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Googel Lively: Be who you want on the web pages you visit (121)
on The Official Google Blog (1307) permalinkPosted by Niniane Wang, Engineering ManagerA while ago, I looked around the social web and wished that it could be less static. Sure, you can leave a comment on a blog or write a text blurb on your social networking profile. But what if you want to express yourself in a more fun way, with 3D graphics and real-time avatar interactions? I started asking this question as a 20% project, and I'm excited to announce ...Shared by !&# (262) Alberto (68) Andrew Girdwood (78) Andy Li (18) Aneel (55) Anu (20) Atilano (133) Ben (24) Ben Graver (1) Benjamin Golub (129) Benk (89) Brant (38) Brian E. Young (49) brownpau (72) Bruno Campagnolo de Paula (309) Bryan (10) Bwana (250) Camille Roux (40) cgsheldon (1229) Chip R (12) Chris (36) Chris McQueen (9) Chris Nuttall (31) Christian (41) Chung (337) cyberbaguioboy (93) Damon (114) DarrenN (71) Dave E. (19) davidorban (24) dobata (1563) Doris (20) Duk (16) Ed's NextInstinct (41) ellie (63) Eric (45) ewbrown (35) Fraser Smith (12) G. (48) gastaoss (273) ghosttie (157) gisc (178) Glenn Batuyong (412) Haggis (76) Hari Kishore (25) harryzou (29) Harun (4) hikikomori (238) hyderabadblues (42) iAlja (270) Igor Poltavskiy (237) imma (43) IwfWcf (48) James (10) James Forbes Keir (100) Jan (15) Jared (88) Joewxboy (32) John MacAdam (5) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (594) Jorge (21) juzcoim (44) kara (12) Karl R (5) Kenny Stoltz (1) kidmarmite (221) lizunlong (114) macbeach (14) marchewa (18) Mark (60) Matt (91) melmyfinger (89) Michael (150) Michael (12) Miguel A. Arévalo (42) Mike Reardon (45) Mio (57) Mohammad Behdad (38) Mr. Flowerpot (91) Muhammad Basheer (12) nanog (83) Nikki (305) Nilay (13) Nils (1) Nishant (9) Panda (130) Parag (4) Patrick (135) Pete (178) Peter (136) Peter D (10) Peter Theill (4) Phillie Casablanca (50) Phuller10 (199) Pradeep (33) Ramon Silva (28) rexy (133) Roel (91) rojajimmy (12) rui (9) Satya (78) SeanConnolly2000 (23) sophie yip (24) Syed (18) Thomas Smith (251) Tony Ruscoe (50) tosch (96) Umang Saini (24) Umesh (42) Varun Mahajan (3) Vicky (5) Walter DeFoor (169) xeal (79) yaron (144) Yinka (79) yonmacklein (16) Zane Shelby (13) zeb (71) Zoram (85) Zypher (15) سروش رسولی (64)Explore read nine notes
- Umang Saini said: I am checking this out. Rest later. :-)
- Dave E. said: Schweeeeet! Too bad it's not supported for the Mac. Booo!
- imma said: Uh, i really didn't see this one coming. :)So am having some difficulty believing it's not a hoax. :-/
- davidorban said: Many people will say this competes with Second Life. But with no currency, economy, Creative Commons based property, and little user generated content the overlap is very little.
- Kenny Stoltz said: So winning a contest for alphaing the room creation features of this product is what got me the iPhone. I have to say that it's interesting but not that interesting. The main difference in a years worth of work is that now it's not buggy which it was. It still is a resource hog and Windows-only. I'm honestly amazed at how slow it is but it's the first of its kind from Google and Niniane and her team had to create a lot of it from scratch I guess. Hopefully they're green lighted to keep working on it because I do see some potential in it... but it has to cut down the memory/CPU intensiveness.
- Peter D said: Oh My God. This is a pretty well done implementation of an old (and probably before its time) idea, but the promo video the team made for the launch made me want to vomit. Jeezus! What the Fucking Fuck?
- Chris McQueen said: really?
- Miguel A. Arévalo said: ¿En qué novela había leído yo esto?
- Zane Shelby said: Was this created in house? It seems like the kind of thing that Google would mistakenly acquire.
