Google Plus Nick – make short URL for Google+ profile

July 5, 2011 |  by  |  Apps, Google, Sites  |  No Comments

Gplus.to is an web app which is essentially a link shortening tool, barring that it allows you to set the username shown in the URL. All you need is your Google+ ID which is actually a long string of numbers that currently makes the URLs so ugly and to plug in your name, and you’re good to go.

Nexus S contraptions game by Google play your way to Nexus S

July 4, 2011 |  by  |  Google, Mobiles, News, YouTube  |  No Comments

Google's taken a decidedly whimsical approach to Nexus S marketing. An interactive, YouTube-hosted mini-game that lets you bounce and blow four Google app-labeled balls through a funnel to the Nexus S. There's no free handset at the end of this Android rainbow just pure fun. The game has four main stages that each consist of several sub-stages. Each stage is represented by a different Nexus S Google App – Gmail, YouTube, etc. In addition to having different apps for every stage, there is a different color robotic arm for every main stage. Obstacles include blocks of wood and shelving so

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Google makes easy for small businesses to create mobile websites

June 30, 2011 |  by  |  Google, Sites, Video  |  No Comments

A small business man uses Google Sites to take his business mobile. In a recent study by Google they found that 61% of users are unlikely to return to a mobile site that they had trouble accessing from their phone, and 40% go to a competitor’s. Google has launched a new tool that makes it easy for businesses to create mobile-friendly websites incredibly quickly with Google Sites. With Google Sites mobile landing pages, you can build yourself a professional mobile landing page in minutes, for free and without any coding experience. The new mobile templates for Google Sites is a

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Google Takeout download your Google data in one click

June 29, 2011 |  by  |  Google, Sites, Video  |  No Comments

Amidst all the fan fare the search giant launched Google Takeout which allows you to export your data from several Google products in one simple download. Currently Takeout supports mass exodus from Buzz, Contacts and Circles , Picasa Web Albums, your Profile, and Stream. Google Takeout lets you take your data out of multiple Google products in one fell swoop. Moreover, you’ll find that all your data is in portable and open formats‚ so it’s easy to import to other services quickly. Just sign in, select which Google services you want to back up, and then click Creative Archive. Each

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Google cooks up Swiffy which convert SWF files to HTML5

June 29, 2011 |  by  |  Google, Sites  |  No Comments

Google Labs has built up Swiffy, which takes an SWF file and created an HTML5 version that will run in most current browsers (Chrome and Safari). The converted file is pretty close in size to the original; however, however Google quotes that the project is in infancy so it won't convert your entire Flash library as of now. Though it still makes existing animations useful without starting from scratch. Simply save the HTML file that is generated and include it on your website using an < iframe > tag. When using the "Save as" option of your browser, use

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WhatDoYouLove – Google’s new portal with all its services

June 28, 2011 |  by  |  Google, News, Sites  |  No Comments

TechCrunch has uncovered a new service from Google, which is nothing but a mashup of different Google products. WDYL.com (WhatDoYouLove) whose purpose is to gather all the company's multilateral web services under one umbrella. In other words a Google search for Google products. You pop in a term for what do you love, and it pops up with results from what appears to be every single Google product, from Google Maps to Google Products to Google SketchUp.Type in any word brings up its popularity in Google Trends, lets you set up Google Alerts, plan related events in Google Calendar,

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Spies can send messages hidden in a Google search

June 19, 2011 |  by  |  Google, News  |  No Comments

The peculiar list of search options that Google suggests as you type in a query could be hijacked to let people communicate secretly. NewScientist reports that stenography specialist Wojciech Mazurczyk, from the Warsaw University of Technology in Poland, believes spies would utilize a visible medium because it would avoid arousing suspicion as million of people would take to their computers to complete a Google search. Google Suggest works by listing up to 10 suggestions each time a letter is added to a search term, based on the most popular searches made by other Google users that begin with the same

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Google launches Google Dashboard for online reputation management

June 16, 2011 |  by  |  Google, Sites, Video  |  No Comments

Google has introduced a tool that helps you manage search results for your name. The tool, “Me on the Web,” is now included on the Google dashboard in between account information and analytics. It is not intended to be another privacy setting. The Google Dashboard allows you to view and control data associated with the different products you use with your Google Account. It offers a simple view into the data associated with your Google Account. Designed to be simple and useful, the Dashboard summarizes data for each product that you use (when signed in to your account) and provides

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How to enable and use Google image search, search by voice and instant pages

June 16, 2011 |  by  |  Google, Tips n Tweaks  |  No Comments

Google Voice Search Google Voice Search has been on Android and iOS for a while, but Google's finally introduced it in Chrome, so you can search the web without every typing a keystroke. Here's how to enable and start using Google's keyboard-free search features. Voice Search doesn't require any setup; you just need to head to Google and click on the microphone in the search bar to start searching. And, of course, you'll need a microphone plugged into your computer. Note that this is rolling out gradually, so if you don't see the mic icon just yet, come back in a

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