Google offers “overflow” storage for Gmail, other apps

Google said it is rolling out extra storage that you can purchase to use across several Google products.

At first, you can use it with Picasa Web Albums and Gmail. Soon, Google said, you’ll be able to use it with other applications like Google Docs & Spreadsheets. This extra storage will act as overflow across Google services.

Google services continue to have free storage quotas per product (e.g., 1 GB for Picasa Web Albums, 2.8 GB… Continue Reading

The Google Myth goes “pop”

[Editor's note: We asked Kevin Laws, a former blogger at VentureBlog, to comment on the Google-YouTube merger. Here are his thoughts. Keep in mind that his company, Vast, can be seen as a competitor to Google Base]

Google purchased YouTube for more than a billion dollars. That “pop” you hear is not the end of the Web 2.0 bubble, but the end of the Google Myth.

The Google Myth is simple: to produce good businesses, hire the… Continue Reading