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What comes next in this series? 13, 33, 53, 61, 37, 28... (133)
on The Official Google Blog (1307) permalinkPosted by Marissa Mayer, VP Search Products & User ExperienceLate one night in the summer of 2000, I found myself answering user support emails in response to two new features we had just released, Advanced Search and Preferences (at the time catchily called "Language, Display, and Filtering Options" :)). Busy crafting answers about how to set Safesearch or change the number of results offered by default, I worked my way through the email queue. And ...Shared by aaa (7) Aaron (3) abhi (21) Abhishek (67) Ade (121) Akshat (59) Amit (3) Anatoly (531) Andreas (10) angelchrys (80) Angus (97) Angus Fraser (360) Anthony (170) Arne (53) Asfaq (6) atul (513) badpazzword (68) Benjamin Golub (129) Bhavesh (118) brianwyrick (239) Bruno Campagnolo de Paula (309) Caleb Brown (35) cgsheldon (1229) Chandoo (87) Charles (5) Chris (47) Chris Schrier (25) Chung (337) Clay (138) Compuwizard123 (134) Darius (32) David Bradley (81) Denny (54) Derek (220) dobata (1563) donlbe (53) Dustin Diaz (87) Eater (113) Eugene (196) Fiona (3) frivmo (12) G$ (49) geekgrrl (108) gisc (178) Götz (28) Goyal (51) Griswold (29) guymal (3) henry (53) Igor Poltavskiy (237) Ionut (49) irishandrew (60) Jardenberg (19) Jeremy (14) jerobins (100) Jeroen (38) Jessica L. Hannah (104) John (37) John Magnus (115) Jonathan (10) Jonathan T. (3) Jonathan The Seagull (179) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (594) joz joz joz (44) Jrod (321) Katie Fellows (248) kidmarmite (221) Kingsley (22) Kirby Witmer (93) Kris (60) Krishna (21) kskobac (42) L.A. King (4) Laughing Squid (291) Linden (12) livibetter (63) manki (7) Marianne (112) MG (198) Mic (32) Michael S (16) Mike (10) Mike F (2180) Mike Reardon (45) MiramarMike (61) mjs (30) morberg (11) Moses (215) Musa (25) Muzo (54) neeraj (29) NiouT (50) Nishith Prabhakar (81) Ole Begemann (38) pestwave (236) Phil (85) pkj (56) PMinze (177) Powera (115) Pozsi (23) Pradeep (33) Quinny (26) Radi (220) rexy (133) Richard (15) Robert (52) Robert Scoble (126) Roberto (67) Roel (91) runawaymule/Chris (176) S Anand (9) salehoffline (34) Sam (137) Sean O (53) SeanConnolly2000 (23) Shaun (36) Shlomit Kotek (15) SiliconViper (80) sryo (82) stratus (45) Susheel (46) sylvainbriant (130) TechDad1246 (66) Tee Emm (22) Theo Bosdas (90) Umang Saini (24) Umesh (42) Varun Mahajan (3) venkks (32) Walter DeFoor (169) Zahra HB (479) zappy (28) Zhasper (118)Explore read nine notes
- Marianne said: Oh look, Google's trying not to appear evil.
- Sam said: I'd say that's a massive change on their homepage! Millions of people would say 2008 Google lesser no. of times, than before!
- zappy said: Less is more.
- Asfaq said: Wow... just looking at the kind of research that Google does makes my knees go jelly
- Jardenberg said: Haha, det här är makalöst kul, och så rätt på så många sätt. "Larry and Sergey told me we could only add this to the homepage if we took a word away - keeping the "weight" of the homepage unchanged at 28. Given that the new Privacy link fit best with legal disclaimers on the page, I looked to the copyright line. There, we dropped the word "Google" (realizing it was implied, obviously) and added the new privacy link alongside it."
- Phil said: geile siecher da bei google
- Richard said: Minimalism, it's truly the way forward, thus ends my haiku.
- Götz said: Yet I hadn't thought to look at it through this very simple lens: just count the words. The fewer, the better. Ever since that night, this has been our discipline, and everyone who works on the homepage and its design knows the current number: 28.
- Susheel said: The weight of a single word.
