Google Adds Style Options To Image Search, Search History Found In Search Suggestions, & Google Reader Blog Adds “What’s Hot”
Dec 22, 2008 at 9:05am ET by Barry Schwartz
It has been an active weekend for Google. Google has added additional search options to Google Image Search. Google has also introduced a "What's Hot" area to Google Reader Blog. Finally, Google is testing showing search history within Google search suggestions.
Google has added additional search options by style. So in addition to searching for faces or photo content types of images, or news content, you can also search for line drawings, and clip art. Here is a picture of the available style options in Google Image Search:
Google Operating System reports that some users are se [...]
Filed in: Google: Images, Google: Reader, Google: Web History & Search History, Google: Web Search, Top News
Google Reader Gets Cleaner, So Does iPhone Version
Dec 5, 2008 at 9:47am ET by Barry Schwartz
Yesterday, Google Reader team announced that they have released a cleaner and fresher look to Google Reader. The change incorporates a less blueish color scheme and a more whitish scheme. Google has consolidated some of the features, added collapsible navigational links on the left and rounded some of the corners.
But to my surprise, the whitish color scheme is not just available on the main Google Reader, it has been ported to the iPhone version.
Here is a picture of the new Google Reader look for your browser:
Here is a picture of the new Google Reader for your iPhone:
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Filed in: Google: Reader, Top News
Google Reader Now Translating Your Subscriptions
Nov 11, 2008 at 8:40am ET by Barry Schwartz
The Google Reader Blog announced that they now are offering translation of your subscriptions.
Google Reader now gives you the ability to subscribe to blogs and sites that do not publish content in your native language. You can select the "Translate into my language" option in the feed settings and Google Reader will automatically translate the content into your language. It will also remember this setting and continue to show you the translated version of that subscription, going forward.
The Google Reader team worked closely with the Google Translate team to make this possible.
FY [...]
Filed in: Google: Reader
Gmail Adds Gadgets & Google Reader Adds Subscription Stats
Oct 28, 2008 at 9:03am ET by Barry Schwartz
The Gmail Blog announced a new labs option that gives Gmail users the ability to add Google Calendar, Google Docs and other gadgets directly on their Gmail interface. Plus, Steve Rubel reports Google Reader has added subscription statistics, which I find to be awesome.
Let me explore both features below.
Gmail Gadgets:
You can now add the Calendar and Docs gadgets to the left hand side of your Gmail screen, next to the Chat and Labels area. Plus, you can add any Google Gadget to that area, although it isn't all that easy to add random gadgets. To get started, go to Gmail > Settings [...]
Filed in: Google: Gmail, Google: Reader
Google Reader Expands Friends Sharing, Tagging, Ordering Feeds & More
Sep 24, 2008 at 11:31am ET by Barry Schwartz
The Google Reader Blog announced several new features added to Google Reader.
Google has expanded the expanded the friends sharing feature to support all "supported" Google Reader languages.
You can now tag feed items when you add a note.
You can sort your subscriptions alphabetically or using "My Order" through drag and drop sorting.
Plus you can see the last crawl date on the feed details view
The Google Reader blog has screen captures of all the features mentioned above, minus where to find the last crawl date. To see the last crawl date, click on a specific subscription and at the top [...]
Filed in: Google: Reader
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