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Share anything. Anytime. Anywhere.
via Official Google Reader Blog by (author unknown) on May 06, 2008
... there's all sorts of information "out there" just waiting to be streamed, shared and otherwise consumed by you and your friends. Now you can finally show all of your Reader friends that awesome talking cat video you found, your favorite grilled trout recipe, or reviews of the best brunch place in your neighborhood -- all without a subscription.Here are a few new ways you can add and share ...
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What if... you could have your doodle on the Google homepage for a day?
via Official Google Blog by Karen on February 13, 2008
Posted by Marissa Mayer, Vice President of Search Products & User Experience, and Dennis Hwang, Webmaster Manager and Chief Google DoodlerToday, we're excited to announce the Doodle 4 Google competition.Every once in awhile, we redesign the logo (a.k.a. Google Doodle) on our homepage to commemorate special birthdays and events. Dennis Hwang draws these Google Doodles (check out this cool...
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Increase Font Size in Google Reader
via Google Operating System by Ionut Alex Chitu on May 07, 2008
Google Reader added an option to increase/decrease font size for all the posts: press = to magnify text and - to decrease its size. Unfortunately, Google Reader doesn't save your preference, so the next time you open it you'll see the original font size.While most browsers include a zoom feature (Opera, IE7, Firefox 3) or an option to increase the font size, Google Reader applies the new...
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Add a Blogroll to Blogger
via Google Operating System by Ionut Alex Chitu on February 13, 2008
Blogger in Draft (a pre-release version of Blogger) added an interesting widget that lets you display the latest posts from your favorite blogs. It's an enhanced blogroll that displays the recently updated blogs and snippets from the most recent posts.You can manually add the blogs by entering their URLs or you can select from your Google Reader subscriptions. To add the widget to a Blogger...
Shared by: Eater, Ben, ckaroli, Lu Tao, bziuum, Ioannus, danliebke, livibetter, mitja_i, Evgeni L., Jrod,
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Google's Engineering Philosophy
via Google Operating System by Ionut Alex Chitu on March 02, 2008
A slide from a presentation at last year's Google Engineering Open House listed 12 principles that guide programming at Google:1. All developers work out of a ~single source depot; shared infrastructure!2. A developer can fix bugs anywhere in the source tree.3. Building a product takes 3 commands ("get, config, make")4. Uniform coding style guidelines across company5. Code reviews mandatory...
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Google Analytics for Blogs
via Google Operating System by Ionut Alex Chitu on April 30, 2008
Two years ago, Google bought Measure Map, a very intuitive analytics software for blogs designed by Jeffrey Veen. Since then, Google Analytics suffered a redesign and included some interface elements from Measure Map. It seems that the transition is about to end soon as Google Analytics will integrate Measure Map's functionality: blog stats.Measure Map users received an email that instructed...
Shared by: Cary, badpazzword, svartling, Philou, livibetter, Linda, Chad, Leko, Rick Klau,
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Russian Gmail art
via Official Gmail Blog by Test on February 27, 2008
... 18 square meters of batten- 12 cans of spray paint- 10 liters of white paint- 4 reams of paper- 2 kilograms of millet porridge- 1 printer- 1 hair dryer- 1 mop- 1 sawAnd the actual M at the end of the video? That's 3 sweaters, 3 balls, 3 pillows, 2 dumbbells, 2 pair of gloves, a set of child's plates, a hockey stick, a scarf, a paper folder, hats and slippers. All in red of course.
Shared by: Faraz, livibetter, Jeton, Andrew Taylor, SKFox, Amish, badpazzword, Buzzworkers,
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Lyrics for YouTube's Music Videos
via Google Operating System by Ionut Alex Chitu on February 29, 2008
If you want to see a music video, there's a good chance you'll find it on YouTube. The downside is that YouTube doesn't offer any music-related feature, so you can't find information about the artists, lyrics or concert dates.A simple Greasemonkey script adds one of these missing feature: lyrics. The script creates a container titled "Lyrics" below the video's description and...
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How Google keeps your information secure
via Official Google Blog by Karen on March 10, 2008
Posted by Douglas Merrill, VP of EngineeringAs many of you know, we spend a lot of time around here thinking about new products to help you run your life more efficiently, whether that’s organizing email in a better way, sharing pictures with friends, or collaborating in real time on documents. What you may not know is that we also spend a lot of time thinking about the security that goes into...
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Helping victims of Cyclone Nargis
via Official Google Blog by Karen on May 07, 2008
Posted by Josh Mendelsohn, Program ManagerOver the past few days, we've followed the devastation left in the wake of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar (Burma). News reports have tallied more than 22,000 dead with another 41,000 missing. We're extremely saddened by the loss of life due to this cyclone, and hope you'd like to help assist with the relief effort.As we did after last fall's...
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