Saturday, February 20, 2010

Google Gives $2 Million to Wikipedia's Foundation

Google Gives $2 Million to Wikipedia's Foundation

Google has opened up its charity wallet once again. This time, the search giant has donated $2,000,000 to the Wikimedia Foundation, the organization that runs and maintains Wikipedia.

Facebook Is the Web's Ultimate Timesink [STATS]

Facebook Is the Web's Ultimate Timesink [STATS]

The average U.S. Internet user spends more time on Facebook than on Google, Yahoo, YouTube, Microsoft, Wikipedia and Amazoncombined. Think about that for a moment.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Windows Phone 7 Interface: Microsoft Has Out-Appled Apple - Microsoft windows phone 7 - Gizmodo

Windows Phone 7 Interface: Microsoft Has Out-Appled Apple - Microsoft windows phone 7 - Gizmodo

Microsoft's approach is completely different. Instead of becoming another me-too cellphone, like Android and the rest, the Windows Phone 7 team came up their own vision of what the cellphone should be. In the process, they have created a beautiful user interface in which the data is at the center of user interaction. Not the apps—specific functions—but the information itself. At some points, in fact, it feels like the information is the interface itself.

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Woman seeks Jessica Alba makeover to win back lover | Reuters

Woman seeks Jessica Alba makeover to win back lover
| Reuters

A Chinese woman is seeking extensive plastic surgery to look like U.S. actress Jessica Alba, mainly because she hopes to win back her boyfriend who she said always wished she looked more like the Hollywood star.

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Thursday, February 11, 2010

BBC News - Google to offer 'ultra high-speed' broadband in US

BBC News - Google to offer 'ultra high-speed' broadband in US

Google is spreading its wings in yet another direction - this time as a network provider, offering super-fast broadband to thousands of US homes.

It plans to build a fibre-optic network offering speeds of up to 1Gbps (gigabit per second) to up to 500,000 homes.

Fibre-optic cables

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Google Buzz Makes Gmail Social

Google Buzz Makes Gmail Social

- Key feature #1: Auto-following

- Key feature #2: Rich, fast sharing experience

- Key feature #3: Public and private sharing

- Key feature #4: Inbox integration

- Key feature #5: Just the good stuff