or any of the multiple other microblogging tools, microblogging is in some ways like instant messaging or text messaging but instead of it taking place one to one, it’s often one to many or many to many. People, on their own, will invent many different uses for such a simple tool, as they have with Twitter. Not anymore. Twitter). MORE >>

While most smartphones come with their own email and calendaring tools that most users will use, there are some third-party options worth considering: Gmail and Google Calendar. If you use Gmail, it’s worth noting that the mobile-optimized version of the Gmail and Google Calendar sites is pretty good. Touchdown. Soonr. MORE >>

Along with this key update, Google is rolling out 8 other search options which should be available to everyone at some point today. Those include the ability to search within a specific date range, shopping site filters, a visited pages filter, and an option to see only results from Google’s book, blog, and news search tools. MORE >>

With cloud computing continuing its reach into areas once dominated by desktop applications, it’s a great time to consider how your business could benefit from online collaboration tools for producing great documents. We’ve also looked at how to collaboratively create presentations using online tools as well. Thanks Mash. MORE >>

Nor is the current offering of Google Apps enough to be considered an OS in the cloud. The Google Apps enterprise (AKA gmail, but with your unique domain) is great application, but Google Docs and Spreadsheets are weak offerings that need significant improvement. The only web based content creation tool I use is WordPress. MORE >>