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Google Employees Pose for Street View (53)
on Google Blogoscoped (3028) permalinkFor the latest Google Maps Street View update, Google not only added pics for Australia, Japan and several US cities, but also included imagery of what seem to be Google employees lining up near-by the Google headquarters. This is similar to an older Street View posing but larger in scale: The baby dangling incident An allegory for the eternal struggle between project management, development and design... “Compiling” The Street View icon dude “Dad what’s a ...Shared by AJ (1003) antidigerati (16) Archit T (132) Azeem (108) bodzasfanta (183) Brenton (120) Caleb (37) Carlos Pinto (21) Chris Ryall (125) Christian (252) CKL (35) Corvida (356) Dami (36) defcon (19) dknowles (67) dobata (1005) DOCBook Howto (472) Erik Arvidsson (30) Eugene (148) Farzin (171) focoma (87) Galtenbergs (73) Jason R. Hunter (71) Jeff (40) Jess Lee (35) Jonathan (14) Jrod (140) kara (13) Kristian (180) Lari Numminen (13) Laughing Squid (162) Laurie (27) Lorenzo (100) louisgray (655) marchbox (43) MiramarMike (104) Monsur (43) Nathan (15) Nirav (203) Ontario Emperor (285) Phreak 2.0 (209) prattmic (144) Rick Turoczy (354) Robert van Bregt (36) Sai Gudigundla (47) Sai Prasad Kothapalle (40) sidhezero (21) sparrowsmith (15) Tamar Weinberg (411) Tanath (182) tobalito (69) Toomore (31) Voyagerfan5761 (408)Explore read six notes
- marchbox said: 还有几个Webgroup的同事！
- Jeff said: You can see me, holding Fred the Iguana, here: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1600+Amphitheatre+Pkwy,+Mountain+View,+CA+94043&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=75.908504,102.041016&ie=UTF8&ll=37.426045,-122.081001&spn=0.010633,0.018797&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=37.420717,-122.081483&panoid=rvWdNsnN-zEkNPer5t4lRQ&cbp=2,359.7180013666168,,0,14.161646687825415
- DOCBook Howto said: They so needed a guy dressed up as Waldo for this ;)
- Sai Gudigundla said: What an interesting way of proposing...
- Erik Arvidsson said: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=googleplex,+mountainview&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=39.047881,79.101563&ie=UTF8&t=h&layer=c&cbll=37.420706,-122.081322&panoid=5saz57T4p4bN_M5d5rFSdw&cbp=1,19.831406161604946,,2,5.956761582529435&ll=37.423736,-122.080851&spn=0.016717,0.026178&z=16
- Sai Prasad Kothapalle said: Folks... let me join :)
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Is Google changing how our brains physically work? (10)
on Googling Google (143) permalinkIt’s not hard to see that there are people addicted to Google — in fact, my first blog’s name was Google Addiction, and it didn’t take long for it to take off. In fact, only three months passed before ZDNet snapped it up and named it “Googling Google”. Since then, this blog has become a [...]Shared by Carlos Pinto (21) fyc (123) Jake (125) Jason Cartwright (36) Jrod (140) Pablo Pizarro (33) Simon (30) spsneo (79) Todd Albertson (134) Victor zhou (44)Contribute comment
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Free online media file conversion (Document, Images, Audio, Video & Archives) (17)
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We knew the web was big... (161)
