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Tag Archives: Google
Saturday, July 2nd, 2011

I’ve been using Google+ for a couple of days now, and I really like it. While I have not yet had a chance to give every feature a full run through it’s paces, I have very much liked what I have had a go with. Here’s why I think it has promise.

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Sunday, April 17th, 2011

I was reading this interesting (and bravely-titled) post on cross-browser testing earlier and scrolling down this memory-jogging infographic detailing the history of modern web browsers when I got to the bottom where Chrome came into existence and thought back to that day in early September 2008 when Chrome was first leaked then announced and the [...]

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Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

Did I just say the survival of Google, the world’s biggest search engine, the number 1 website on the internet, and a company with $23 billion revenues for 2009 (and already at nearly $21 billion through the third quarter of 2010)? (Source) I’m not as crazy as you undoubtedly would like to think. Google’s pretty [...]

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Monday, December 13th, 2010

In the middle of last week, while announcing the Nexus S phone and Android Gingerbread, a new version of Google Maps for Android was announced. It touts some brilliant features, such as vector based maps for faster loading and a better scaling experience on the device, offline maps and routing ability, and 3D buildings. Here [...]

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Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

Last night Google Hotpot launched. It is a very early version of Google’s local ratings service, giving users the chance to rate local restaurants, bars, pubs, clubs – well pretty much any place really. Initially I thought (as I suppose many people did) that this is only the web interface, but I also noticed this [...]

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