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Google Buzz and the whole Google Accounts fiasco

Yesterday Google began to release Google Buzz to its Gmail users. Buzz appears to be a compelling service – especially since it plugs right into something many of us use already. For more information about what Buzz is and does visit the Google Buzz site for a nice demo. I can’t have much more of an [...]
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Chrome overtakes Safari for 3rd place among browsers

According to Mashable (via Net Applications via The Apple Blog) Chrome has surpassed Safari for third place among browsers in terms of market share. I’m as big an Apple fan as anyone but this is pretty well deserved on speed alone.
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Google DNS, privacy, and you

Google launched its public DNS offering yesterday. Immediate reactions were “ooo, aaahhh, sweeet!” because we all know Google will nail the technology aspects of an fast, open DNS. Immediately following those reactions, however, came the “Oh great, now they know more about me!” statements. But then came this statement by Steven Frank of Panic (whom I [...]
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Reblog from Google Reader

The Google Reader team has added Tumblr to its new “Send to:” list. Nice.
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First impressions of Google Voice by Paul Stamatiou

If there is anyone that can grok Google Voice, review it, and relay that information in a way we can all understand – it is Paul Stamatiou. Here is Stammy’s first impressions of Google Voice.
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New labels in Gmail

I’ve never used labels but Google’s recent updates to Gmail may lead me to use them. Do you use labels? If so, how?
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Chrome for Mac developer preview and extensions

Ever since Google release Chrome, their browser, I’ve been waiting with bated breath for Chrome for Mac. Thanks to my friend Jake Dahn I got a copy of the developer preview. Its really fast. Faster than Safari on the Mac. I’m excited for a more stable and complete beta at which point I plan to [...]
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Google Image search, updated.

Google is constantly updating their products. Most of these updates come via their “Labs” where they test out crazy and sometimes even crazier ideas for possible features and updates to their products. Google Image Search somewhat recently added the ability to search by color. Which I think is fantastic! Here is a search for moth, constrained [...]
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Lost and still not yet found: Atlantis

An awesome post from Google and two Oceanographers.
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Feedburner on, Feedburner off

Just as soon as I turned Feedburner on, I've now turned it off.
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iPhone software update 2.2 released

An update to the iPhone OS. Version 2.2.
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Google Mobile App – search with your voice

The Google Mobile application for the iPhone now lets you search by talking.
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The best of 2008 as told by me

A relatively short list of some of the best things I've found online this year.
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Google’s Flu Trends – Track flu activity in the US

Google.org's new Flu Trends tool is ambitious but could impact mankind in a large way.
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Search Google Docs and Bookmarks with Spotlight using Precipitate

A quick, easy way to force Spotlight to recognize your documents and bookmarks on Google's Web services.
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Ten things you need to know about the upcoming Wordpress 2.6

A list of new things in the next release of Wordpress.
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Turning on Address Book syncing to Gmail on Mac OS X 10.5.3 without an iPhone or iPod touch

Sync your Mac Address Book with Gmail, on Mac OS X 10.5.3, whether you have an iPhone / iPod touch or not.
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How the advertising experiment is going so far

A detailed review of the last few months of experimental advertising on this site.
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I WANT PHP – A Google App Engine application

I want my PHP too.
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Google Reader’s keyboard shortcuts help panel

Poorly or undocumented features do no one any good. Seeing this screenshot has prompted me to do better at letting the Viddler community know about features that are available to them.
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