Showing posts with label Google Related. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Google Related. Show all posts
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Google Goes Musical With OneBox Music Service
nternet giant Google has already dominated the search marker, books, email and more but now they have taken a step further. The two words ‘music’ and ‘lyrics’ are amongst the top 10 search terms of all time on Google and they have decided to take advantage of this by entering the online music industry and and starting a currently US only service named OneBox which can assist users with finding and buying music online.
They have teamed up with Lala and iLike which is owned by MySpace and will allow it’s users to search for tracks using snippets of songs, song titles and song artists. This service will also allow you to listen to entire tracks online for free. An analyst from research firm Forrester, Mark Mulligen is concerned that this can be offering alternatives to illegal file-sharing users. As most of us probably already know BitTorrent is used all around the world by users to download music and movies for free.
“Just imagine if when a consumer searches for a song, alongside all of those Torrent results is a heavily integratated Google music offering.”
This is how it will work. When users search using OneBox it will come up with a pop-up widget offering to play the entire song for free using services like iLike and Lala. The results will also highlight information like tours and concerts the artist will be attending and other relevant information. It will also allow the user to buy the song.
Marissa Mayer, vice president of search at Google said “At Google, we see millions of music-related queries every day,” at the launch in Los Angeles.
“It is clear to us that for our users music holds a very special and particular place.
However, Apple are currently leading the market as they hold 70% of worldwide sales but in Europe, firms such as Spotify are also beginning to become popular. Google also wishes to have the same success as these companies.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Getting Bored with the Plain Background of Google Homepage?Mcsearcher Is To THe Rescue
The Google homepage is just too plain and simple and sometimes you might get bored with it when you used it regularly. It would be better if there are some background colors in it but I'm sure Google won't be doing that because it may affects the page load time.
McSearcher has came up with a brilliant tool whereby you can search Google using your own background pictures. Isn't that interesting?
To start personalizing your own and unique Google homepage, simply either upload an image from your computer or enter the image URL. Try to upload pictures that have a higher resolution because the image will fit automatically to your browser.
McSearcher will then redirects you to your customized Google homepage and you can start searching from there. By making it your hompage, simply click on the IE or Firefox icon located at the top right hand corner.
Have fun!
Try Flash Earth If Are Bored with Google Earth...
I know some may say that Google Earth is still the best. But sometimes you may get bored with it after playing with it for a while.
Let me introduce you a free online software known as Flash Earth. It is flash-based service which allows you to explore satellite and aerial imagery of the Earth via a zoomable map from several mapping services, including NASA, OpenAerialMap, OpenLayers, Microsoft Virtual Earth, Microsoft VE (labels), Yahoo! Maps and Ask.com Maps.
In the past, Flash Earth supports Google Maps. But currently I am not sure why it is being excluded from the list.
Although Flash Earth is not as powerful as Google Earth, but at least you are being exposed to different mapping sources to view aerial imagery of the Earth
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Gizmodo has uncovered some leaked photo Google Android
The Google Android powered smartphones by HTC.
Their first attempt with mix, the HTC T-Mobile G1, didn't quite had the eye candyish stuff and get a big fan following. And even though Google announced an unlocked Android G1 around the 2008 holidays, people still preferred the iPhone 3G.
Gizmodo has uncovered some leaked photos of a new handset which appear to be quite authentic.
The first thing you would notice here is its shiny plastic finish, which is very much welcoming from the pale gray look on G1.
Also this time around there is not physical keyboard present, which is a little disappointing. Though the touchscreen is large, but we know the current Android interface had some issues.
The back side has a new surprise A 3.2 Mega Pixel camera, though even mid range phones for vendors like Nokia boast a 5.0 Mega Pixel camera these days. What would be interesting is the video capabilities of the G2 (if there are any).
The current rumors suggest that this handset would hit the shelves this summer though there are still no official announcement. What I would personally like to see is a prettier interface than the current one, but all we can do for now is wait for the official word on
Their first attempt with mix, the HTC T-Mobile G1, didn't quite had the eye candyish stuff and get a big fan following. And even though Google announced an unlocked Android G1 around the 2008 holidays, people still preferred the iPhone 3G.
Gizmodo has uncovered some leaked photos of a new handset which appear to be quite authentic.
The first thing you would notice here is its shiny plastic finish, which is very much welcoming from the pale gray look on G1.
