How to: Avoid automatic Google homepage redirection to your local page

Google’s clever, it knows where you’re opening the google search page from based on your IP address, so if you hit google.com from your browser, and lets say your in Australia then you would be automatically redirected to is google.com.au, same with new zealand or UK it redirects to google.co.nz, google.co.uk etc. Even if you [...]

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Rumor: Google to launch ‘Google Audio’ Music service

According to reports, Google is about to get into the online music business with the launch of ‘Google Audio. Two separate reports from TechCrunch and The Street say that the search giant is developing a music service, dubbed as Google Audio, and a smartphone that will not be sold through traditional wireless carriers. Michael Arrington [...]

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Google Doodle: Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov – Russia

Google Doodle: Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov – Russia

Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov, (October 15 [O.S. October 3] 1814 – July 27 [O.S. July 15] 1841), a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called “the poet of the Caucasus”, was the most important Russian poet after Alexander Pushkin’s death. His influence on later Russian literature is still felt in modern times, not only through [...]

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Free WiFi for all flying users, sponsored by Google!

Free WiFi for all flying users, sponsored by Google!

The holiday season seems to have started earlier this year, but before you make your final travel plans, Google is excited to let you know that they have partnering with Virgin America to provide free WiFi on every Virgin America flight between November 10, 2009 and January 15, 2010. Passengers with a laptop or mobile [...]

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Orkut Doodle: Diwali – India

Orkut Doodle: Diwali – India

Google didn’t put up a new doodle this diwali but orkut didn’t forget to post one!!! Diwali or D?p?vali is a significant festival in Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism, and an official holiday in India. Adherents of these religions celebrate Diwali as the Festival of Lights. They light diyas—cotton string wicks inserted in small clay [...]

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FYI – These ads are by Google

FYI – These ads are by Google

Google has a new icon in the rich media ads by Google, A symbol is being displayed for every Internet user, For example, Flash ‘ads from Google’ was identified with Google ads just like text ads for many years. Down in the right corner of the display will display a small (i). If you move [...]

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Google Editions: An online bookstore near you – coming soon

According to Cnet, Google plans to launch Google Editions, a new online bookstore. The release is expected at the beginning of the next year. Google is going to open it for big businesses with about half a million titles. A new bookstore has nothing to do with Google Book Search, that is based on scanning [...]

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Google chrome download page in brazil has an orkut screenshot

Google chrome download page in brazil has an orkut screenshot

Google Chrome‘s homepage for Brazil has a screenshot that shows a new orkut interface. Google decided to use some ideas from services like Twitter, FriendFeed, Facebook and make it easy to post messages and to see the messages posted by your friends. Here is the screenshot: I wonder if this is because most of the [...]

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How to: Upload documents from your desktop to Google Docs

How to: Upload documents from your desktop to Google Docs

Google released a basic application for Windows that lets you upload files to Google Docs by using drag and drop. The application is more like a sample of what you can do with a Google Docs API, but it’s pretty useful if you want to upload a lot of documents. There’s also an option to [...]

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Google Doodle: Teacher’s day – Poland

Google Doodle: Teacher’s day – Poland

Day of Education – Polish holiday industry and higher education is celebrated on 14 October. The anniversary of the National Education Commission, created at the initiative of King Stanislaw August by Partition Sejm resolution of 14 October 1773. Popularly known as the Teachers Day.

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