on The Official Google Blog (2419) permalinkWe've known it for a long time: the web is big. The first Google index in 1998 already had 26 million pages, and by 2000 the Google index reached the one billion mark. Over the last eight years, we've seen a lot of big numbers about how much content is really out there. Recently, even our search engineers stopped in awe about just how big the web is these days -- when our systems that ...Shared by aemkei (82) Alec Resnick (224) Alex Trafford (34) Andrew Bruce Smith (64) Andy (22) Anthony (165) Antonio Ortiz (136) Appu (23) Arvind (13) atul (552) Avinash (538) Aydin (40) Ben Shoemate (230) Bernhard Jodeleit (6) Brandon Bloom (29) Breyten (88) Bruce (65) Caleb Elston (107) Carlos Pinto (21) CB (181) Charlie (20) cheewu (20) chills (27) chimeric (47) Chris Boran (22) Chris Fried (38) Chris Gurney (79) Chris Qie (3) Christian (252) chstdu (46) Chuqui (69) Compuwizard123 (229) Daiko (53) Dan Rua (0) danb420 (40) Darren (26) Data Vortex (64) David Bradley (132) Deep.ed (140) Diego (54) diffus (24) Dimitar D (116) doransky (166) Edin (55) Edouard (120) ema (87) Ernest (22) Ernie (31) Ethan (66) Faraz (17) fmanjoo (33) Fumi (136) G$ (55) Gary (28) Gonzalo Lopez (12) Grandje5ter (110) Greg (25) Gregory (56) guercheLE (145) henry (20) History of Blogging (495) Ingo (20) Ion (48) Ionut (34) Jake (125) Jakob (158) James and Tom (83) James Forbes Keir (71) Jason (74) Javed (561) Jay Deragon (22) jccamus (120) Jeff (161) Jeff (39) Jill (162) JLH (11) John Gunn (18) Jorg (36) Jorriss (78) Journ (37) jtuchscherer (26) jv (25) kan65535 (70) Kerk (52) Kirby Witmer (50) Krazy (486) Lantash (44) Lerch (54) Linkletter (40) livibetter (28) louisgray (655) lrunejensen (58) luke (21) macbeach (23) Magnus J (35) Matt McGee (103) MaXCoDeR (35) Mic (52) Michael (59) Michael Johnson (8) Michael Neel (84) Miguel (12) Mike F (2159) Mike Reardon (35) MiramarMike (104) Mr. Matt (95) Navid (290) Nick (49) nickc321 (74) Nico B (42) Nilay (49) onurka (45) Paolo Bozzelli (101) Pat (139) Paul (97) Paul Helmick (224) Peter N (38) philoscribe (30) phrakture (42) plsburydoughboy (1) PMinze (105) Pouya (37) prattmic (144) Priit^ (189) Quasidot (160) R (115) rachna (72) Ricardo Acras (38) Rich (52) rjhintz (200) ro11z (55) Robby R (86) Robert Birming (879) Roel (65) Sakib (64) sarahintampa (459) Sean (85) SeanConnolly2000 (8) Sebastian (27) Semaho (66) Setu (45) shakeel (22) Shaun (13) Si (42) Simon Bugler (15) Siva (16) soufron (38) Surferbill (31) Telmo Carlos (12) Tim Disney (24) Tjeerd Jan van der Molen (21) TOMHTML (73) Tony Ruscoe (50) Trace Windham (23) Tyler (21) vcamaral@gmail.com (88) Vipul (167) Wolf (83) yigalc (79) ysamjo (58) سروش رسولی (25)Explore read nine notes
- MiramarMike said: And I'm happy to contribute to the 1 trillion pages of useful pages, *ahem*
- Magnus J said: I find this crazy awesome. I love the internet. I love the way people like to share content.
- Kirby Witmer said: WOW! One trillion pages!
- Deep.ed said: Är det ens intressant att räkna "sidor" när de flesta sajter idag bygger på databaser.
- TOMHTML said: And how much spam among that?
- Brandon Bloom said: Is that even a real number?
- chills said: Incredible...
- lrunejensen said: Pyha de må have travlt i Googles Storage afdeling....en af mine venner mente i fuldt alvor at når man søgte med Google var det en live søgning på hele webben som den ser ud i dette sekund. Så Google der er lang vej igen...
- JLH said: There ya have it. PageRank is recalculated several times a day.
