Google Nexus One Android phone
Alas. It’s available to the public. It’s the best phone out there — even better than the iPhone or Droid. Trust. Me.
Google helps show what’s “above the fold” with Browser Size
“Above the fold” used to be referred to only for main articles in newspapers but now it applies to the web. To see if your website’s main content makes the cut, try a tool that’s been released by Google as a 20% labs project: Browser Size. Marsie.com does okay by the public’s browser size standards.
Friendster email – FAIL
I got an email from the guys at Friendster thanking me for being a part of the “thriving” Friendster community. That line made me smile for the irony of the word in quotes but also because I hadn’t logged into Friendster for possibly 2-3 years since they dropped the ball in providing a usable social networking experience.
But the email said a “new and improved” Friendster had arrived and it’s easier to use, more fun, more colorful, faster, has easier commenting and photo-sharing, provides profile skins and a new ‘gift shop’. Ok, I’ll bite, I said to myself and I clicked a link in the email to check it out.
And then I got a broken link:
Friendster FAIL.
Out of ctrl
My ctrl button is outta control.
Online Window-shopping at Windowshop.com
Online shopping usually lacks intimacy. When I go into a neighborhood bookstore, I often pick up books that catch my eye. I take a subtle second to notice how heavy the book is, how crisp the cover’s print quality is — and as I open the book for the first time, I subconsciously feel the stiffness of its spine, the thickness of its paper, the “new book” smell it gives off… Although I can’t sniff my computer, Amazon’s Windowshop surprisingly had me pressing arrow keys for the last 15 minutes of my day. By browsing books, movies and music visually and interactively with page samples, audio and video previews — I had an overall experience that was delightfully simple. Unfortunately while the intimacy of online shopping is increased, its context, descriptions, keywords and reviews are gone.
Google Street View “Holodeck”
Step into Google StreetView Holodeck simulator that Google has at its Mountain View campus, and you get StreetView scenes animated, projected on screens all around you, as if you were inside the camera itself. I got to check it out earlier this week during my business trip to the Mountain View office and it was fun exploring the world in life-size 360-degrees — until I felt just about 360-degrees of nausea.
See a 360-degree panoramic view of the Google Holodeck: http://www.360cities.net/image/streetview-cave-googleplex
Read more about the Holodeck: http://searchengineland.com/google-holodeck-streetview-in-360-degrees-19808
Google Android G2
I still haven’t had the chance to play with any of the new Android G2 models but I can’t wait to drool all over one. Photo courtesy of Gizmodo.
Google Latitude
Introducing Google Latitude, the latest way to get in touch with your friends and see what they’re up to — in real-time!
Website: http://www.google.com/latitude/
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