Also this time around there is not physical keyboard present, which is a little disappointing. Though the touchscreen is large, but we know the current Android interface had some issues.
The back side has a new surprise A 3.2 Mega Pixel camera, though even mid range phones for vendors like Nokia boast a 5.0 Mega Pixel camera these days. What would be interesting is the video capabilities of the G2 (if there are any).
The current rumors suggest that this handset would hit the shelves this summer though there are still no official announcement. What I would personally like to see is a prettier interface than the current one, but all we can do for now is wait for the official word on Why Does Google need not to build an Operating System at all to Kill Microsoft?
The Mission of Chrome: Destroy the Microsoft Eco-system
It’s pretty obvious that the folks at Google didn’t developed Chrome to challenge other browser giants such as Firefox or Internet Explorer. Instead, it has further means. With Chrome, Google is able to create another Internet Develop Platform on Windows, to build a new Eco-system.
Currently, many applications are developed based on the Windows API and it’s an Eco-system which is built by Microsoft. This is also the reason of that Microsoft can control desktops for so many years. Every developer must use the Windows API standard and no other alternatives, otherwise it could not be reached out to users.
Any corporation out there who intends to beat Microsoft in terms of operating system market share must destroy this Eco-system balance first by simply pulling loyal users away from Windows. To reach this tough goal, this corporation must first let developers not depend on the Windows API standard.
Therefore, I think the most important mission of Chrome is to destroy the balance of the Eco-system based on Windows API which is built by Microsoft for many years. The search engine titan must do this first by making Chrome look more attractive for web application developers to give up the Windows API, and develop based on Chrome instead. Next, make use of the power of developers to promote Chrome to ordinary users like you and me, so that let they need not to depend on Windows anymore.
That may be the real intention of Google.
Analysis: Google don’t need to build an Operating System
Many people believe that Google must have an Operating System to win Microsoft. However, I don’t think so. Google need not to develop another Operating System from scratch, and in the present, it’s pretty impossible for any corporation to built a Desktop Operating System which is way better than Windows.
Server-side applications is easy to transfer and convert, and users cannot really feel the difference at all. But in desktop, the story would be different. A desktop operating system without applications’ support means a complete failure. As a result, Google will not make such a silly decision.
Sun used to make use of Javascript to beat Microsoft. However, Microsoft had successfully prevent this disaster from happening. Frankly speaking, the Windows creator is very afraid of Javascript, because if Javascript becomes common, everyone will use Javascript instead of the Windows API. As a result, Javascript will be another better standard to let users give up using Windows. So Microsoft rejected Javascript to be run in Windows directly, and this is the reason why many scripts cannot be run properly in Internet Explorer.
Since Google don’t have any good opportunity to replace Microsoft, the only way it can do is by destroying the Eco-system of it in another smarter method. Apple made the wrong move by putting an operating system fight directly at Microsoft. The main focus of “killing” is to win the hearts of the majority Windows users, but on the other hand not allow users to use another Operating System because users cannot change their habits that easily. Chrome can run on Windows, so users don’t need to change their habits and use the new applications which is developed for Chrome. After a long time, when a lot of users are using Web Applications instead of softwares based on the Windows API, they do not need to use Windows any longer, because Chrome can run on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.
Therefore, Chrome may use 5 years to let Web Applications depend on Chrome instead of the Windows API. For example, Google Docs is supported on all browsers, but you may notice that Google Docs is really like a software in Chrome. And I think there will be many applications like Google Docs in the future.
If more than 80% applications can be switched to the Chrome Platform, who will use Windows then? Windows costs a bomb, and it will be no better than others because all the things can be done via Chrome, and Chrome need not to depend much on Windows too.
Linux can be easily changed to your own version, even Mac OS X is written based on FreeBSD (An Open-Source Operating System which has a different license from the GNU Linux). Android is written based on Linux too, Google do not need to start all over again.
Improve Googling With Spific
Google is the best and most successful search engine of all time and most Internet users would say that. When I'm in a bookstore and in the technology section, We know about a couple of books about Google and not a single book about Yahoo .
Spific is an impressive search engine that helps you filter out irrelevant Google search results by dates and categories. Through this search engine, you're able to find what you really need quickly and more efficient. Powered by Google, you can narrow your search by selecting from over 20 categories such as news & newspapers, dictionaries, how-to guides, encyclopedias, science & technology, etc.
