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“Belgian winter olympics”

geert — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:48:12 +0000

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.

Is Google Buzz the commercial version of Google Wave

geert — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:41:41 +0000

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

Google runs classic television commercial

geert — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:34:52 +0000

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.

Noise canceling in Nexus One – Explained

geert — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:09:45 +0000

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…

Who sees what…

geert — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:50:45 +0000

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?

Share more

geert — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:43:42 +0000

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.

Google launches person finder for Haiti earthquake victims & relatives

geert — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:21:06 +0000

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
On Friday, Hillary Clinton announced the tool (available via the state.gov website) in a video message on her blog.

Yes, we all do love to work…

geert — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:29:43 +0000

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

For more information on Belgian holidays visit legalholidays.be

Google opens on-line shop to sell own phone

geert — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:55:57 +0000

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

Visit the google on-line shop

wysiwyg – what you see is what you get

geert — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:08:47 +0000

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?