Disco Mesenger : The Google Group Text App

Google joins a growing number of companies which offers group chat capabilities through the help of text messages on smartphones with the release of Disco Messenger. The Disco Messenger app, which is available only on the iPhone, was created by Slide, a company Google purchased last August.

The Disco Messenger group texting service is also available on the Web and as expected, Google bought that too.

Signing up is pretty easy, you need to mention your First and Last Name and your US Phone number and you are good to go. You can even connect to Facebook to let friends know and create groups faster!

OAuth 2.0 Support for Google Apps APIs

Noticed the hoopla over the announcement last week about OAuth 2.0 coming to Google APIs. What it means in Earth-terms is that it would be much easier for web, mobile, and desktop applications to securely access user data.

But there's more to it than just this. You would be surprised to know that OAuth 2.0 already works with many of the Google Apps APIs like contacts, calendar and docs. But just because the spec is still under development, OAuth 2.0 support is considered experimental until the spec is stabilized. In the mean time, if you’re interested in learning more about it you can give it a try with some of the APIs you’re already familiar with.