Posts Tagged ‘Google’

What Indians Are Searching For - Feb 2008 Edition

Monday, April 14, 2008 0:50 No Comments

Wondering what Indians are searching for recently? Well in Feb, 2008, Movies, Movie stars and Cricket continue to dominate top searches. My surprise entry is ‘Causes of Global Warming’. Not sure why suddenly there is so much interest in that aspect.
India - Top Gaining Queries: February 2008

filmfare awards 2008
budget highlights
aishwarya (actress)
concept [...]

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Gmail Custom Time - April 1st Couldn’t be any foolish !!!

Tuesday, April 1, 2008 9:12 2 Comments

Google is very well known for this. Gmail now comes with a custom time. That means you can send an email as if you had sent it in the past. Not only that, you can request such a way that the email will be marked as ‘read’ by the recipient. AAHHaaaa!
 
I am about cry [...]

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Why Did Google Buy JotSpot? And what happened to it?

Monday, February 25, 2008 1:03 1 Comment

Google acquired Jotspot on 10/31/2006. Google’s world class data centers, huge audience and a team of incredibly smart people…. supposed to make JotSpot a better software. But what happened to it? Still closed to new users. Software doesn’t work anymore. Joe Kraus busy with Google OpenSocial. Is JotSpot dead?
This is quite the same screen even [...]

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Google Forms and Live Data : Another Distinction

Sunday, February 17, 2008 14:52 No Comments

Google products while look so simple and are always on a feature diet (compared to other traditional web as well as desktop applications), always amazes me with continuous innovation and features that I am looking for and quite useful to many. Latest such distinction comes from Google Spreadsheets.

Google recently announced a new feature: forms. By [...]

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Indexing Text Data from Images :Google’s new Patent

Friday, January 4, 2008 7:40 No Comments

Dynamically extracting text information from images could have a new wave of applications even in everyday life of a consumer.  Mashable notes, 
Google has filed a patent (full text available here) for “recognizing text in images,” which could give Google Street View a whole new meaning and purpose. According to Information Week, the technology would [...]

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