Google Images Safe Search Switch Changed
Google Blogoscoped Jul 05 09Google image search made toggling the SafeSearch option a tiny bit easier, by including the settings switch menu right on the results page (instead of linking to the settings page, where one has to toggle a radio button option and hit a save button).* SafeSearch is Google's adult content filter that can be turned off in most countries, though interestingly enough not in (at least) Google China. *I believe this is rather new, but don't know when exactly it was added. Full story...
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Google Analytics Plans to Offer Opt-Out for Users
Google Blogoscoped 4 hours agoOne of the most powerful citizens of Webtown also happens to be rather well-behaved at times -- which serves the interests of others as well as (arguably) the long term interests of the citizen itself.
YouTube: "For years, Viacom continuously and secretly uploaded its content to YouTube, even while publicly complaining about its presence there.&
Google Blogoscoped 4 hours agoChief Counsel of Google-owned YouTube, Zahavah Levine, in a blog post relating to the Viacom vs. YouTube lawsuit writes:
For years, Viacom continuously and secretly uploaded its content to YouTube, even while publicly complaining about its presence there.
Facebook Overtakes Google Search
Google Blogoscoped less than a day agoHitwise, a web analysis business, said on its Analyst Weblog that Facebook was the most visited site last week, overtaking Google Search for the first time.
Google Street View Hong Kong
Google Blogoscoped Mar 11 10Google released Street View imagery for Hong Kong. Hong Kong is a fun and busy place where it's easy to get lost, perhaps less so with these photo maps.
Reader Play, Google's Slideshow of Interesting Stuff
Google Blogoscoped Mar 10 10OK, I can see myself waste some time with this. Google Reader Play is a casual, push style way to feed yourself distracting/ enlightening/ inspiring snippets, imagery and videos.
No, we can't translate "Yes we can"
Google Blogoscoped Mar 10 10Ten years ago, the best-available translation software analysed the source text to determine its structure: subject, object, nouns, verbs, phrases, etc.
Variable Speed for YouTube Videos
Google Blogoscoped Mar 08 10If you've opted in to YouTube's HTML5 experiment, the videos will play in your own browser's player, instead of in an Adobe Flash player.
Criticism of Google at Wikipedia
Google Blogoscoped Mar 08 10Wikipedia has a whole page dedicated to criticism of Google.
Do Some People Confuse Public and Private Buzz Messages?
Google Blogoscoped Mar 08 10Do some people confuse public Buzz messages with private email conversations? I don't know, but some of the following conversations I found using Gmail's Buzz search sounded a bit odd.
The Ask-Our-Computer Service (from 1967)
Google Blogoscoped Mar 07 10This snippet is from Popular Science, May 1967, page 94:
[Hat tip to George R!]
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