Ten years and counting (12)
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The Google doodle tradition started a long time ago (in summer 1999, in fact) when Larry and Sergey put a stick figure on the homepage to signify that they were out of the office at Burning Man. Nothing against stick figures, but our logo designs have become rather more varied since then. Today you'll see a special design that commemorates our 10th birthday. We've incorporated a little bit of history by using the original Google ...
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giro said:
no os perdais el timeline
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The Big Guy said:
happy bday google
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Durafei said:
Google and Burning Man ! :)
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Rk said:
Seeing the doodlers is great timepass...
Firefox 3.0.3 Now Available [Firefox 3] (12)
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Three days after Tuesday's release of version 3.0.2, Mozilla pushes out Firefox 3.0.3, an update that fixes one bug: "where users were unable to retrieve saved passwords or save new passwords." Hit "Check for Updates" from the Help menu of your copy of Firefox 3 to get this latest version.
Wed-Fri ALDS (1)
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As the Globe reported might happen this morning, the Angels went ahead and chose the Wednesday-Friday series for the American League Division Series. That will enable the Sox to use their top two starters twice in a five-game series.
Al Gore: “I’ll Be on Twitter By Tomorrow” - Mashable (9)
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Al Gore may not have invented the Internet, but he did co-found Current.tv, the cable TV network with a strong web presence. Stopping by the company’s San Francisco offices earlier this evening, Gore told a small group of techies, Twitterers and bloggers: “I’ll be on Twitter by tomorrow”. Twitter users: what would Al Gore Tweet? Tweet your ideas to @mashable on Twitter. ---Related Articles at Mashable | All That's New on the Web:Gore’s Current Goes ...
Troy Brown to retire (1)
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Just wanted to pass along this piece of news from colleague Karen Guregian, who spoke to someone close to Troy Brown who said that the wideout plans to retire, probably in the next week, and begin pursuing media opportunities. Don’t be surprised if the Patriots honor him in some way shortly. Brown was in Foxboro on Wednesday for the ribbon cutting of the team’s Hall of Fame. Head coach Bill Belichick was asked about Brown ...
Gmail With Right-Hand Labels (13)
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If you prefer to put your Gmail labels and chat box to the right-hand side of the window, you can now do so. Just go to Settings -> Labs, and opt-in to the two new experiments named “Right-side chat” and “Right-side labels”. [Thanks DaveB!] [By Philipp Lenssen | Origin: Gmail With Right-Hand Labels | Comments][Advertisement] Want to advertise here? Your ad will show in the blog and feed.
The iGoogle Experiment (11)
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iGoogle Developer Blog announces developers that the experimental version of iGoogle is a success and that more users will be a part of the experiment."It's been a few weeks since I've provided an update on the status of the canvas view launch. Our experiments with a small percentage of users have been going well, and we've been making some small changes and adjustments based on user feedback (such as reducing the width of the left ...
TiVo Partners With RIM (Plans To Offer TiVo Enabled Applications On Your Blackberry) (2)
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Yesterday, TiVo announced a partnership with RIM (the maker of the Blackberry). According to the press release, TiVo and RIM plan on offering a software application which allows you to schedule recordings on your TiVo via your Blackberry (think Verizon TiVo partnership). The new relationship brings TiVo and RIM together to develop a variety of mobile entertainment services that marry RIM’s leading BlackBerry® smartphones with the content delivered to consumers through the Emmy-winning TiVo® service. ...
MySpace For BlackBerry Smartphones Is Coming (2)
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You remember MySpace don’t you? They were Facebook before, well, Facebook was Facebook. After the huge success Facebook has seen with the Facebook for BlackBerry application, MySpace, has decided to come out with MySpace for BlackBerry Smartphones. MySpace for BlackBerry isn’t quite ready yet, however, you can sign-up to be notified once it is available by entering in your name and email address here.
Picasa Web Albums Adds People Tagging (41)
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CNet reports that Picasa Web Albums will add some interesting features today. After implementing face detection in the image search engine, Google adds face recognition in Picasa Web Albums to facilitate photo tagging."The problem with tagging is that it's a chore, so most people don't bother. But Picasa's name tag feature automates the process enough--and provides enough reason to use it--that I believe many users will take the tagging plunge. (...) The most impressive moments ...
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charlie anzman said:
With blogger user sharing and Picasa people sharing, certainly looks like we're building an ad-hoc social network ??!!
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baron said:
Damn! Google rocks!!!
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puthali said:
awesome stuff! can't wait to try it out...
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mfh said:
Update: Picasa 3 can be downloaded from http://dl.google.com/picasa/picasa3-setup.exe (thanks, Anonymous!).
The Gray Lady Is All A-Twitter (25)
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The New York Times has been on a Twitter tear lately. They've got a good collection of accounts that make for some nice variety. Some of the accounts are written straight-up by writers, editors, and bloggers at the Times and others deliver just the Section Headlines. Here's the complete collection if you want to add a little NYT to your Twitter timeline. New York Times Writers using Twitter @themoment @CityRoom @brianstelter @TheLede @TheCaucus @DotEarth Follow ...
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Min Liu said:
if the newspaper industry were to be gone tomorrow, nyt would be the last one putting up a legit fight. i'm willing to donate $$ to them to keep them alive.
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The Big Guy said:
to all you PR folks out there on twitter...here's a good list of the NYT twitterers
Late MBTA photos (1)
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Lori Magno has started a Flickr group to chronicle late MBTA trains and buses and the signs that (sometimes) announce their lateness (the ultimate MBTA lateness announcement). She describes her inspiration: ... So last night I arrive in time for the 6:25 only to have the sign say "Late 10 min" and then the sign changed to say "Late 15 min" with no announcement and North Station was left to ponder "15 minutes from now, ...
MORE JETS (1)
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Here it is again in the NY Daily News. Our favorite source...Even with growing speculation that Favre will accept the Packers' $20 million offer to stay retired and serve in a marketing role with the franchise, the Jets still consider themselves a player in the Favre sweepstakes, a person familiar with the team's thinking said Friday.The Jets need to stand on a table and tell the world they want the guy. And the source familiar ...
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The social networking for social good space continues to heat up with Ammado.com and a new NetCommunity feature from Blackbaud. Is it a coincidence that social good and social media share first names? It has always seemed that the social web was purpose built to benefit humanity. It’s no surprise that so many entrepreneurs are leveraging these tools to raise funds and awareness for nonprofits. From Inquirer.net: A Facebook-like service for non-profit and non-government organizations ...Contribute comment
