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Favorite Android Tablet

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:02:34 +0000

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Vote for Your Favorite Non-Phone Android Device

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:59 +0000

It's time to vote for your winners. If you're unfamiliar with any of the finalists, here's a brief rundown of our finalists in this category. Next, you can vote for the winner right here. Be sure to vote for your favorites in all the categories! These polls will close automatically when the voting period ends

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Your Favorite Google Tool (Besides Search)

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:42 +0000

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Vote for Your Favorite Blog on Blogger/Blogspot

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:30 +0000

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YouTube on Pinterest

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:12:49 +0000

I'm growing to like Pinterest, although I wish it would let me pin things without large images. It turns out you can pin all sorts of things to Pinterest, including YouTube videos, as long as you know the correct URL. Someone asked me how exactly to do this, so I wrote up a tutorial. I also pinned it, of course. If I just sounded like I'm talking gibberish, Susan Gunelius can get you up to speed with this article about Pinterest. Happy pinning!

How to Change Your Google Ad Preferences

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:03:16 +0000

Right now, Google thinks I'm a man. I'm not sure if it's my manly size 11 shoes or my interest in computers and technology. It's strangely comforting to have a company that supposed to be near omniscient turn out to be so wrong on something so basic.

You can find out what Google has inferred to be your gender and age as well as Google's best guesses about your interests by going to Google's ad preferences. Here's how.

Google Search Plus Your World

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:54:34 +0000

You know, if I got a dollar for every "Google is now evil" story I see, I'd have a steady revenue stream I could retire on. The latest evil Google seems to have only committed to social networks that aren't Google+ is the Google Search plus Your World.

It's been about three weeks from the launch. What do you think? Have you quit using Facebook and Twitter yet?

Picnik Goes Goodbye

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:06:40 +0000

Picnik was purchased by Google in 2010, and it was inevitable that it would undergo some sort of transformation. I expected a name change at a minimum, but it turns out the service is going to get completely dissolved in April this year, and the photo editing tools will find their new home as part of Google+.

Everyone who was paying for the premium service gets a refund (yay), but we'll all have to say goodbye to the standalone product. The photo editing tools have already started migrating to Google+ as part of the Creative Kit.

Google's New Privacy Policy

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:44:59 +0000

If you use Google, you got an email telling you that they're changing things up again. There's a new Terms of Service and privacy policy in the works, and it allows for tighter sharing of data between Google apps. Should you panic? Maybe, but panic that you've already given Google this information, not that they're telling you what they plan to do with it.

Google+ Hangouts on the Air

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:14:32 +0000

If you use Google+ and follow celebrities, you may see more of them mention hangouts "on the air." Just what is a Google+ Hangout on the Air? It's a way for Google to deal with bunches of people trying to swarm to a hangout all at once. Not everyone gets to play, but everyone gets to see.

Right now it's limited to people Google has specifically invited, but hopefully this will expand in the future. I'd like to see where people go with the idea. Do teacher start giving lectures this way? Do disruptive new media gurus start delivering the news this way? I can't wait to find out.