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Google Knol Is Live (50)
on Google Blogoscoped (3028) permalinkGoogle went live with Knol, a platform to read and write articles on all kinds of subject. Knol was being tested privately since some time and had been pre-announced back in 2007. The address is knol.google.com, but notably not knol.com or knol.org or even googleknol.com. This project is somewhat reminiscent of Wikipedia, though there are many differences as well. You may also think of this as an alternative to creating a small info website if ...Shared by Alan (144) Angela (43) Carlos Pinto (21) Cem (57) Christine Krizsa (0) danb420 (40) darraghcurran (14) Eric (29) euribates (42) Farzin (171) Gine (26) gisc (80) glebras (8) griflet (69) Harper (226) Hugo (10) Inman (22) Ion (48) James Dorminey (49) JeDa (72) Jonathan Bloom (35) joshed (63) Jrod (140) jtuchscherer (26) Ju (48) Keith (14) Lee (23) Leooon (44) macbeach (23) MadGrin (19) Mladen (178) Nkululeko Masondo (42) nyenyec (22) Paul (119) PMinze (105) Reto (27) Rk (45) Sacha (70) Sai Gudigundla (47) samikki (20) Saurier Duval (1) Shachi Chandrashekhar (19) sidhezero (21) Steve (34) Vahid (1220) Venci (85) vlvl (23) wyclif (92) ysamjo (58) 大V (137)Explore read four notes
- nyenyec said: Google Knol is public. It'll be interesting to observe the different group dynamics: Wikipedia vs Knol vs Citizendium.
- Sacha said: I'm curious to see how this stands up to Wikipedia, but they are getting into the game awfully late.
- griflet said: Knol sounded like troll at first sight. But now I get it. It should be the cute diminutive to Knowledge.
- Leooon said: Tá uma putariazinha com esse projeto, mas eu acho é muito bem-vindo. Eu já cansei de ter coisa apagada na Wikipedia... ainda sou mais o espírito dela, mas o Knol resolve significativamente muitos problemas da Wikipedia pra ser considerado evilware.
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Knol is open to everyone (179)
on The Official Google Blog (2419) permalinkA few months ago we announced that we were testing a new product called Knol. Knols are authoritative articles about specific topics, written by people who know about those subjects. Today, we're making Knol available to everyone.The web contains vast amounts of information, but not everything worth knowing is on the web. An enormous amount of information resides in people's heads: millions of people know useful things and billions more could benefit from that knowledge. ...Shared by Abhishek (126) adamgn (35) Adnan (13) Adriana Iordan (19) Aju (6) Alberto (43) Alcides Fonseca (90) Andrew (116) Andrew Ruess (455) Andy Li (19) APer3Caper (44) Atilano (112) atul (552) b (92) b-rad (144) Bambi (11) Bijou (46) Brandon (80) Brent (136) Burad (36) Carlos Pinto (21) Carsten (138) Ceyhun AKSAN (34) cgsheldon (959) Chris Fizik (16) Chris Fried (38) Chris Schrier (57) Christopher (24) Christopher W. Bown (135) DaaDaa (20) Daiko (53) Darkick (48) David T (14) debasys (1) dedlam (88) dennis d. mcdonald (21) Dennis Laumen (62) Derek (120) DiMar (70) Duk (15) dwalter (20) Ed Dale (70) Eric (21) Erik (34) ewbrown (35) Faraz (17) Fernando (171) Flint (31) gastaoss (142) gisc (80) Gisele (48) Glenn Batuyong (266) Grandje5ter (110) Greg (15) guopai (11) Haidong (43) Hashim (102) Hugo (10) Ian (55) Ian Tindale (85) Ihar Mahaniok (39) Jacob (73) Jake (125) James Dorminey (49) jamiep77 (3) Javed (561) Jean (40) Jeff (161) Jeff Daly (168) jeffmincey (20) Jeremiah (48) Jeremy Weiss (25) jerobins (67) jgd3 (26) Joel (12) Joewxboy (34) Johannes Henkel (0) Jon (51) Jonathan (28) Jonathan (44) Jonathan Sterling (160) jonphipps (74) Jorge (9) Jorge (43) Jrod (140) Justin Yost (266) juzcoim (7) k1v1n (76) kan65535 (70) kara (13) Killahurtz (49) koles (22) Kristin Yates (25) KRZ (34) kskobac (49) kukoo (35) Laughing Squid (162) Laura Norvig (51) Laurent (110) Lescoste (17) Liz (32) Lohan G (84) louisgray (655) Mac (13) mahdi (159) Maksim Berjoza (93) Mark (25) Mark Whiting (79) Marque (99) Matt Wilson (90) mhmazidi (353) Mic (52) Michael (224) Michael Nielsen (44) Mike (45) Mike Mahaffie (25) MrMatt57 (6) nanog (67) nathos (66) Navid (290) NeLaS (32) Nick (49) nizu (40) Nkululeko Masondo (42) Oldayn (19) olifante (110) Paolo Bozzelli (101) Pat (21) pestwave (47) Pete Williams (24) Peter (34) Peter (64) phaithful (21) phillip (88) phoenixprodigy (70) puthali (65) px (72) Ramon Silva (23) Reto (27) ricardo (70) Rob (111) Robert Birming (879) Robert Safuto (35) Roberto (20) Rodrigo Leme (76) Roel (65) Sandaruwan (62) santiromero (31) Sebastian (27) Shane Conder (23) Simon Bugler (15) SJudd (12) spLeaner (39) spsneo (79) Srinvard (288) Steve (34) tarun (23) Thomas Smith (155) Tim (84) Tim (17) Tony Duckles (68) totalpardo (3) Uday Kiran (19) Umang Saini (35) unicyn (68) Vahid (1220) Veken (19) vevck (47) Walter DeFoor (180) web (64) Will (30) xabbott (66) Yasuhisa (16) zeb (61) Zer0Her0 (37) Zhang Zhe (7) zsafwan (251) سروش رسولی (25) 左手 (72)Explore read 22 notes
- Johannes Henkel said: By far the best knol thus far is of course Ryan's article about backpacking: http://knol.google.com/k/ryan-moulton/how-to-backpack/
- Jacob said: I guess I'm going to spend some time writing a few Knols. I wonder how much adsense I can get out of it?
- Killahurtz said: Knols are authoritative articles about specific topics, written by people who know about those subjects.
- nanog said: The key principle behind Knol is authorship.
- Haidong said: sounds familiar?
- Walter DeFoor said: Watch out Wikipedia?
- kara said: google wikisi yolda...
- Liz said: Another Google Base ?
- Mac said: I'm an unabashed Google apologist, but sometimes their blog posts hurt me a little. E.g.: "We are happy to announce an agreement with the New Yorker magazine which allows any author to add one cartoon per knol from the New Yorker's extensive cartoon repository. Cartoons are an effective (and fun) way to make your point, even on the most serious topics."
- Umang Saini said: I like the concept of authorship. It's primary competitor will be books and personal/organizational websites. Why would one host that on Knol. Monetization. Well lets see if anyone publishes their book via Knol (each chapter = 1 Know article) and how much money that makes :-)Anyone?
- Ed Dale said: Needless to say - this is seriously one to watch
- ewbrown said: It will be interesting to see if Knol takes off and becomes a valuable resource for information, like Wikipedia.
- Jeremy Weiss said: Interesting...
- Adnan said: I am looking at all my smart friends - you know who you are! Start claiming your space at Knol!
- Mark said: Isn't that what wikipedia is for?
- Hashim said: I'm going to reproduce my exact same Squidoo lens that's been earning me 20 bucks a month and see what happens.
- Ramon Silva said: Já estava na hora de o Wikipedia ganhar um concorrente. Com monopólio não há evolução!
- Bambi said: This is a great avenue for getting backlinks to your main site. Just pop up a "knol" of information and link it to your main site"
- Daiko said: This should be filled with knowledge about indigenous people... Go ahead and write articles!
- k1v1n said: Authoring and publushing on the Web has just gotten much more powerful. It begs the question: what is the purpose of a Web site?
- Zer0Her0 said: How did I miss this launch?!
- SJudd said: Let's see if Extension folks use this as a way of outreach, and also to gather information.
