leading open-source voice codec.When used with libjingle…
September 29th, 2006 | by Mike Jazayeri | published in Google Talk
Google Talk is now open to everyone! Until now, users needed a Gmail account to use Google Talk. Now, anyone can use the service by creating a Google Account.Happy Talking!
September 26th, 2006 | by A Googler | published in Google Talk
Hey, check out this press release by JPMorgan. I’m not an “institutional investor,” but I still think it’s pretty cool that they used our open platform to build a way for their clients to get updates as they’re performing important trades. This isn’t e…
September 11th, 2006 | by A Googler | published in Google Talk
I’ll be taking part in a panel discussion entitled “IM: The State of Presence”. This panel should be lively since the industry is increasingly supporting interoperability among IM networks. We’re particularly excited about this topic–a lot of our re…
August 28th, 2006 | by A Googler | published in Google Talk
Google Talk’s got a new gig. Google and eBay have signed an agreement around text-based advertising and “click-to-call” advertising, in which Google Talk and Skype will power voice calls between customers and merchants. (Read the full press release h…
August 23rd, 2006 | by Mike Jazayeri | published in Google Talk
A wise man once said, ‘Organization is paramount.’ I’m not sure when this was first uttered; it could have slipped out while constructing Manhattan’s downtown grid or connecting the green spaces of Berlin, but I agree. I like to have my clothes organiz…
August 21st, 2006 | by Jeanne DeWitt | published in Google Talk
When I tell people that I work at Google, they always say, “Oh! You must love the food!” But what I really love is the collaboration between people and teams to produce the best experience for our users. The most recent version of Google Talk is…