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Official Google Blog: Google learns to crawl Flash (187)
on The Official Google Blog (1307) permalinkPosted by Ron Adler and Janis Stipins, Software EngineersGoogle has been developing a new algorithm for indexing textual content in Flash files of all kinds, from Flash menus, buttons and banners, to self-contained Flash websites. Recently, we've improved the performance of this Flash indexing algorithm by integrating Adobe's Flash Player technology.In the past, web designers faced challenges if they chose to develop a site in Flash because the content they included was not indexable by ...Shared by (``-_-´´) (363) 4r1f (10) Abhishek (67) Abhishek (15) Adam (199) Adrian Poermandya (24) aemkei (52) Ahmed (50) Akshat (59) Alberto (7) Alberto (68) Alex (14) Amihai (45) Amit (7) Andrew Ruess (619) Aneel (55) Angus (97) Anthony (170) Anu (20) anupam (20) Archit T (62) Arindam (28) Atilano (133) atul (513) Azeem (97) Barbara K. Baker (132) Batushkha (42) Benjamin Golub (129) Benk (89) Bhavesh (118) Bogdan Brinzarea (81) Bonstio (22) brianwyrick (239) Calvin (107) Carl Mendoza (95) Carlos Villela (26) Cerpin Taxt (10) cgsheldon (1229) Chirayu Krishnappa (18) Chris (36) Chung (337) Daiko (69) Damon (114) Dan337 (1) danb420 (97) danblank (27) DarkBls (170) Dave (23) Daver (154) Deep.ed (111) Dennis Laumen (87) DesignerBrent (4) Devlin D (45) Dr. Ernie (124) Ed Dale (131) Eli (198) Eli (7) Emil (25) Eric (50) Eric (24) Fernio (27) fijidaddy (138) focoma (87) Geoffrey Wiseman (46) GerardM (49) Gil (1819) gisc (178) Glenn Batuyong (412) GodsMoon (24) Goyal (51) Griswold (29) Haisheng Wu (36) hat (18) HejGustav (148) HP (15) Ismo (14) Jack (1112) jackysee (6) Jambamkin (39) Jan (15) Javed (442) Jean (35) jeff (22) Jeffrey Vanneste (31) Jemm (65) Jerome (84) jgonfre (69) Joao Vitor (9) Joel (48) Joewxboy (32) Jonathan Sterling (137) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (594) Josh Bancroft (121) Jrod (321) Kaleb (9) Ken B (5) kidmarmite (221) Killahurtz (45) kyanos (19) Laughing Squid (291) Lee Graham (48) Leon Ridge-Cooke (27) linkibol (14) lisamac (69) LouCypher (404) louisgray (701) Magnus (159) Makenai (6) MaTT (44) meatwaddancin (9) melcorind (40) melmyfinger (89) mfh (75) Miguel A. Arévalo (42) Mike F (2180) mjs (30) Mladen (139) msimoens (3) Muhammad Saleem (2340) MV (117) mvfm (1) mypurechaos (6) nathos (47) Navid (269) neeraj (29) Neil Turner (21) neilfws (52) Nelson (56) Nick (11) nick4eva (22) nikan (146) Nilay (13) Nirav (213) Nishith Prabhakar (81) nygren (2) odeb (68) Pablo Pizarro (41) Patrik Hirvinen (57) Paul Bradshaw (64) Paulo Pereira (54) Pedro Pinheiro (21) Pengas (99) Pete (178) phillip (168) Prakash (5) Rainer (2) Ralph (38) Rami Taibah (657) rboyce (5) Richard Bradshaw (68) rOckY (695) Rowan (12) rss (75) Ryan Underdown (60) Sebastian (29) Semaho (48) SethyG (12) Sharjeel (93) Shlomit Kotek (15) Sid (77) sirmikester (266) Siva (70) small (49) soupenvy (6) Spyros (9) Stephan M (90) Steve (48) Steve (7) Steven Ray (4) Tim (18) Travis (87) turker (37) Tyler (36) Umesh (42) Useless Mortal (6) Varun Mahajan (3) Vashira (27) vraicovi (80) WebFlint (11) William Pramana (10) Yann Dìnendal (14) Yoonsuk Choi (237) Yu (176) Zaki (218) zh (44) आलोक कुमार (3)Explore read six notes
- Miguel A. Arévalo said: Es una pena, poner contenidos de texto en Flash es "un error", pero era inevitable que Google quiera indexar también esos contenidos.
- Goyal said: I hate Flash based websites!!
- Nishith Prabhakar said: marching on!
- danb420 said: This is like... pretty big news.
- Ralph said: I am not sure how I feel about this.
- Pablo Pizarro said: epa epa epaSilverlight presiona?
