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New Gdrive Domains Transferred

Mambo [PersonRank 10]

Saturday, October 28, 2006
17 years ago3,147 views

Very interesting article from Garett here...apparently some Gdrive-related domains have been transferred.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Google/?p=371

He mentions "Google Dashboard" as well. I don't think that would have anything to do with Apple's widgets, though. I think that would be more of a bridge between all the Google products. Like a springboard to reach individual editors etc.

Philipp Lenssen [PersonRank 10]

17 years ago #

Note that Google has a page called "Google Dashboard Widgets for Mac", maybe it's related...

http://www.google.com/macwidgets/index.html

Mambo [PersonRank 10]

17 years ago #

Perhaps Dashboard could be the official name for Google's corner bookmarks?

Ionut Alex. Chitu [PersonRank 10]

17 years ago #

dashboard

   1. A user interface that resembles the dashboard of an automobile. It displays gauges and dials that are designed in a similar fashion.

   2. (Dashboard) A discontinued Windows utility from Starfish Software that provided a centralized control panel for launching applications, finding files and viewing system resources. Dashboard was originally developed by HP, then acquired by Borland.

"dashboard." Computer Desktop Encyclopedia. Computer Language Company Inc., 2006. Answers.com 28 Oct. 2006. http://www.answers.com/topic/dashboard

Sohil [PersonRank 10]

17 years ago #

So They also own GBrowser.com

BTW, GDrive.com isn't owned by Google (I think)

http://www.gdrive.com/

Ionut Alex. Chitu [PersonRank 10]

17 years ago #

gdrive.com == web.com

Garett Rogers [PersonRank 10]

17 years ago #

gdrive.com is owned by google... even if it doesn't appear to be

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Google/?p=3

the whois record has changed acouple times, but the registrar "MarkMonitor" has remained the same – and that is pretty much undisputable evidence the real owner has not changed.

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