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Google Chrome Extension “Linky” Opens Multiple Links

Posted on 07 January 2010

Here is a good extension of Google Chrome users called Linky.
Linky opens all selected links that are currently hightlighted in new tabs. Makes it easier to scan through many pages quickly.
Select an area of text which contains links, and clicking on the linky icon from the chrome extension bar will open each link in a [...]

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Google Ads Favicon Support for Subscriptions in Google Reader

Posted on 26 November 2009

Google Reader gets favicon support for subscriptions. These are the little square icons provided by sites that show up both in your address bar and open tabs (atleast in most browsers).
One advantage of favicon support is that, simplifying the feed reading process, since you can now find a particular feed in a long list of [...]

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Offline Gmail Can Now Send Attachments

Posted on 26 November 2009

Gmail users who had been waiting for attachments in messages composed while offline in Gmail, can now do that. Google has introduced this feature.
Attachments work just the wya you would expect them to whether you are online or offline (with the exception that when you’re offline you won’t be able to include inline images). Just [...]

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Google Wave Crawling In Net

Posted on 23 November 2009

As with any so called revolutionary technology, initially, there is always a great divide between those who become early adopters/proponents and those that remain on the sidelines watching skeptically. Google Wave is currently in that position. Since the time Google sent out its first batch of invites, people have been trying to evaluate whether [...]

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Google Introduces Machine-generated Automatic Captions In YouTube

Posted on 20 November 2009

As more people are making use of captions, Google has added automatic captions in YouTube. Captions not only help the deaf and hearing imparied, but with machine translation, they also enable people around the world to access video content in any of 51 languages.
Captions can also improve search and even enable users to jump to [...]

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New Features In Google Translate With New Look

Posted on 19 November 2009

Google Translate gets new features along with new looks and feel.
New Features Include:
Translate instantly: Say goodbye to the old “Translate” button. Google Translate now translates your text right as you type.
Read and write any language: Want to say “Today is a good day” in Chinese, but can’t read Han characters? Click “Show romanization” to read [...]

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Google Launches Google Image Swirl

Posted on 19 November 2009

Google Image Swirl builds on new computer vision research to cluster similar images into representative groups in a fun, exploratory interface.
If you search for an image in Image Swirl, you’ll find 12 images in thumbnails view close to what you search and when you click on the thumbnail image, then cluster of images will “swirl” [...]

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Google Introduces Parental Controlled SafeSearch Filtering

Posted on 12 November 2009

Parent’s want to be extremely careful when their child is browsing on the web and specially in the house. Google introduces SafeSearch screens for sites that contain explicit sexual content and deletes them from your search results.
Although most of the site filtering doesn’t guarantee full protection, by this one from Google it’s harder for kids [...]

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Google Introduces Quick Viewing Of Formatted PDFs In Search Results

Posted on 09 October 2009

Previously you must have found it difficult to view the PDF files only if you have a PDF viewer. But google has introduced quick viewing of formateed PDFs in you search results.
Before Google had provided an alternative to quickly and easily view these files as HTML right in a web browser by clicking “”View as [...]

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Google Wave With 100,000 Invitations For Developers, First Users And Select Customers

Posted on 30 September 2009

On 30th September Google will be sending more than 100,000 invitations to preview Google Wave for developers, First users and select customers.
Google Wave has the potential for making you more productive when communicating and collaborating, according to Google Blog.
Google Wave is a lot more useful if your friends, family and colleagues have it too.
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