Posts Tagged with 'google'

I’ve just noticed Google rolled something else out when they rolled out the Gmail themes: they’ve now added a “Promote”, “Remove” and “Comment” button to each search result:

(Of course I was going to demo by searching my own name ).
It will be interesting to see how this affects search results and the profits online [...]

The Official Gmail Blog are reporting that GMail is about to get a major face lift, that is if you want it to. They’re introducing some pretty cool looking skins (30 or so of them apparently) so you can change your Gmail look to suit your needs.
Apparently, you’ll be able to change your [...]

Today is Heritage Day in sunny South Africa. It’s the day…
when South Africans celebrate the diverse cultural heritage that makes up a “rainbow nation”. It is the day to celebrate the contribution of all South Africans to the building of South Africa.
Anyway, Google had recognised it too with a pretty cool looking logo (the colours [...]

If you happen to be walking down the road and notice an average looking car approaching with some sort of strange looking device strapped to it’s roof, much like this one or one of these, be sure to “Flash Your Googles” as this enterprising lass in Illinois did.
Please get your timing right though - there’s [...]

Interesting links for 21 Mar 08 - 2 Apr 08:

Congestion Charge offers online tool for ANPR cam dodgers - What a handy little tool provided by Transport for London for would be criminals and fraudsters.
End of term party becomes village square orgy - My, what a lovely bunch of children.
T5 opening turns into Airplane 3.0 [...]

Looky looky, even Google loves rugby.
Today’s google.co.uk logo is:

And Today’s google.co.za logo is:

Not only does the latest version of Google Earth have the ability to view the night’s sky, but it also has a “hidden” flight simulator that cleverly and accurately shows the ground below you.
To get started, fire up Google Earth, zoom in a bit and then press Ctrl+Alt+A (Cmd+Opt+A for Mac users). You’ll be [...]

Interesting links for 27 July 2007 - 6 August 2007:

Google Cheat Sheet (Version 1.06) - I like to think I’m a bit of a Google power user, I just can’t always remember all the keywords etc. Now I don’t need to.
First golf estate for Soweto - I can just picture the Polaris World adverts [...]

Interesting links for 20 April 2007 - 21 April 2007:

Blood ‘may provide new HIV drug’ - Now this would be brilliant. They always said the cure for HIV/AIDS would come from Africa, but who’d have thought it may actually come from within us.
Iconic Banksy Image Painted Over - Hmmm, one less tourist attraction thanks [...]