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Apr 01, 2017

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unread Google April Fools' Day 2017 April Fools' Day should probably be called Google Fools' Day, since there are so many Google hoaxes.Google Japan developed a "bubble wrap" version of the Japanese keyboard. "The Google Japanese input bubble wrap version is a keyboard that realizes 'I want to press in my mind, I want to keep pressing'," according to Google Translate.Another product for your smart home? Meet Google Gnome, "a voice-activated, hands-free tool designed to make backyard living effortless. Need to know what animal
Feb 19, 2017

Google Operating System (Alex Chitu)

unread Gmail Blocks JavaScript Attachments If you try to send a JavaScript attachment using Gmail or if you want to download a .js attachment, you'll get a new anti-virus warning: "Blocked for security reasons", "1 attachment contains a virus or blocked file. Downloading this attachment is disabled"..JS has been added to the long list of file types that are blocked by Gmail for security reasons. The full list: .ADE, .ADP, .BAT, .CHM, .CMD, .COM, .CPL, .EXE, .HTA, .INS, .ISP, .JAR, .JS (NEW), .JSE, .LIB, .LNK, .MDE, .MSC, .MSI, .MSP, .MST
Jan 25, 2017

Google Operating System (Alex Chitu)

unread Google Image Search Shows Colorful Suggestions Google Image Search has a different way to display suggestions: it now shows a long list of colorful boxes with related searches. You can click one or more boxes to dynamically refine search results.For example, when searching for [sportswear], Google shows suggestions like: [women basketball], [tennis], [badminton], [golf], [volleyball], [nike woman], [alexander wang], [adidas], [fashion], [performance], [vintage], [trendy], [urban], [school], [gym], [90's], [70's], [vogue], [luxe], [avant gard
Jan 16, 2017

Google Operating System (Alex Chitu)

unread Google Image Search Starts Playing YouTube Videos Google Image Search's mobile interface tests a new feature that starts playing snippets from a YouTube video at the top of the search results page. It's not disclosed as an ad, there's no sound and you can't stop or hide the video, which continues to play on repeat.Right now, the experiment seems to be limited to fashion-related queries like [men jackets], [lookbook], [winter outfit], which match videos from YouTube channels like New Look and River Island. "New Look is a South African-owned
Jan 13, 2017

Google Operating System (Alex Chitu)

unread YouTube Desktop Notifications, Now For Everyone It looks like YouTube's notification experiment is now a regular feature and you can no longer disable it by clearing cookies. When sign in to your Google account, YouTube's desktop site no longer shows Google+ notifications in the navigation bar: it replaces them with YouTube notifications."Your notifications live here. Subscribe to your favorite channels to get notified about their latest videos," informs the new notification box.
Dec 29, 2016

Google Operating System (Alex Chitu)

unread YouTube Notifications in the Navigation Bar YouTube has recently started to experiment with replacing Google+ notifications in the navigation bar with YouTube notifications. You get notifications for recently uploaded videos from your subscribed channels, but only if you've enabled notifications for those channels. For example, you can go to the subscription manager and click the bell icon next to a channel to enable or disable notifications.The settings button sends you to the Notifications section from YouTube's Settings page and t
Dec 29, 2016

Google Operating System (Alex Chitu)

unread Google's New Mobile UI for Recipe Search Just in time for New Year's dinner, Google has a new mobile interface for recipe search. I searched for [avocado mayo] and noticed a long list of keywords below the search box and ads: salad, chicken, shrimp, vegan, bacon and more. You can select more than one keyword and this helps you refine the results.When selecting a related search, you get a completely different interface that only shows recipes: bigger expandable cards, bigger thumbnails, infinite scrolling.
Dec 08, 2016

Google Operating System (Alex Chitu)

unread Google Translate's 5000 Character Limit For some reason, Google Translate now has a limit of 5000 characters per translation. There's even a character counter at the bottom of the input box. If you happen to paste a long text that has more than 5000 characters, you'll get an error message ("maximum characters exceeded: X characters over 5000 maximum") and a "translate more" option that lets you translate the rest of the text.I don't understand the purpose of this restriction, considering that Google doesn't impose any limitation when
Dec 08, 2016

Google Operating System (Alex Chitu)

unread Google Tests Movie Ratings Google's knowledge graph card tests a feature that lets you like or dislike movies and TV shows. For example, when you search for "It's a Wonderful Life", you can click like or dislike and check the percentage of Google users who liked it.The same buttons show up when you search for a TV show like "Saturday Night Live".Search Engine Land reports that Google confirmed this experiment, which was first spotted last month.
Dec 06, 2016

Google Operating System (Alex Chitu)

unread Google's Holiday Decorations When you search Google for [Christmas], [Hanukkah], [Kwanzaa], [Festivus] or other related queries, you'll see some special decorations related to each holiday. Festivus is "a holiday celebrated by those seeking an alternative to the commercialism and pressures of the Christmas holiday season."Christmas trees, Santa Claus, the Christmas star adorn the Google search page and bring the hoiday spirit.The Hanukkah menorah and Kwanzaa's Mishumaa Saba (The Seven Candles) are lighting up Google's searc
Dec 06, 2016

