Google enhances transparency by launching Dashboard

by Rajat Kumar on November 6, 2009

in Google

As you must have noticed we’ve been covering Google news a lot these days. Well it’s for the reason that Google has been innovating at an unprecedented lately, and we can’t help but admire. Today they released Google Dashboard.

Did you ever wonder how much of your data is stored along with your Google Account. Google brings you an easy solution. Dashboard offers a concise view. All simplified and put in one place.

google dashboard 520x264With countless number of users around the world, the folks at Google do respect the trust we lay in them. This is their latest step to further protect our privacy and data. As Google itself suggests “transparency, choice and control have become a key part of it’s philosophy.”

Getting back to the Dashboard. You have to try this first hand to believe it. As simple as it could get, Dashboard summarizes each Google product that you are using and also carries links to change specific settings. The most commonly listed services include Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Orkut, YouTube, Picasa, Latitude etc.

Indeed this is a first of its kind step by any provider and we sure hope other Internet Companies follow to make it an industry standard. Head over to your own Google Dashboard here google.com/dashboard

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1 Vivek November 6, 2009 at 12:15

Google is always planning to launch some innovative applications and products, this is much pretty interesting to see your own dashboard in Google. Thanks for sharing such useful information

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2 Rajat Kumar November 6, 2009 at 14:51

ur mos welcome vivek. indeed google’s innovating and moving in d right direction

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3 Nikhil Pai November 6, 2009 at 15:08

Waiting for the day when Google Apps for your Domain will be integrated with a Google Account and appear in that list

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4 Rajat Kumar November 6, 2009 at 20:31

hey nikhil, that one is a good suggestion

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5 Neeraj Kumar November 6, 2009 at 17:50

Google is coming up with some awesome features each and every day :D

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6 Mooby November 6, 2009 at 18:03

when was it added.and will it contain the data of all google services?

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7 Rajat Kumar November 6, 2009 at 20:30

this service was announced on 5th november. yes it will have data from almost all google services.

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8 Rajesh Kanuri November 6, 2009 at 18:19

we have to hats-off the brains behind these innovations..

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9 chandan November 6, 2009 at 19:50

Yes I have got new mail about it. Google dashboard is now really better than before. I have checked it.

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10 Gabe | freebloghelp.com November 6, 2009 at 22:53

The Google Dashboard is cool. I use so many Google tools, I barely remember my life pre-Google!

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11 Hami | Activr November 7, 2009 at 04:35

It should be not that much scrollable.. just like every other dashboards out there.. !

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12 izzat aziz November 7, 2009 at 22:55

i think google have mission to control the way world work.. and this is one of the way.. :D

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