Posts Tagged: google


21
Feb 10

“Belgian winter olympics”

When searching for “Belgian winter olympics” google returns a quick summary: 0 gold, 0 silver, 0 bronze,… Thumbs up for  Karen Persyn and the Belgian Bobsleigh team in order to change this.


10
Feb 10

Is Google Buzz the commercial version of Google Wave

Is Google Buzz the commercial version of Google Wave or could it finally be the twitter killer application?


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


8
Feb 10

Noise canceling in Nexus One – Explained

Google infomercial explaining the noise canceling functionality  in the Nexus One. The noise canceling uses 2-microphones enabling better call quality when confronted with a lot of surrounding noise.

ps: has iPhone & apple in general not always been about hardware and software integration…


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?


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


5
Jan 10

Yes, we all do love to work…

We start slow, but from July onwards we increasingly start searching for next year’s holidays

Google trends: Search for holidays 2010 (5 jan 2010)

For more information on Belgian holidays visit legalholidays.be


5
Jan 10

Google opens on-line shop to sell own phone

Google confirms rumors about own phone and launches the Google Nexus One.. Will web meet phone?

Visit the google on-line shop


4
Jan 10

wysiwyg – what you see is what you get

Nice “out-of-the-box” google chrome browser promotion

This video does remind me of a nice creative design project initiated by a Dutch visiting professor at ProductOntwikkeling, Antwerp. Unfortunately I do not remember any details, except for burning candles? Can some “ex-PO-wer” rescue me?