Google Operating System (Alex Chitu)

unread New Interface for Google Search Google's desktop search pages have a new interface for navigating between search results. The search box is bigger, there's a new search icon and Google now only shows 2 or 3 specialized search engines next to "all", down from 4. Apps and shopping seem to be missing from the list of search engines, so you can only pick from image search, video search, Google News, Google Maps, Google Flights and Google Books.The settings dropdown is now placed below the search box and it includes the option that
Oct 17, 2016

Google Operating System (Alex Chitu)

unread Random Facts About Animals in Google Search Did you know that "male lions defend the pride's territory while females do most of the hunting"? Did you know that "the name humpback whale describes the motion it makes as it arches its back out of the water in preparation for a dive"? What about this one: "ostriches have the largest eyes of any land living animal and they measure 50 mm (2 inches) in diameter"?Google now shows random facts about animals in the "did you know" section of the Knowledge Graph card. They're extracted from various s
Oct 15, 2016

Google Operating System (Alex Chitu)

unread Found in Related Searches Google Knowledge Graph has more than one billion entities and more than 70 billion facts about these entities (people, places, things). It's huge and it brings a different dimension to search: understanding concepts and the relation between them.Mobile Google Search now has a section called "found in related search", which shows a few entities frequently mentioned in other related searches. For example, I searched for [ethanol molar mass] and Google showed 2 lists of organic and inorga
Oct 15, 2016

Google Operating System (Alex Chitu)

unread Google Converts Queries Into Questions I noticed an interesting Google Search experiment in the mobile/tablet interface. When searching for [alcohol with the highest boiling], Google converted my query into a question: "Which alcohol has the highest boiling point?", then it tried to answer the question using a snippet from a web page and then it added a "more results" link. Google's link sent to me to the search results page for the question inferred by Google.
Oct 14, 2016

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unread Google's Card for Directions When you search Google for [directions] or [get directions], you get an error message: "No results for that place. Try entering it below to get suggestions." Google shows a special card for directions with cool features like autocomplete, but the error message is out of place because you haven't typed a location.Suggestions aren't very smart. For example, I typed "Brisbane, Australia" as the starting point and then I started to type "Mel" as the destination. Google suggested 3 places from Califo
Oct 14, 2016

Google Operating System (Alex Chitu)

unread Add Home Screen Shortcuts to Google Maps Directions I'm not sure if this is a new feature, but it must be pretty recent. Google Maps for Android lets you add home screen shortcuts to directions directly from the app. Just search for directions, tap the menu icon and pick "add route to Home screen". This works best when you select the current location, but it's not a requirement.You may also see this message: "Go here often? Add this route. Tap here to add a Home screen shortcut to this route."Another option is to add the directions widget, which
Oct 10, 2016

Google Operating System (Alex Chitu)

unread Google Color Converter Google has a special card that's both a color picker and a color converter. For example, you can search for HEX color codes like #123456 and Google shows the color and converts it to other formats: RGB, HSV, HSL, CMYK. Google's card also shows up when you search for RGB values like rgb(255,0,255). The most interesting feature of the card lets you pick a color interactively.Other queries that trigger Google's card: RGB to HEX, color picker.This is not a new feature, but it's worth
Oct 08, 2016

Google Operating System (Alex Chitu)

unread Google Will Shut Down Panoramio Google intended to discontinue Panoramio back in 2014, shortly after Google Maps Views was launched, but a lot of users complained and Panoramio continued to exist. Now Google announces that Panoramio will become read-only on November 4th and it'll be shut down one year later, in November 2017."Today, with photo upload tools in Google Maps and our Local Guides program, we are providing easy ways for you to share your photos with an active and growing community. As such, we've decided to move for
Oct 08, 2016

Google Operating System (Alex Chitu)

unread More Related Searches in Mobile Google Search Google's mobile search interface shows a new box with related searches after clicking a result and going back to the search page. There's a list called "people also search for", which shows queries that are related to both the original search and the search result you've previously visited. Swipe left to see the entire the list.Tap a different search result and you'll get different suggestions:Google tested this feature back in June and now it's no longer an experiment.
Oct 06, 2016

Google Operating System (Alex Chitu)

unread Android 7.1: Pixel-Only, For Now Pixel phones will ship with a new Android version: 7.1. It looks like many of the important Nougat features have been left out from the 7.0 release.Android 7.1's unofficial changelog published by Android Police has many Pixel-specific features, including a new launcher, a new camera app, Google Assistant, a support tab in the settings, solid navbar icons, Smart Storage that removes old backed up photos and videos when storage is full.There are also some features that aren't restricted

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