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Google tries to get peoples' attention. It works.

Sep 8, 2010
Yesterday, the Google.com page was all these crazy bouncing balls. Today it's white lettering that fills in color letter by letter when you type...

The future, according to Eric Schmidt

Sep 7, 2010
I keep wondering whether someone at Google will tell this guy to stop talking. A while back was Schmidt's assertion that in the future it will be...

What do the balls mean?!

Sep 7, 2010
This final note, in which I try crowdsourcing to help figure out something that's been bugging me all day. What's up with Google today? Y'know ho...

Google home page a big colorful mystery

Sep 7, 2010
Have you been to Google today? Then you've noticed that they're running another special logo. The word "Google" is formed by a bunch of colorful...

GooglePlex

Aug 30, 2010
Nirvana for film buffs.  Imagine an online movie rental store with every movie, ever made always in stock - an unlimited number screens and an...

Google search feature no longer hard to find

Aug 26, 2010
Google's RealTime search got its own page today.  The service turns offers search results from news sites, blogs, Twitter, Facebook and more in a...

What Gmail Voice will give Google

Aug 26, 2010
Everybody's talking about the new service Google rolled out yesterday - making voice calls through Gmail.  Wired's Ryan Single has an...

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Gmail now makes phone calls

Aug 25, 2010
Google announced today that Gmail accounts can now take phone calls. For the rest of the year, you can use your Gmail account to call people in the...

No peeking at Facebook pages

Aug 23, 2010
Imagine a world in which it's illegal for an employer to get info about a job applicant on Facebook.  That's the world Germany might live in.  On...

Leading Thinkers on Net Neutrality

Aug 19, 2010
Net Neutrality is a complicated issue. The recent Google/Verizon policy proposal has raised new questions about the open internet - the idea that...