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Google launched Top Draw for Mac

by Amit Verma September 30, 2008

Google launched a Javascript based image creation software for Mac. It uses simple text based javascript code to generate images. It provides the script editor and a option to install a menubar viewer which runs the script and set the images as desktop background. It uses Apple’s Quartz and CoreImage rendering engines for image generation. [...]

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Google is giving away $10 million on its 10th birthday

by Amit Verma September 25, 2008

If you got an idea which you think can help others then Google may pay you as much as $10 million to turn your ideas into reality. Google will fund $10 million in total to the 5 ideas selected by the advisory board. You can submit your ideas under following categories. Community: How can we [...]

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New in Gmail Labs

by Amit Verma September 22, 2008

Google has recently added a few add-on in Gmail Labs. Some of them are really useful. Mark as Read Button If you use “Mark as Read” option from Action menu frequently then this is for you. Enable this lab feature will insert a “Mark as Read” button beside Delete button. Default ‘Reply to all’ The [...]

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Broken feed in Feedburner

by Amit Verma September 16, 2008

I was tying to access feeds of http://www.amit.me/blog but it was broken. I am using Google’s feedburner service to host my feeds. However it was restored after a few minutes.

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Face recognition added to Picasa Web Album

by Amit Verma September 4, 2008

Google has introduced face recognition in Picasa web album. Now you can add name tag to faces in your pictures. Picasa web album will help you to automatically recognize faces in the picture which you can easily tag. Gmail contact list will help you to auto-complete the name while tagging. The new contact that you [...]

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GMAIL even more secure

by Amit Verma July 29, 2008

Gmail supports secure connection (https protocol) but it wasn’t default. Gmail uses HTTPS while login but once you are in the mail it uses HTTP instead of HTTPS untill you append HTTPS in the URL https://mail.google.com instead of http://mail.google.com). Google has added a new feature so that you can turn secure connect to default. To [...]

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KNOL by google

by Amit Verma July 24, 2008

I am still on leave but couldn’t resist writing about KNOL. Google was testing it for last few months and today it is made live for everyone. It is similar to wikipedia but it has a few advantages over wiki. Check the differences at http://www.labnol.org/internet/favorites/compare-google-knol-wikipedia-encyclopedia/3961/ PS: Tomorrow is my last exam and the last day [...]

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Second life – lively.com by google

by Amit Verma July 11, 2008

Google launched a new service named lively. Basically it is a chatting tool but really interesting. There are several public rooms you can join. It is not like other chat rooms. You can walk, sit on furniture, laugh and many more things. You can use your existing google account to sign in. Check it out [...]

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