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Google+’s Autoawesome Adds Some Effects to Your Holiday Pictures
December 15, 2013 by
Google+ keeps adding features to its AutoAwesome functionality that "Enhances" your photos in different ways. The new feature is "Twinkle" which soups up your holiday light pictures. Below are a few examples. I am going to add more as I take pictures over the next week or so. Here is the original picture of the […]
5 Observations On the Growing Power of Facebook in Google’s Search Algorithm
June 12, 2012 by
SearchMetrics recently released their research on influencing factors for Google's search algorithm and we are seeing the continuation of the recent trend where social media, especially Facebook, is becoming a bigger factor. For many years Search Engine Optimization (SEO – improving how your site shows up in Google's searc)) was mostly about 2 factors: Make […]
The Google World Wonders Project – Visit Historic Sites Around the World
June 11, 2012 by
The Google World Wonders Project takes advantage of Google's Street View technology to create viritual visitation of wonderous sites all around the world just like they did with the Google Art Project. Here's Google's quick summary of what the project is: The World Wonders Project enables you to discover 132 historic sites from 18 countries, […]
Wozniak and the EFF Call for Apple and Others to Open Up Their Platforms
June 7, 2012 by
The post from the Electronic Frontier Foundation is titlted "Apple's Crystal Prison and the Future of Open Platforms" and it makes the case for more open mobile systems to spur innovation. What I want most out of this is for these companies to reduce their process that force us to be locked so much into […]
The Google Art Project and WikiPaintings: The Art World at Your Fingertips
April 2, 2012 by
The art projects in the works for some time offer some great new ways to look at museums and the life works of artists. The Google Art Project I had not heard of The Google Art Project until a couple of weeks ago and it is very fun to play with. Google is using their […]