Have you ever gone to the store with a fistful of coupons, bought everything the coupons were going to save you a ton of money on, paid for your purchase, drove home, emptied your bags — and discovered that fat stack of precious, money-saving coupons untouched in your wallet? Don’t you wish you could go […]
For its 15th birthday, Google is throwing itself a loving party, a nostalgic trip down memory-of-itself lane, a celebration of its rise from humble search David to search Goliath. And we’re all invited. Go to Google.com, type in “Google in 1998″ and hit the search button. What do you see? We see little baby Google, […]
This article was written on September 20, 2007 by CyberNet.
Google wants you to share the web sites that you come across or enjoy on the web with your friends which is why they’ve introduced "Shared Stuff." Using a bookmarklet that you drag up into your browser’s bookmark bar, you’ll be able to easily share any web page with one click. Users can also create a mini Profile (optional) where you’d have the option of adding a picture and filling in details in the ‘about yourself’ section. Essentially, Shared Stuff is Google’s version of social bookmarking.
When you find a website that you’d like to share, all you have to do is click the "Email/Share" button and then a window will appear displaying your options. You can share your finds via the My Shared Stuff Page, but keep in mind that your "My Shared Stuff Page" is publicly visible. You can also email the page to a friend, or you can even post it to select social bookmarking sites like Facebook, Furl, Reddit, Social Poster, del.icio.us, and Digg.
If you’re sharing via the My Shared Stuff Page or email, you’ll have the option to include either an article preview or just the link. Additionally, you can also add a comment, or add tags. The final step would be to click "share" and your friends and family members that you’d like to share it with would be able to view it on your page or via email.
If you don’t see yourself sharing your finds with friends but you’re curious as to what people are sharing amongst eachother, there’s a "Most Popular Shared Stuff" page where you can see all of the popular pages. At the moment, the most popular shared web page is "Fast Food Facts – Calories, Fat and other nutritional information.
No official announcement has been made by Google regarding Shared Stuff, so I assume they’re just testing the waters before they make it official.
Source: Google Blogoscoped
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For Google’s 15th birthday, Motherboard put together every single Google Doodle ever created into one looping animated GIF. Yeah. That’s 1,809 frames of doodles. Watch it in full here.
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After asking Google to censor Microsoft.com, Microsoft has given Google a copyright takedown request for a Microsoft Wikipedia page. Microsoft must want to scrub all mentions of itself on the Internet or something. It’s the only sensible explanation for its vigilance!
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Google is no stranger to running afoul of privacy regulations, something that it is now facing in France as the nation hits the Internet giant with financial sanctions. According to the Commission Nationale de L’Informatique et des Libertes, Google has failed to follow through with mandated alterations on how it handles data to bring it […]
When the original Moto X was introduced – or when it was ramping up towards its first full reveal, that is – the tech press suggested that it might be offered to the public at a price that would compete with the likes of the LG-made Nexus 4. That did not happen. The on-contract version […]
This article was written on February 29, 2008 by CyberNet.
Fun Friday
Just yesterday we saw that the Pingdom blog posted an article titled “When Geeks and Graffiti Combine.” It was a collection of graffiti that was, well, geeky. Their collection included some funny designs definitely worth taking a look at. Their article gave me the idea to search the Internet to find more geeky graffiti which I found plenty of. Today’s fun Friday is simply a collection of what I found, and of course I included a couple of my favorites from Pingdom. Click to enlarge the images below…
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Google has once again found itself in the hot seat over its data practices, and this time, a French agency is sounding the alarm. Earlier today, France’s National Commission on Computing and Freedom (CNIL) threatened Google with a €300,000 fine due to the company’s lack of compliance with a June decision aimed at protecting users’ private data. Previously, Google was given three months to address CNIL’s concerns about centralized data collection that lumps together information from Youtube, Gmail and searches and transparency about how such data was put to use. Now, the clock is up, and France isn’t fooling around. While formal sanctioning is a lengthy process that won’t be resolved for several months, the country’s stance is considered aggressive, even if the fine is relatively modest. Google, however, doesn’t seem phased. Company spokesperson Al Verney said, “Our privacy policy respects European law and allows us to create simpler, more effective services.”
Source: Yahoo
As it seems to be with all great technology projects, Google started in a garage. As any garage band can tell you, great inspiration comes from working in someone’s personal space, dreaming of the greatness of a dedicated home base – for Google, that time was 15 years ago this week. To celebrate, Google has […]
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