Talk to Google.

November 14th, 2008

Well, they’re not the only ones, but they’re definitely the ones to watch. Or.. Talk to?

Google has been working on (among many other projects) searching their insanely large libraries using spoken words. Their iPhone app will take speech queries and return results for you. Find out more about speech-driven iPhone searches with google.

I haven’t seen it show up yet as an update on my iPhone, but the NY Times is expecting it any minute now.

Tags: Google, iphone, search, search engine, SEO, speech, speech recognition, talk

This entry was posted on Friday, November 14th, 2008 at 11:30 pm and is filed under newsBytes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Google announces Chrome web browser

September 2nd, 2008

The beta is to start with Windows-only, but there’s a Mac and Linux version in the works as well. Word is that it’s Open Source, stable, fast, etc. etc. etc.

Obviously, it will integrate well with the web apps that Google has been making available to its account-holders, but one hopes that this isn’t the start of another standards-flouting browser war.

Read the details about Google’s new browser (In a comic, no less) from the source.

Tags: browser, chrome, Google, open source

This entry was posted on Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 at 12:18 am and is filed under newsBytes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Social bookmark icons

August 9th, 2008

The icons found attached to articles on this site, and attached to news and blog sites almost everywhere on the web are shortcuts to share your interest with others.

When you find an insightful article or post, you can usually click on an icon and add that specific article to the social network of your choice. Many or most of these sites require you to be registered with them in some way, but if you’re already a member of a community such as Facebook, feel free to share.

Tags: del.icio.us, digg, facebook, Google, reddit, share icons, slashdot, social bookmarks, stumbleupon, Technorati, yahoo

This entry was posted on Saturday, August 9th, 2008 at 3:11 am and is filed under DidYouKnow. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

How to learn and find things on the internet

June 3rd, 2008

Everybody on the web knows more than I do.

Let that one slosh around for a bit. It’s a good thing.

Little Johnny down the road might not know more, but taken as a whole, the entire posting population of the internet collectively has something new for you to learn.

The trick is to find the bits that you need, amidst all the noise.

Read on to see how you find those bits…

Tags: Google, howto, internet searching, learn, wikipedia

This entry was posted on Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 at 1:16 pm and is filed under Articles. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Google Products

June 1st, 2008

You may know of them as a search engine, and a free mail service, but Google has an amazing amount of tools for use on the web — some are even made to be used when you’re not even on the internet!

They also have some great solutions for businesses. You can be one person, or have enterprise-level needs, but you’re sure to find a Google product to help you with your day.

Tags: Google

This entry was posted on Sunday, June 1st, 2008 at 4:45 am and is filed under DidYouKnow. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.