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*NEWS FLASH* Google Introduces Social Search Experiment

Check out Google’s new Google Social Search experiment. Google wants you to be able to quickly and easily find content from within your “social circle” (a Google term). What makes up your social circle?  Anyone who you interact with, follow, or are friends with on social networks.  So sites like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, FriendFeed, etc.., […]

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*Video* Google City Tours – Get High Quality Tours For Any Location

Have you heard of Google City Tours? Basically, you enter in a location (a city) that you are going to visit and you’ll be given a high quality tour schedule for that city. Even for cities that you may have never considered visiting, Google City Tours will give you a detailed tour schedule highlighting the […]

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*Video* The Average Teen Sends How Many Text Messages Per Month?

This is another official update to the original “Shift Happens” video. Their latest video “Did You Know 4.0”, shows some great information about how our world is being changed by technology and social media. And to answer the question “How many text messages the average teen sends per month?” – the answer is 2272 (wow… […]

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*Funny Video* Mac vs. PC Commercial About Windows 7

If you haven’t seen this yet, it’s pretty funny.  Here is the “Mac vs. PC” commercial that takes a cut at Windows 7. Of course, Mac (Apple) users are finding it hilarious that you have to upgrade to Windows 7 in the first place.  While Mac is strong and steady with their ever stable, and […]

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*video* Microsoft’s 1st Store Grand Opening in Scottsdale, Arizon

TheNextWeb.com just posted a great video showing the grand opening of the very first Microsoft store.  The store is located in Scottsdale, Arizona. The Next Web reported that “There were over 1000 people at this grand opening, including some high profile Microsoft execs like the COO Kevin Turner who came out to cut the ribbon.” […]

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3 recent examples of Google’s stated mission in life… Plus A Cool Video!

Google has a very solid and consistent mission statement:  “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.” We see that unfolding in virtually every aspect of where human eyeballs would look to view data. Here are the 2 most recent examples of Google’s stated mission unfolding in real time:

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How To Map 3D Buildings in Google Earth With Google Building Maker

I have to admit, Google Earth Building Maker is an extremely cool project.  I call it a project, because clearly Google sees it as a task to be completed. And what task is that? Modeling the entire earth in 3D of course! Before we get to the “How To”, let me give you a little […]