April 14
Posted by Elliot
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They’re basing the new service on four key features:
Fast and easy
See calendars from friends and family
Invitations and reminders
Supports the iCal standard to integrate with all calendar applications
Update: I’ve put my final examinations schedule into Google Calendar. Initial thoughts? I’m impressed. It’s pretty smooth and slick. The interface is easy and straightforward. Most impressive, you can […]
April 14
Posted by Elliot
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Jeremy asks whether we should be working on tools for uploading information to Google Base. Anyone want to work with me to create some? I need a reason to learn some new APIs.
April 14
Posted by Elliot
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Tons of Google news today. First, Google is putting temporary offices on the Arizona State University campus.
Google is supporting an IT event taking place in Belfast. It’s a summit on software.
Google’s stock went down nearly 3% Wednesday due to apparent mistakes.
MSN Money draws comparisons between Google and AT&T. The question is whether bigger is better. […]
April 13
Posted by Randy
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Google has started a quest inspired by Da Vinci Code (the movie) and is offering more than ten thousand prizes. The puzzles will be published daily on Google Personalized Homepage.
“Beginning on April 17th you will embark on a quest that requires skill, intellect, and perseverance. For 24 days, you will encounter unique challenges.”
http://www.google.com/davincicode
April 12
Posted by Randy
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Google has a new name—at least in China. At a Beijing ceremony, the company announced that it would be known in China as “Gu Ge,” or “harvest song.” What does “harvest song” have to do with search results? The new name is intended to give “the sense of a fruitful and productive search experience, in […]
April 12
Posted by Elliot
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A four-step, EPC-based strategy to maximise income and beat junk ads
An EPC-based strategy
The most important number to publishers is, as for other businesses, bottom line earnings. But most successful businesses focus on improving other numbers in order to succeed, eg: customer feedback rating, quality measurements, etc.. Many Adsense publishers seem to concentrate on eCPM, valid […]
April 12
Posted by Elliot
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He should come to USC.
From a small room on the fourth floor of the computer sciences faculty the 26-year-old Israeli-born doctoral student worked like a trojan, said Dr Martin, gradually refining and improving the process that came to named after him: the Orion search engine.
via smh
April 12
Posted by Elliot
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Privacy advocates are concerned over Google’s proposal for free Wi-Fi service in San Francisco, which would target users with advertising based on their location. Also, Google could track where people gon the web based on the user names and passwords they use in signing on to the network. If that information is stored in a […]
April 11
Posted by Elliot
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Google has bought an Israeli student’s new search technology that could revolutionize the way people search. The news emerged from Australia yesterday that Google had beaten Microsoft and Yahoo in snapping up the new algorithm invented by doctoral student Ori Allon. The search giant hasn’t commented on this story, but The Sydney Morning Herald reports […]
April 7
Posted by Elliot
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Surfers who use Google Earth can now view streaming video clips from a number of well-known landmarks and locales, including Wyoming’s Yellowstone National Park and Colorado/Utah’s Dinosaur National Monument, thanks to Discovery Communications. The new feature represents the first time Google has pushed video onto Google Earth. There are currently 10 clips of US national […]