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Major Update for Google's Blogger (73)
on Google Operating System (1814) permalinkIt's raining with features in the experimental version of Blogger, available at http://draft.blog.... To try these new features, it's a good idea to visit Draft Blogger and temporarily enable "Make Blogger in Draft my default dashboard" at the top of the page. Probably the most important new feature is the inline commenting system, that lets you post comments without opening a new page. This year, I tried using a pop-up window for the comment form, ...Shared by Alan (21) Ameer (78) Andy C (110) Arne (24) atul (513) Azeem (97) badpazzword (68) Benjamin Golub (129) cgranier (13) dccrowley (21) dH (184) diegomorelli (11) Eater (113) Frederic (199) Gabe (19) gastaoss (273) gisc (178) gort581 (142) GrosaPrap (297) HejGustav (148) Ivan Pope (17) J. Phil (666) jamesjbigler (109) Jason Sares (64) jccamus (121) Jdorfman (152) Jeff (6) Jeff (50) jerobins (100) Keef (91) kmohr25 (155) Laughing Squid (291) Litrik (16) macbeach (14) magica (75) maqchang (47) mathewbutler (41) Michael D (11) Mike F (2180) MiramarMike (61) myvahid (74) naovouporai (111) ndench (45) nikan (146) Patrick (41) PMinze (177) ponomar (1) Powera (115) Preoccupations (161) puthali (47) R (216) ricardo (255) Rich (28) Robert Birming (334) Roger (224) Rowan (12) Sam (137) Slow Orbit (32) Steve (16) sukhi (22) Tech For Novices (361) Tina K.J (97) Todd Mundt (132) Toomore (53) totalpardo (32) Varun Mahajan (3) Voyagerfan5761 (43) vrypan (66) wille (457) Y (176) 狮子真好吃啊 (178) 細路仔 (20) 迷客星球 (27)Contribute comment
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TinyPaste: Like TinyURL…for Text (104)
on TechCrunch (11314) permalinkSome technologies take things down a notch. For instance TinyPaste, a service obviously built with Twitter in mind that lets you link to ramblings in excess of the regular 140 character limit. Just like TinyURL and other URL shortening services, TinyPaste produces a short address that you can enter into microblogging and IM services with caps on message lengths. But instead of directing users to a regular webpage, a TinyPaste’s URL sends its clickers to ...Shared by (jeff)isageek (310) Adam (199) Adam (8) Ahmed (50) AJ (1214) AJ Cann (18) Alan (101) Amihai (45) andré.friedrichs (891) atul (513) ayn (34) Azeem (97) BB (8) benhamin (33) bhc3 (84) BillDeys (63) blacktulip (104) Bob (54) bodzasfanta (233) Breyten (100) brokekid (391) Caleb (5) Carla (15) cb (136) Ceyhun AKSAN (127) ChrisR (13) christideli (183) Colin (15) Dan Kearns (69) Dana Lookadoo (80) Daniel Sale (84) DarkBls (170) David (3) Dieter Schwarz (61) Doug Belshaw (9) DrBaher (70) Dustin Diaz (87) Edo (136) emacsian (20) Ethan (169) Evan Sims (163) feedlyqa (0) Gaufre (33) Glenn Batuyong (412) Greg (23) guercheLE (392) heidigoseek (33) Henry Webb (272) iAlja (270) IanTW (77) IanZ (29) James (36) Jean-Paul (8) Jesús Dugarte (65) Jim (25) Joe (229) johnt (160) Jonathan Bloom (109) Just A Clerk (192) JUSTIN (185) kmohr25 (155) LouCypher (404) Mark (8) Mark (519) Marque (104) MasterMaq (57) Matt (22) Michael (78) Mike F (2180) Mike Reynolds (127) Nilay (13) onkulis (60) Papak (80) Pat (42) Peli (46) Peppermint (53) Petar (15) PJ (22) Rakki MK (68) Razzu (65) Rex (839) Richard (35) richhand (57) Robert Birming (334) romano (146) Ron (44) Rudy De Waele (21) Ryan (185) Sean McBride (566) Setu (40) Siva (70) Srinvard (280) Stavros (31) tig (155) trevor (21) UoL Blog Network (173) Varun Mahajan (3) Vulpes (90) Will (5) wille (457) Xavier (20) yojibee (69) zsafwan (260) 祥志 (216)
- DarkBls said: Pourquoi pas ?
- Ryan said: This...is just retarded. I'd rather TinyURL to a blog post. Wait...TwitterFeed does that.
- heidigoseek said: I guess I don't understand this. If you want to exceed the 140 character limit, why not FriendFeed, or blog it? There's a reason why it's called microblogging.
