Archive for the ‘ Breaking News ’ Category

New Google Layout

Tonight I was searching with an anonymous proxy on Google when I got a new (at least for me layout). The new choice of colors is way more pleasant than the old colors and there are also a few other changes (icons and labeling) on the more options sidebar. Hope that this test passes and [ READ MORE ]

Photosynth in Google Street View

Google LatLong blog is anouncing that now Microsoft Photosynth is available on Google Maps’s Street view. Oh wait, is not Photosynth is only Picasa integration Looking how similar the products are I’m curios how long it will take until the patent lawsuit appears. And who will win… [ READ MORE ]

Bad product placement

As of today, Google has started heavily promoting it’s Chrome browser on YouTube with the message: “Try YouTube in a new web browser! Download Google Chrome“. So far so good. YouTube it’s a Google property and it’s their duty to increase their market share by all means possible. The problem is that YouTube usage under [ READ MORE ]

Goodbye Chrome. At least for now…

I’ve been using Google’s Chrome as a default browser both at work and at home since it’s lunch. I was pretty aware of the fact that’s a beta product and that some additional stress is mandatory. But after 2 months I’m done. Switching back to Firefox. Here are my main reasons: 1. Is 2008. No browser is [ READ MORE ]

Google Analytics has new features! (Adsense integration included)

Even though Google Analytics blog stated a few hours ago that the changes we saw are only minor UI enhancements the great news came from Avinash Kaushik blog that announced and detailed the list of new features: 1. User Interface refresh. 2. AdSense now integrated into GA. (private beta only) 3. Advanced visualizations: Motion Charts! 4. Custom Reports! 5. Advanced Segmentation!! 6. The Google Analytics API. 7. Automatic importing [ READ MORE ]