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8
Feb 10

Google runs classic television commercial

The company that became big without advertising, ran a commercial during in the prime time of all (Super bowl) . The “Parisian Love” video was already released on youtube in november 09 and viewed over 1 million times before its television premiere.

More in business week


5
Feb 10

Thank God it vibrates

Quote: “My closest relationship is with my blackberry, thank God it vibrates” (1:12)


1
Feb 10

Who sees what…

Google labs introduced a nice, small tool (Browser Size) to indicate how many people can see which part of your website. Apparently a lot of visitors (80%) are ending up with a browser window with a least 1000 x 550 pixels.
ps: Would Google also be measuring our shoe size when visiting google.com?


30
Jan 10

The “” showing up in some of the posts, is not another Antwerp promotion

A database (MySql) update for this blog resulted in special characters like “” showing up in some of the posts. This was caused by  a unicode (UTF-8) problem as the content was stored in unicode format in a non-unicode database.
More about unicode


22
Jan 10

Share more

Google docs - Screen shot 2010-01-22 at 11.24.35

Google docs now allows you to upload other file types as well. You can upload files up to 100Mb, this converts Google docs into a file-share service as well.


16
Jan 10

Google launches person finder for Haiti earthquake victims & relatives

Google launches a dedicated person finder tool for the victims of the Haiti Earthquake and their relatives, allowing them to reconnect and share information. Google also facilitates donations to UNICEF & CARE and offers free Google Voice Calls to Haiti. Next to this Google also announce the donation $1 million. Google crisis response – Support disaster relief in Haiti Google - Disaster Relief in Haiti - Screen shot 2010-01-16 at 18.10.30
On Friday, Hillary Clinton announced the tool (available via the state.gov website) in a video message on her blog. hillary-clinton - Screen shot 2010-01-16 at 19.05.25


16
Jan 10

“Happiness Machine”

Is Coca-Cola selling happiness? Coming soon to a Happy Place near you…


15
Jan 10

Foursquare finally ready for Antwerp, Belgium

New version of  foursquare (iPhone App) is no longer limited to Amsterdam & London in Europe. Will be interesting to see whether they can still close the gap with Gowalla

Foursquare - Screen shot 2010-01-15 at 00.12.52


12
Jan 10

The eleventh province of Belgium

Is Belgium a real banana republic, meet governor Meulemans in the eleventh province of Belgium. Nice viral (in Dutch) from vredeseilanden.be, covered on Belgian television (Canvas - Phara – 17/11/09).

Played 1,654 times on vimeo and 144 inhabitants so far (Uploaded on 18 November 2009)
http://lebelge.vredeseilanden.be/


10
Jan 10

Lego-lize your world

Lego launched an iPhone application to lego-lize your images, maybe inspired by the opening and closing titles of the LegoMatrix. Functionality is still limited but you never know what the future will bring. (Get the app)

Example of a Lego-lized image: google homepage

Take a look at the logo board technology powering the LegoMatrix.