Every now and again I use StumbleUpon to see what kind of unique sites I can find, and last week I found a rather nifty one called Keyboardr. It's a search engine that distinguishes itself by not actually having (or needing) a search button. Results are show to you in real-time as you type.
Google is experimenting with yet another new search feature called Google Preferred Sites. If you're one of the lucky few to have this option show up in your search preferences you can start taking advantage of this feature right now, but most of you will probably have to wait for Google to roll it out.
Google announced today that they will be stopping development on several different services. Among those being given the ax are Google Notebook, Google Video, Google Catalog Search, Dodgeball, Jaiku, and Google Mashup Editor.
I've always thought that Gmail has one of the best interfaces out there in terms of web-based email clients, but not everyone may feel the same way.
Now that Google Chrome has been available for about two months, we thought we'd take the opportunity to poll CyberNet readers to see what they think of it. For those who may not yet know what Google Chrome is all about, it's Google's free web browser that launched into beta in early September. We originally asked what you thought of it a day after it launched and got mixed opinions.
One thing Google has really done a good job of is implementing a few unique features into Gmail that other mainstream email services don't offer. To give you an example, IMAP support. Of course some services do offer it, but many, especially those that are free, do not.
Google is always thinking of you, aren't they? Okay, maybe not always, but today they are thinking of those of you who tend to uh, have a few too many drinks on the weekend, to put it nicely. When you are in a state of inebriation, you may do things that you regret like send random text messages or email.
In celebration of Google's 10th birthday they decided to give us all an awesome glimpse into the past. What they've gone and done is bring back the search engine just like it was in 2001. I'm not talking just the looks either... the full search index, too! Any searches you perform on that special page will pull up the same results you would have received back in 2001.
Google Chrome has taken the browser market by storm ever since its release a few weeks ago. The only complaint that I've really heard about the browser is that it doesn't support add-ons like Firefox does, but Google has already said that a future version will be covering those bases.
Today was a pretty big day for Google's Android project with the unavailing of the first Android powered phone at the T-Mobile Google Android Event. Making an appearance at the event was Google's own Sergey and Larry. Apparently they were trying to come in with a bang, because they entered on rollerblades.
Previously if you wanted to insert a Table of Contents into your Google Docs document, or look-up the definition of a word, you had to use some JavaScript to make it happen because Google hadn't officially launched the features. Now they have and they are easily available to users.
Remember those Gmail Labs features that Google launched back in June? They included features for Gmail like mouse gestures, the option to choose from additional star icons, and more. The great thing about all of these features are that each is opt-in so that only the additional features you want added, will be added to your Gmail account.
In the past we have heard some of you express concern over Google's storage of personal data. It's simply part of their business that they store bits of information from their users, but they always pledge to keep that information private. They've changed their privacy policy on several occasions, and once again they have changed it.
Yesterday Google announced something that will be hard for anybody to find fault with, simply because it is pretty beneficial to the masses. What they are doing is taking the time to team up with various newspaper publishers to get some of the old newspapers scanned in and available online.
The Google Chrome web browser launched yesterday almost 24-hours after Google announced that it would be coming. That gave quite a few media sites enough time to built up hype for the upcoming release, but the question is whether Google was able to deliver the first time around.
One of the best ways to sort digital photos these days is to tag them. Not only do tags help with sorting the photos, they make viewing photos of certain people or events easier. The only hassle involved is the time it takes to actually apply tags, especially if there are lots of people in the photos. If only there was a more "automatic" way to do it....
Google kicked off Labor Day yesterday with a huge announcement. They gave everyone a heads up that sometime today the Google Chrome web browser would be launched for the first time. Needless to say there's been a lot of buzz surrounding the pending release, but will it be able to live up to the hype?
Yesterday was a pretty big day for the Google Android mobile platform. For starters Google announced that the very first handsets shipping with Android will have a Beta version of what they call Android Market.
Most of you are probably aware of Google's translation services that they offer found at http://translate.google.com, but did you know that you can also use their search bar to translate single words? It's a fairly new feature, and it's simple to use.
Back in December of 2004 on The Official Google Blog, Google Software Engineer Kevin Gibbs announced that Google was launching a new Labs project. It was called Google Suggest and provides users with search suggestions in real time while they type. Gibbs mentioned that it actually all came about during his 20% time. He said,
