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G-Speak – Gesture based Operating System from Oblong

admin — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:50:22 +0000

Firstly, I must give the credit to Steven Spielberg for his realistic foresight into the Future in his film Minority Report(2002). In the film Tom Cruise is seen using a gesture based operating system where the large screen is controlled by some hand movements. It became a reality now with the Oblong Inc. finally bringing Gesture based Operating System, the G-Speak to life.

G-Speak is an operating system where a large screen is controlled by hand gestures from the special gloves with embedded beads on it. Unbelievable ? Well, look for yourself.

Google Code gets Source Viewer

admin — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:56:05 +0000

Google Code now allows the users to take a quick look at the code for any project. The source code viewer is a Ajax-powered tool that allow the users to highlight syntax, see revisions, browsing directory in the tree-view, easier navigation through Subversion repository and lot more. Thanks to Jenan wise, an intern from Google who is responsible for this great tool.

Google Gadget Ads

admin — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:16:43 +0000

Google is testing new ad format, called Gadget Ads. Gadgets Ads are mini sites based on HTML and Flash. The new ad format will provide a new dynamic way for interacting with the consumers and more clicks for AdSense users . Gadget ads are like Mini Sites running on a web page. However there is no guarantee that the ads will appear on your site, but you may increase the chance by opting for rectangle, leaderboard, and skyscraper ads in the image only format.

Google’s new website "Play"

admin — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:21:47 +0000

Google introduced a new website called Play. The website shows pictures uploaded by the Bloggers as a slide show(LIVE). That is, as soon as someone upload an image, it will be shown on the play website. If you are running the slide show for an hour, better use Firefox, IE7 or safari 3 beta. Older versions may encounter some difficulties.

Address: play.blogger.com

Google signs a deal with Capgemini

admin — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:42:16 +0000

Google ties up with Capgemini, a well known company for its outsourcing services and IT consulting businesses. The company is going to offer Google Apps premier to its enterprise clients. Google is offering the premier service for 50 $, but the Capgemini will offer the service for 25 $ to their enterprise clients. More on agreement Here

Google’s new webmaster central

admin — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 15:59:26 +0000

Google rolled out a fresh new design for Webmaster central today. Several tools and goodies are added to the website.

What’s New ?

You can create Google custom search straight from the Webmaster central homepage.
The big one is “Google Gadgets” page, the page contains several gadgets organized in to different sections that can be placed on the website.

Gadgets are tiny utilities that add functionality to the website. You can see the gadget in action below.

GTalk Gadget:

There are many gadgets to choose from. Visit the Webmaster central Here

Google Street View

admin — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:28:11 +0000

Google is enhancing Google Maps service with a new addition Street View Feature that allows you to view photos of roads in nine major cities across US. To use Street view drag the human icon to a street. Street View is available in high resolution for San-Francisco and San Diego, other cities use lower resolution. To snap the pictures Google used mounted digital cameras on the roof of a passenger car and drove around the cities. Google has no set of plans to take the pictures on regular basis though.

Street View in Action:

Click on the image to Enlarge.

Google Sky to watch the sky in 3D

admin — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:57:05 +0000

Sky is a tool for Google Earth that allows users to search a 3D rendition of Earth’s surface. Users can now watch the celestial bodies in the same way they watch the earth, Zoom into the sky from any part of the world and watch all the celestial bodies. Sky is not the only tool for this purpose. A free open source software is available to watch the sky in 3D, its called Stellarium.

Download Stellarium from Here

Google’s video ads

admin — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:47:47 +0000

Google adds new member to the AdSense family “Click to play Video Ads”. Video ads compete with the image and text ads for placement. However there are mixed opinions on the new format.

There are no guarantees that the video ads appear on your site. but if you want to increase the chances make sure:

1. Opt for image ads.

2. use on of the three ad formats that support video ads.

300×250 medium rectangle.
336×280 large rectangle.
250×250 square.

3. Above all your site should be advertiser friendly.

Google opens a resource website for Advertisers

admin — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 16:16:14 +0000

Google opened a new resource center specifically for Advertisers. The resource center provides information on click-fraud. In pay-per -click format, advertisers pay every time someone click on their ads. Click fraud happens in two ways…

1. When companies click on competitors ads to drive up their spending.

2. When Web Publishers click on their sites to increase their earnings.

Click Here to visit Google’s resource Center on Click-Fraud.