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Google Maps Walking Directions Live (31)
on Google Blogoscoped (3028) permalinkGoogle Maps walking directions had been spotted by some users before, and now they’re being rolled out for everyone, as Search Engine Roundtable reports. Try this directions search in New York, for instance, and you’ll see the “Walking” link on top activated (though this isn’t just restricted to US locations, as a test search in Germany showed). Google has the following disclaimer following their “beta” notice: “Use caution when walking in unfamiliar areas.” Uhm, OK. ...Shared by adamgn (35) AJ (1003) Archit T (132) Avi (38) Carl Fyffe (37) Carlos Pinto (21) Chirantan (35) Chris (12) Crysti the Great (131) danb420 (40) enSue (21) focoma (87) Jardenberg (17) jeremy (36) Jigar Mehta (271) kidmarmite (118) Lari Numminen (13) norti (94) Priyadarsan Venugopalan (116) Qian (241) Rutger Blom (107) Ryan (24) Sai Gudigundla (47) Sean Harvell (32) Steven (17) Thadman (58) Tim (61) Vulpes (47) ziizii (48) 猫影 (77) 이장 (31)Contribute comment
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Find Who Has Access to Your Gmail Account (21)
on Google Operating System (3792) permalinkAfter years of testing, Gmail has finally added a very useful security feature: tracking open sessions. If you log in to Gmail from more than one computer and you forget to sign out, you'll be able to see the list of locations where your account can still be accessed. Until now, the only solution when you forgot to log out from Gmail after using a public computer was to change your password. Otherwise, anyone could ...Shared by Carlos Pinto (21) Dale (14) Dave C (20) druqbar (20) einstein (42) Fredrik Wennberg (15) Gergő (46) Ian (32) igormoreno (47) Jeremy Hylton (42) John Ager (17) Jonna (44) Lescoste (17) maqchang (16) Parag (58) senpi (21) sooraj (62) talataydın (58) vanerj (22) Will Brown (22) Wind (22)Contribute comment
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Dance Club Stays Alive With Power Generating Floor (83)
on Engadget (14678) permalinkFiled under: Misc. Gadgets Believe it or not, this actually isn't the first power-generating dance floor to harness some of the pent up energy of club-goers, but it is apparently the first one to hit the UK, and hopefully a sign of more to come. As you can see above, the dance floor makes use of a piezoelectric system that produces electricity as the dancers jump up and down, which charges somes batteries that are ...Shared by abrudtkuhl (130) Affan (25) Alejandro Inostroza P. (143) Alex France (533) Andre Salvatierra (30) Andrew Rodrigues (42) arshad (22) Arturo (342) Ben Parr (43) Benjamin (2145) Boxpuppy (71) Brit (87) Bryan Garcia (30) Carlos Pinto (21) Casper (200) Chris (17) Chris Leydon (6) danb420 (40) Daniel (242) Daniel (51) David Eaves (84) David Wallace (195) Dennis Laumen (62) deusdiabolus (447) Digg Boss (827) Earth Economy (321) Ed (65) Edwinek (46) Elmer Thomas (474) Eric Friedericks (14) Eric Mortensen (118) everyone loves a wee sombrero (401) Gemstar38 (493) gergi (74) Gil (369) guy (1193) Hakicoma (362) History of Blogging (495) Jason Barnachea (1) Jay Bandoy (122) jeff (22) Jeff Rasmussen (32) Joey Foxenberger (75) John Tindale (6) Josh Kaplan (141) Josh Nelson (86) Karin (25) Kevin (38) Lisa (62) Lyndon Antcliff (240) Marin Purgar (90) Mark (35) Mathew (123) Mike F (2159) Monsur (43) netman (101) Peli (57) Punksolid (181) Randy Meeker (43) Rex (608) Rob Kelley (27) Robert (29) Rui (57) sadiq kassamali (178) spavis (40) Stacy (282) Steve Nimmons (120) stratus (31) Sun Tzu (1614) Supereddie (37) syck (14) tgM (53) The Beadle Machine (12) Theo (59) theundesided (51) Tidus (70) Tim (284) Tim (183) Tom Cheredar (17) Tomo (40) vic (57) Yeehaw (1) Yung-Hui Lim (133)Explore read four notes
- Rui said: (novas) Energias renováveis!
- spavis said: if you can keep the initial expense (and carbon footprint) down and keep the maintenance low something like this would be great in train stations and airports, also
- The Beadle Machine said: pretty cool idea!
- Kevin said: Steps to greener world: (1) dance more.
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Our Googley advice to students: Major in learning (143)
on The Official Google Blog (2419) permalinkManagement guru Peter Drucker noted that companies attracting the best knowledge workers will "secure the single biggest factor for competitive advantage." We and other forward-looking companies put a lot of effort into hiring such people. What are we looking for?At the highest level, we are looking for non-routine problem-solving skills. We expect applicants to be able to solve routine problems as a matter of course. After all, that's what most education is concerned with. But ...
