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Jun 1

Co-Founder of Google Sergey Brin live demos Project Glass on TV

On The Gavin Newsom Show, Google co-founder Sergey Brin brought along with him the top secret Google Glass (not glasses since it’s one lens only). In the hour long interview, Brin let Gavin Newsom try on the glasses and test them out on live TV. So far the glasses have been pretty hush-hush with images only, and one recent video that was a short clip of someone on a trampoline. Well now, we get more of a tease with a better up close and personal look at them.

May 31

The state of the Internet and Internet trends

At the annual D10 Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, tech and industry analyst Mary Meeker did her now famous slide show of Internet Trends. Last year in her slides at the Web 2.0 Summit she told us how the future is all about mobile. This year, she came up with some more interesting stats, but nothing too mind-numbing.

May 17

Google’s new search results will focus on facts, using the Knowledge Graph

Google announced an exciting new change coming to the search engine which will bring tons of factual results to the forefront of Google searches. The new search feature is called the Knowledge Graph, which will tap into database facts to present relevant snippets of information based on your searches.

May 16

How to auto-publish your Google+ posts to Twitter, Facebook and Myspace

If you use multiple social networks, and are trying to incorporate your Google+ posts automatically to other platforms like Twitter, Facebook or even Myspace, you can do it. Sit back and relax, as you post from Google+ and let it auto-feed to your other networks with this new super easy solution.

May 15

Google improves and promotes search with A Google A Day game on Google+

Google created a new game on it’s social network called A Google A Day, which is a daily search puzzle that is solved using nothing but Google Search to find the answers. It’s a clever way to get users to challenge themselves, and also improve your Google Search skills by learning the best ways to use the search engine.

May 14

Google Report: Search results should be protected by the First Amendment

In a recent report by Eugene Volokh, which was commissioned by Google, he claims that Google Search results deserve the same free speech rights as articles that appear in newspapers and news websites, for example the New York Times.

May 10

Facebook is launching the App Center to try to solve the app discovery problem

Facebook announced a new venture that they plan to launch in the near future - a mobile App Center, which will be a neutral mobile app discovery tool on the social networking platform. The goal of the App Center will be to have one central location to find social apps, clearly since Facebook dominates social they want to harvest it as much as possible - with mobile being the future - this was a very strategic move. Being neutral between Apple and Google is key, so it’s one place to find apps regardless of what platform you use.

May 1

Ever wonder about your blog traffic? Track it with Google Analytics

If you have your own blog, maybe it’s on Tumblr since the social blogging service is so popular these days, and you want to track your traffic, I highly recommend Google Analytics. It’s a flexible, detailed and a free traffic reporting tool by Google.

Apr 18

Google will use generic top-level domains, which go live next year

Everyone knows what a TLD is, but may not realize it as it’s not a commonly used term. TLD or Top-Level Domain are the last letters in domain names, such as the most common being .com, .net, .biz, and .org. There currently are 22 TLD’s. ICANN who creates the TLD’s has been accepting applications for a new type of TLD called Generic TLD, or gTLD, and Google along with other big name companies plan on using the gTLD’s which will go live as early as next year.

Apr 12

You can now add top banner images to Google+ profiles

After the changes Google made yesterday to Google+, it appears there was one more change that I just noticed. It looks like Google has gone the way of Myspace, Facebook and Twitter and is now allowing users to add a banner image to the top of their profile.

Apr 11

Google+ is getting a makeover as it surpasses 170 million users

Google has made a big announcement today saying that they are overhauling Google+, to make it a better user experience with design in mind. The new design changes are rolling out in phases world wide, so if you don’t see it yet you may see it in the next few days.

Apr 8

Microsoft strikes back, unveils Windows Glass Project

Microsoft wasted no time after seeing the Google Glass Project, unveiling their own version of interactive social glasses that will compete with the Google glasses. These are sure to sell boat loads, as long they can fix those blue screens of death!

Apr 6

The real truth on how Google glasses will be used

Google caused a bit of a media firestorm after announcing the Google Glass Project, unveiling the new Google glasses. But, if the glasses do get mass-produced, the real question is how will the average person use them?

Apr 4

Google unveils Project Glass, interactive glasses of the future

Google thinks that technology should work for you - to be there when you need it and get out of your way when you don’t. With that motto, thinking in more simple terms of how to enhance your life with technology, they have been working on Project Glass; which are glasses you wear that are socially interactive.

Apr 2

Ten famous landmarks using 8-bit Google Maps

In case you missed it yesterday, Google Maps played a really good practical joke on the world with their NES 8-bit Google Maps April Fools prank. Although it’s not April Fools day any longer, I went again to check it out some more and see that it’s still up.

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