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Google goes Bing!
Jun 10, 2010 9:27 - 1 Comment
When Bing launched the most striking think about it was its look with backdrops made of some stunning pictures. Google suddenly seemed very plain in comparison.
Now Google has struck back even allowing you to use your own pictures as the backdrop and the results can be similarly stunning – providing you have the picture to [...]
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
Apr 16, 2010 11:54 - 0 Comments
Google has release a number of interesting and useful updates over the last few days and removed (or planned to) remove a big one.
Firstly the good stuff. Gmail now allows you to drag and drop files to be attached – a real time saver. You simply drag the file over the attachment area and drop [...]
Google Street View Star
Mar 15, 2010 9:15 - 0 Comments
Last May I wrote about working from home and seeing the Google Street View car pass my house. Now, some ten months later, the results are in and the pictures have been uploaded and there I am at our window, standing like some shadowy Norman Bates.
You can quite clearly see that I am holding [...]
A Better Perspective
Dec 17, 2009 20:27 - 0 Comments
I consider myself to be a power Googler. Not only can I bang in keywords but I can also use boolean operators and search operators, such as filetype: & site:. However, I discovered yesterday that this all counts for nothing if you don’t know what it is that you are searching for.
One of my clients [...]
So Now What?
Oct 14, 2009 21:10 - 0 Comments
So I received my invitation to Google Wave today and for a full thirty seconds there was much excitement as if I’d had an invite to the party of the year. So I logged in and then the realisation hit me that I have no one to connect to on the service and not [...]
