A personal portal from Google. Introduced in 2005 as the Google "Personalized Home Page," the name was changed to iGoogle in 2007. iGoogle supports gadgets (mini applications) that provide customized news, calendar, games, quotes and numerous other functions. See personal portal.
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- Discussion threads 2009-08-25
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- Blog posts 2009-08-12
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- Discussion threads 2009-05-26
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- Discussion threads 2009-05-26
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- Blog posts 2009-04-26
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- Blog posts 2009-04-16
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- Discussion threads 2009-04-03
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- Discussion threads 2009-04-03
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- Image galleries 2009-03-26
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- Blog posts 2009-03-17
- Would you replace your email system with a social network?
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- Discussion threads 2009-03-12
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- Blog posts 2009-03-02
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- Blog posts 2009-02-23
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- Blog posts 2009-02-10
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