Not only that, you can filter the results by date. (past 24 hours, past week, past month, and many more). Furthermore, Spific even allows you to refine the results by selecting "Blogs", "Videos", "Forums" and "Stores" in the search results page.
A Catholoic Search Engine Sounds Funky..
Powered by Google the,the Catholic Google which dubbed itself as "the best way for good Catholics to surf the web" is a search engine that shows Catholic-related results from the keywords you've entered followed by the original Google Search results.
This search engine intends to make it safe for Catholics to use by implementing Google's "safe search" technology to remove results that contain explicit or violent content. If you're a catholic and wants to learn more about Catholicism, you can try out Catholic Google.
Another Catholic search engine that is powered by the mighty Google is calledTheCatholicSearch. This website works almost exactly the same as Catholic Google but the only difference is that TheCatholicSearch doesn't makes use of the Google "safe search" which is quite important.
Another Catholic search engine that is powered by the mighty Google is calledTheCatholicSearch. This website works almost exactly the same as Catholic Google but the only difference is that TheCatholicSearch doesn't makes use of the Google "safe search" which is quite important.
One Of The Best 10 Google Search Tips
Google is one of the website that most people visits while surfing the internet. While on the search box, you may already know some of the basic tricks. However, many of us don't know the oblique and clever tips that the Google search could do which would provide us convenience and also saves our time.
In this article, I will list down 10 Best Google Search Tips which I used frequently. Be it using the search for dictionary, finding time, weather and currency converter, using the search engine would significantly makes my life easier. Here are the 10 Google Search Tips:
1. Google can be your dictionary
Type define followed by any English word into the search box, and Google will give you a quick definition at the top of the search results. For example,
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2. Use Google Advanced Search.
Google Advanced Search offers numerous options for making your searches more precise and getting more useful results. With Advanced Search, you can search only for pages:
3. Capitalization doesn’t matter.
Google searches are NOT case sensitive. Save yourself time and typos: don’t brother with the SHIFT key. All letters, regardless of how you type them, will be understood as lower case. For example, searches for george washington, George Washington, and gEoRgE wAsHiNgToN will all return the same results.
4. Find the time of any location.
Many of us might be probably working for clients which are based at different parts of the world. Therefore, communication has to be carried out frequently in such cases. However, it is important to know the opposite partner's time zone, so that you would not call him in the middle of the night while he is sleeping!
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6. Convert currency, metrics, bytes, and more
Google's powerful built-in converter calculator helps you whether you are cooking, while you are in the need to convert currencies and many more. With the converter calculator, it can convert from one currency to another, from metre to foot, from gigabyte to byte, from gallons to litres etc. For example, type in
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7. Get an instant stock quote.
Type a stock ticker symbol into the search box to get a stock quote and chart on any public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. American Stock Exchange or NASDAQ.
8. Forget pluralism.
Google automatically searches for all the stems of a word, so you don’t need to do separate searches for dance, dances, and dancing. Just type one of the words and Google will take care of the rest, giving you results all in one list.
9. Tracking Flight Status
Google is able to track flight status of any plane or airline by entering the airline and the flight number. You would also be able to get the estimated arrival and departure timing too.
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10. I’m Feeling Lucky.
To bypass a long list of results and click on the top-matching Web page for your term, simply enter a search term and click the "I'm Felling Lucky" button on the Google homepage to go directly to the first web page in the results.
In this article, I will list down 10 Best Google Search Tips which I used frequently. Be it using the search for dictionary, finding time, weather and currency converter, using the search engine would significantly makes my life easier. Here are the 10 Google Search Tips:
1. Google can be your dictionary
Type define followed by any English word into the search box, and Google will give you a quick definition at the top of the search results. For example,
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2. Use Google Advanced Search.
Google Advanced Search offers numerous options for making your searches more precise and getting more useful results. With Advanced Search, you can search only for pages:
- that contain ALL the search terms you type in
- that contain the exact phrase you type in
- that contain at least one of the words you type in
- that do NOT contain any of the words you type in
- written in a certain language
- created in a certain file format
- that have been updated within a certain period of time
- that contain numbers within a certain range
- within a certain domain, or website
- that don't contain "adult" material
3. Capitalization doesn’t matter.
Google searches are NOT case sensitive. Save yourself time and typos: don’t brother with the SHIFT key. All letters, regardless of how you type them, will be understood as lower case. For example, searches for george washington, George Washington, and gEoRgE wAsHiNgToN will all return the same results.
