Archive for 'cool'
Google Gaydar Now Active
Yes, that title is correct. Google has not made any announcement that I’ve heard about regarding this, but you can actually type a query into the search engine to find out what Google’s “gaydar” has determined. Here’s my test of the latest Google Gaydar functionality: So there you have it. Perhaps it’s accurate, perhaps it’s [...]
Posted: September 27th, 2011 under cool, Google.
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Google’s Les Paul Logo/Theme
So today Google put up a Les Paul theme for their new logo. And it’s interactive! I’m a guitarist, so I played with it a bit and found out this about it. All the “strings” are corded so that the notes go up as you play downwards. The reverse of what a normal guitar tablature [...]
Posted: June 8th, 2011 under cool, Google.
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April Fool’s Day – YouTube 1911
It’s April Fool’s Day! So everything’s very serious, of course. Found some interesting new developments from Google, though.
Posted: April 1st, 2011 under cool, Google.
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Danny Sullivan is Funny
He runs his blog Daggle, and occasionally has amusing bits to share. I found one to share.
Posted: May 4th, 2010 under cool.
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Google’s April Fools Pranks for 2010
Google may or may not do 2010 April Fools pranks. But if they don’t, there are some nice advances for the day.
Posted: April 1st, 2010 under cool, Google.
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iPod, meet iPad
The latest toy from Apple is half laptop half iPod. It looks like they’re taking things up a notch, we’ll see how it does.
Posted: January 27th, 2010 under cool.
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Google Knows What Your Boyfriend/Girlfriend is Thinking
Whether it’s for marketing use or just because you’re curious, knowing how to use Google to get in people’s heads can be very effective.
Posted: January 20th, 2010 under cool, Google.
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Google New Year Easter Egg
Google does sneaky things sometimes. Easter eggs on sites can be cool.
Posted: December 23rd, 2009 under cool, Google.
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Google’s Christmas Present
Google is giving back for the holidays in 2009.
Posted: December 21st, 2009 under cool, Google.
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Power of Suggestion on Google’s Search Line
Google suggests things for you as you type. But you can find search strings more powerfully, if you know how.
Posted: December 16th, 2009 under cool, Google.
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Google Goggles – Search By Photo
Google Goggles lets you take a picture and have it analyzed automatically. It looks quite cool.
Posted: December 7th, 2009 under cool, Google.
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