Google’s Year-End Zeitgeist is always interesting and often surprising. Who would’ve thought that bebo was going to be the most searched-for term in 2006? Maybe I’m behind the times, but I didn’t even know bebo until now… Seems like it’s another social networking site à la MySpace. Anyways, go check it out, there’s some interesting [...]
I’ve been a long-time user and fan of Yahoo Finance, but Google Finance is slowly catching up. Now they released a bunch of new features that are a definitive improvement.
Aaahhhh…. Just got back from Cancun, and I have to say I’m in love with that place. It’s so hard to return to the real world after spending a week in paradise… I’m headed to Europe right now but I’ll be posting some Cancun pics soon-ish. In the meantime, I’m going to try to catch [...]
Ever wonder which of the two major search engines yields better search results? Check out GahooYoogle, which displays both search engine results side by side for comparison. Kinda fun. And at least for me, Google still seems way more relevant.
There are some fun ways to mess around with Google in this little book, which can be downloaded for free.
Google just released SketchUp, a free 3D modeling program. I have no idea yet what I could use this for, but somehow it looks pretty cool. I think I’ll play around with it a little bit and maybe build my dream house…
This is so cool. Google Maps now has detailed maps for many European cities too. Now I can finally take a close up look at Hamburg in Germany, the city where I spent a large part of my life. It’s Germany’s second largest city after Berlin, and it is an absolutely beautiful, vibrant, and cosmopolitan [...]
Seems like almost every day, Google comes out with new features. Try a search for “homes for sale” and you get two fields where you can enter a city or zip code plus the desired listing type (“for sale” etc.). This then takes you to a page with a Google map showing listings and more [...]
Google keeps on expanding its functionality. You can now use Google to search for jobs. When you type “jobs” into Google, a “Refine your search for jobs” box appears. Once you enter your location and desired job function, you get to a page with listings on the left and a map on the right showing [...]
How cool is this! Volkswagen and Google have teamed up to develop an amazing new internet-enabled 3D navigation system. This looks absolutely amazing. I want one!! Here are some more screenshots. [via Boing Boing]
There’s been talk in the last few days about Google planning to offer “total storage”. Information that was leaked to the public hints at Google’s intent to store 100% of users’ hard drive information. This BBC article points out: The plan for total online storage could meet difficulties with bandwidth constraints for some users. I [...]
Well, it’s no secret that Google is a pretty powerful search engine, but it may just be a little too powerful sometimes…
Gotta love the Super Bowl ads. Airtime during the Super Bowl is the most expensive airtime of the entire year, costing some $2.5 million per 30 seconds. With that kind of price tag and some 140 million people watching, you can expect companies to get pretty creative. Some spots during this year’s Super Bowl XL [...]
Well this is not exactly news, but Google announced its free Google Pack collection of software at the CES in Las Vegas last Friday. This is really just a repackaging of otherwise free and readily available software (I already have most of the programs on my computer), but it’s a nice bundle of software essentials [...]
Two articles on Google in today’s NYT: Several nations are troubled by Google’s satellite images. Russia, India, South Korea and others are concerned the imagery poses a risk to their security… The NYT also reports that as part of their deal with AOL, Google will start advertising with logos and graphics in addition to their [...]