4. Find the time of any location.
Many of us might be probably working for clients which are based at different parts of the world. Therefore, communication has to be carried out frequently in such cases. However, it is important to know the opposite partner's time zone, so that you would not call him in the middle of the night while he is sleeping!Many people install time zone software for showing the time of the location they would be calling to. But with Google at your hands you don’t have to install any software. It would be just simple to use a query for finding the current time such as,
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6. Convert currency, metrics, bytes, and more
Google's powerful built-in converter calculator helps you whether you are cooking, while you are in the need to convert currencies and many more. With the converter calculator, it can convert from one currency to another, from metre to foot, from gigabyte to byte, from gallons to litres etc. For example, type in
click to enlarge
7. Get an instant stock quote.
Type a stock ticker symbol into the search box to get a stock quote and chart on any public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. American Stock Exchange or NASDAQ.
8. Forget pluralism.
Google automatically searches for all the stems of a word, so you don’t need to do separate searches for dance, dances, and dancing. Just type one of the words and Google will take care of the rest, giving you results all in one list.
9. Tracking Flight Status
Google is able to track flight status of any plane or airline by entering the airline and the flight number. You would also be able to get the estimated arrival and departure timing too.
click to enlarge
10. I’m Feeling Lucky.
To bypass a long list of results and click on the top-matching Web page for your term, simply enter a search term and click the "I'm Felling Lucky" button on the Google homepage to go directly to the first web page in the results.
Google Adsense Demos
Google AdSense is an ad program whereby publishers can enroll in this program to enable text, image and, more recently, video advertisements on their sites. These ads are administered by Google and generate revenue on either a per-click or per-thousand-impressions basis. Google is also currently beta-testing a cost-per-action based service.
If you have a website or blog, I would recommend you to sign up for Google Adsense as it is user-friendly and provides many features.
Folks at Google Adsense have created some demos and support for users, featuring Adsense tips and optimization-layout guides and many more.
Please make sure that your web browser has Macromedia Flash Plugin installed as the Adsense Demos are created with Macromedia Breeze. It looks similar to a presentation slide.
Here are some links of videos about how Google Adsense works.
Google Adsense Payment Demo
Google Adsense Payment Schedule
Google Adsense Optimization
Google Adsense Help with Ad Code20+ Google Blogs To Read To ...
Ever since Google takeover the "blogspot" throne, folks at Google came up with a creative and ingenious idea - create Google blogs to interact with users.
Currently, Google has created more than 50 blogs to show insights from Googlers into their products, technology and of course their own Google culture. With Google blogs, Google can attract more fans and readers but most importantly is to improve their Google image.
Here's a list of some common Google blogs which you guys should visit them when you are free -
1. Offical Google Blog - the official Google blog has more than 450,000 readers
2. Adwords Agency Blog - the latest from Adwords for you and your clients
3. Android Developers Blog - an open headset alliance project by Google
4. Blogger Blog - the official buzz from Blogger
5. Book Search Blog - if you are interested about books, you can try this
6. Checkout Blog - news for sellers using Google Checkout
7. Custom Search Blog - latest news and updates from the custom search team
8. Desktop Blog - the official source for information about Google Desktop
9. Docs Blog - news and notes from the Google Docs team
10. Feedburner Blog - some "burning questions" you would like to know
11. Finance Blog - news and views form the Google Finance team
12. Gmail Blog - news and tips from Google's Gmail team and friends
13. Analytics Blog - latest news and resource straight from the team of Analytics
14. Google Mac Blog - Mac inside Google
15. Adsense Blog - a look inside Google Adsense
16. Maps and Earth Blog - news and notes by the Google Earth and Maps team
17. News Blog - official blog from the team at Google News
18. Orkut Blog - your official guide to staying beautiful on Orkut
19. Picasa Blog - Google Photos Blog
20. Reader Blog - news, tips and tricks from the Google Reader team
21. Apps Blog - official update feed from the Google Apps Team
22. Talk Blog - a blog about voice, IM and open communications with Google Talk
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