Google via fc09.deviantart.net

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Google is testing a new style! To have a look yourself do the following:

1. log out (look at the upper right corner and click log out - there’s no logout? fine! just continue with step 2)
2. paste this code into your adress bar (just this code, don’t add it to Google’s URL)
   javascript:void(document.cookie=”PREF=ID=20b6e4c2f44943bb:U=4bf292d46faad806:TM=1249677602:LM=1257919388:S=odm0Ys-53ZueXfZG;path=/; domain=.google.com”);
   These lines will just add a cookie.
3. Now reload the page, in case you’re not on Google’s US site, seek for the link to google.com in the footer or just head there the good old way.
   
   

LiveStats by GoSquared offer a free visitor tracking service of course besides two payment plans offering more features. The idea and interface looks a lot like a mix of Google Analytics and Me.com.

For anyone looking for an alternative to the often confusing gAnalytics LiveStats might be worth a closer look.

30 Android icons, with source files, released under a Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike license.

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1. Open your Google Reader and take a good look at your 1000+ posts count

2. Locate and press the mark all as read button

3. Enjoy won freedom

…that’s what I just did and I feel so much better now!

The 11-year history of Google in 2 minutes.

All of Kevin’s favorites videos are at PopScreen

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Minimalist GMail by Matt Constantine

Introducing a way to take Gmail back to basics. Way back. Now with a few clicks you can get rid of the stuff you don’t use and focus on what matters most.

Helpful and perfect for everyone, who is using and checking their mails in GMail and Firefox.

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Nation of Go is a Flash based Google Maps mashup connecting social aspects with GPS and an easy to use iPhone app. More information on Odopod. Via NFPblog

Google’s Wave is in closed beta and already there’s client software for Mac and iPhone available: Waveboard

The Editors modified Google Streetview for their new album In This Light And On This Evening.

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New Gmail for the iPhone

We’ve just released a new look and feel for the mobile version of Gmail on your iPhone. Our goal: make Gmail fit nicely as part of the latest Google on your iPhone experience. This means that we had to make Gmail faster and more fluid.

To do that, we decided to use AJAX—a powerful set of web development techniques that make web pages more responsive. We also implemented two of the coolest and most requested features for this release: pre-fetching and auto-complete. Now when you use Google on your iPhone, Gmail will automatically pre-load all your most recent messages for you. So when you decide to read a message it will be on your screen in a snap.

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infoneernet:

Introducing Google Building Maker

One of the best ways to get a big project done — and done well — is to open it up to the world. As such, today we’re announcing the launch of Google Building Maker, a fun and simple (and crazy addictive, it turns out) tool for creating buildings for Google Earth.

We like to think of Building Maker as a cross between Google Maps and a gigantic bin of building blocks. Basically, you pick a building and construct a model of it using aerial photos and simple 3D shapes – both of which we provide. When you’re done, we take a look at your model. If it looks right, and if a better model doesn’t already exist, we add it to the 3D Buildings layer in Google Earth. You can make a whole building in a few minutes.

Seen at The Official Google Blog

Google Maps Map of Grand Theft Auto

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So what is Google Wave all about? To get a grasp of what all that buzz is about, lay back and take 2 minutes for this video.

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