As if there were not already enough choices for shortening those long URLs, another one has launched. And if it was not for the company launching it, we would probably not be paying it much attention. But this is no run-of-the-mail-under-the-radar kind of unveiling. This is Google’s new URL shortener, Goo.gl and it is not
Google Wave-ing Good-Bye?
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Can it be that one of the most hyped new tools of the year has already met an early and untimely demise? According to Google’s blog, the company has decided to end support for the much-anticipated and, apparently, hardly used Google Wave. What can we say besides, “Google Wave, we hardly knew ye!”
It…
Google’s groovy new image search rolls out!
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Change is once again afoot in the hallowed online halls of Google. Not everyone can see it just yet, but Google’s popular image search is getting a pretty radical makeover. Here’s what is going on . . .
Google’s image search has been around for quite awhile now. Popular, it has remained fairly untouched…
Google Follow Finder help you find the right tweeps!
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Posted in Reviews, Tips & Tricks
There are many ways to find folks worth following on Twitter. You can use any of the Twitter search engines to find people using specific hashtags or words, such as “#libraries” or librarianship. You can follow specific Twitter lists, such as our own “Librariana” (http://twitter.com/iBraryGuy/librariana). There are even sites such as WeFollow.com that…
Google’s new look causes a stir.
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Posted in Reviews
Google unveiled a brand new look for its industry-dominating search engine yesterday. The new 3-Column format is designed to make filtering searches and drilling down results easier than ever. Some folks are praising the new interface. Others, if you are following the comments on the various news feeds and blogs, are outraged and want their…
Gaga for Google Docs’ new collaborative features!
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Just when we were beginning to really enjoy and get the hang of Google Docs, the company went ahead and got all collaborative on us! That’s right, the cloud-based wordprocesser is boldly going where no free document editing tool has gone before. With the the new features available in Google Docs, the cloud is…
Nice! GMail’s new “Nested Labels” organize your inbox!
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Google Labs has announced the testing of a sweet new feature for GMail users – Nested Labels. Designed to give users more control over how they organize their inboxes, users must currently opt in to enjoy this new functionality.
Heavy GMail users have long known that for all of the cool features available, one…