Corsin Camichel discovered something strange: the page http://writely.com/index.html (not available anymore, but you can see the screenshot and a mirror), showed an introduction to GDrive, code-named Platypus, a Google service that allows...
"I worry about complexity. I admire Steve Jobs. He has been able to keep his products simple." (Sergey Brin) "Microsoft is a bit of an unusual company. It doesn't seem to like any of us being successful in the technology space." (Sergey Brin) "How many people do you think had embarrassing...
In short: Sergey Brin shares insights on Google's strategy, Microsoft rivalry, and Larry Page's ambitious book scanning project in this 2008 interview. (AI summary)
Google has a cool Chrome extension called Earth View, which replaces the new tab page with a stunning satellite image from Google Earth. The latest release brings a lot of new features: there are 500 new images, you can see the images from...
In short: New Earth View update for Google Chrome extension offers 500 stunning satellite images, last 10 tab preview, download & share options, and a web gallery. Cel... (AI summary)
Update: The screensaver is now a Picasa feature. You can download Picasa from picasa.google.com. Google Screensaver is a Windows screensaver that displays photos from different locations: Your computer. You select a list of folders that...
At the Searchology event that happened today at the Googleplex (and is still available here), Google talked about the past, the present and the future of search. They explained that search is a difficult subject with a lot of problems yet...
Web pages are useful, but if you've ever wanted to find a specific file on the web, you noticed it's not very easy. Fortunately, search engines like Google could be used for this tricky task. Sometimes people create a web site, put some...
Many people noticed a small change: Google has a new favicon. A favicon is a small image that is generally used to reflect the identity of a web site. You can find it in the address bar, in your browser's tabs, in the list of bookmarks or in some feed readers like Bloglines. Google's favicon is...
In short: Google updates favicon to a lower-case 'g' symbolizing infinity, learn about the change and how to revert it with a Greasemonkey script. (AI summary)
Interesting timing. On the same day when Stephen Wolfram shows a demonstration of his knowledge engine Wolfram | Alpha, Google launched a new OneBox that visualizes public data. If you search for [Florida Unemployment Rate], Google shows...
In short: Discover how Google simplifies public data with interactive graphs for US unemployment rates and population numbers. A must-click for researchers! (AI summary)
Google released a new Google Labs experiment related to image search: Google Image Swirl. The service "organizes image search results based on their visual and semantic similarities and presents them in an intuitive exploratory interface." Google Image Swirl clusters the top image search results...
In short: Discover Google's new Image Swirl: a visual exploration tool for image search results based on similarities. Cluster and swirl through groups of images relat... (AI summary)
BusinessWeek found some information about Google Voice in a response to an inquiry from the Federal Communications Commission, an independent agency of the United States government: "Google Voice, which provides people with a single phone number that can be used to reach them on their work, home...
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