Friday, April 30, 2010


This week Google [April 30th]

Facebook Finding More Ways to Compete with Google

Apparently Facebook is not content with only taking over the web, but wants to get some penetration into the physical world as well. Taking a cue from another dominant company, Google, Facebook is now giving brick and mortar businesses decals to put in their windows. While Facebook tells WebProNews the decals are currently only a test with a small number of businesses, I would expect this to be expanded in the future...

Read more at : http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2010/04/28/facebook-finding-more-ways-to-compete-with-google

Keeping Track of the World with Chrome Extensions

In recent weeks, we saw not only breaking news, but erupting, stunning and unveiling news! To keep myself from drowning in the news flood, I found that using a few Chrome extensions can help me keep track of it all...

Read more at :http://chrome.blogspot.com/2010/04/keeping-track-of-world-with-chrome.html

Integrating virtual keyboards in Google search

You've spilled coffee on your keyboard. The a, e, i, o, u, and r keys have stopped working. Now try to search Google for the nearest computer repair shop. The pain of typing on this broken keyboard is similar to what many people searching in non-English languages feel when trying to type today. Typing searches on keyboards not designed for your languages can be frustrating, even impossible...

Read more at : http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/integrating-virtual-keyboards-in-google.html

More ways to share your photos

Like many other things in life, photos are best when shared. I share the majority of my photos on Picasa Web Albums, but I also sometimes tweet about specific photos or share them on my blog. Today, we're making it a little simpler to share your PWA photos to whichever destination you want, with the launch of easy share buttons for Google Buzz, Blogger and Twitter.

To share a photo or album from Picasa Web Albums straight to any of these sites, just click the appropriate icon to the right of your photo, customize your message, and post it...

Read more at : http://googlephotos.blogspot.com/2010/04/more-ways-to-share-your-photos.html