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Martian soil could grow turnips, Phoenix finds (5)
on New Scientist - Latest Headlines (254) permalinkThe first soil sample studied in the lander's wet chemistry lab has a pH-level and nutrients similar to garden-variety potting soilContribute comment
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A Media Server from Google (101)
on Google Operating System (1814) permalinkA surprising Google Desktop gadget released by Google enables you to share your media across devices. "Google Media Server uses an open technology known as Universal Plug n' Play to stream media to consumer electronic devices. The UPnP specification allows for a variety of hardware (gaming consoles, set-top boxes, photo frames) to communicate and access media from your home PC."The Windows-only gadget lets you share all the media content indexed by Google Desktop or just ...Shared by (``-_-´´) (363) Adam (50) Adrian (34) Alan (101) Ameer (78) Andrew Girdwood (78) Antonio (81) Arindam (28) Atilano (133) atul (513) bjsolem (25) Brandon (76) Cast42 (63) Cédric Merland (6) Craig (16) David P (37) David T (9) Dennis Laumen (87) DharmaMike (32) Eunix (123) FelipeC (46) Garci (88) gasenngo (5) gisc (178) Greg (23) GrosaPrap (297) Harper (170) hombrelobo (60) iconolith (54) id084895 (143) JAA (17) James Forbes Keir (100) Jason Cartwright (10) Jason R. Hunter (68) Jdorfman (152) Jesús Dugarte (65) jicknan (21) Joe Critchley (11) Jon (22) JTA (5) Jupega (25) Karpuscul (52) kcearns (58) Keef (91) keith (105) kfc (111) leandro (50) Leo K (67) Leo Romanovsky (54) MadGrin (69) maqchang (47) Marc (256) marchewa (18) Mark (519) Marque (104) Matt (30) MH (197) Michael (12) Mike F (2180) minus-one (37) Naor (1) naovouporai (111) neilfws (52) Nick (6) nizu (17) Pankaj (5) Patrick (135) Paul (197) paul (32) Pavan (23) Peter (136) Peter H (91) Powera (115) ppalli (74) prathapnirmal (5) qbn (30) ricardo (255) Rob (94) Robert van Bregt (104) romano (146) Ross (40) Sam (137) seano (50) SethLevy (29) shakalaca (4) SilverStag (33) Siva (70) stagger (22) sukhi (22) TechDad1246 (66) thr33 (87) Tommy (31) Tony Ruscoe (50) tosch (96) Varun Mahajan (3) vcamaral@gmail.com (108) Vyacheslav (7) wwj (94) Yagermeister (6) Yu (176) 迷客星球 (27)
- maqchang said: Google又搞起不一樣的新把戲...
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The Fight to End Aging Gains Legitimacy and Funding (53)
on Wired: Top Stories (148) permalinkGandhi once said, describing his critics, "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." After declaring, essentially out of nowhere, that he had a program to end the disease of aging, renegade biogerontologist Aubrey de Grey knows how the first three steps of Gandhi's progression feel. Now he's focused on the fourth. "I've been at Gandhi stage three for maybe a couple of years," de Grey said. ...Shared by Adam (79) Adi Gaskell (417) Adi wong (124) Alberto (1668) André Elias (224) andy (61) Ankesh (191) attacs (52) Avi (3606) ben (7) Benjamin (3323) Brad (292) Brian (5) BuzzDiggity (765) cgsheldon (1229) ChaCha (1326) Christopher (433) Corie Allison (150) CosmicV (114) Dave (232) Davis Freeberg (59) DeadRinga (182) deusdiabolus (461) Digg Boss (2862) Dustin (40) ekai (27) J.D. Rucker (2018) JaySpear (15) Jeff (1719) John Sullivan (391) Josh Nelson (401) Leena (3317) Major Tal (7) Maki (375) Mark Drapeau (13) Martin (156) Miguel Lopez (344) Mike (255) Mike Perkins (138) neal (1183) NeonDemon (391) Patri Friedman (13) Patrik Hirvinen (57) Paul McIntosh (228) Pavel (83) phil.gs (0) Rahim (20) Ron Wattonville (730) rsgalloway (135) tietoukka (337) Tom (110) Varun Mahajan (3) warrior007 (1507)
- Major Tal said: My next startup...
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The mystery of the garbage lady (5)
on The Old New Thing (52) permalinkLast year, my good friend and colleague Sarah transfered from the Redmond offices to Microsoft UK in Reading. One of her most popular lunchtime stories is the mystery of the garbage lady, which she finally got around to posting on her blog. Some of my other favorite stories from her blog: That mountian [sic] where they cut down all the trees: How the geography where you grew up clouds your interpretation of geography elsewhere in ...Contribute comment
- Google Reader Is Feeling Lucky (79)
