Tag: google
Gboard for Gmail Users
by admin on Dec.06, 2009, under Gadgets, Technology
A legion of users has been served tremendously by Gmail with its effortless and highly influential mail service. Broadening the horizon, Gmail has now come up with something more exhilarating. Well, Gmail has recently taken the wrap of its new product dubbed Gboard, a distinctive keyboard with extremely useful shortcuts, icons and colors to help users access the shortcuts in no time.
Making everything super-facile, the device enables users to accomplish different tasks, or learn the keyboard shortcuts in Gmail by just pressing a button to search, to reply, to archive, to blot out, and much more.
This custom mini-keyboard features 19 essential colored keys for executing pre-defined Gmail shortcuts by Google. Users don’t even need to install any software in order to actuate the alluring device. It simply functions using the built-in capabilities of users’ operating system and browser.
Weighing merely 0.14 kg, the self-explanatory keyboard can be snapped up for as little as $19.99.
Dell Mini 10v netbook with Chrome OS
by admin on Nov.30, 2009, under Gadgets, News, Technology
The macrocosm of netbooks turned little more gleaming this time. Well, according to Crunchgear, Liliputing reports that users who own a Dell Mini 10v can now get a distribution of the Google Chrome OS from Dell. Yes, you heard it right.
If reports are true, then users can now run Chromium OS, the open source developmental version of Google Chrome OS, on their Dell Mini 10v netbook. To notify, it is almost 8GB of data, so users will need a USB flash drive of at least that capacity to use it.
Seemingly, once downloaded, users will further need to shuck off the image to their flash drive. After downloading the said image file, it is necessitated for users to copy it from the Linux computer using “dd” to the flash drive.
Interestingly, once it’s on the drive, simply plug it in to the Mini 10v and enjoy the Google Chrome preview.
Google Apologizes for Racist Michelle Obama Pic
by admin on Nov.25, 2009, under News
If you search for Michelle Obama on Google images and most likely the first image will be a racially-charged pic of the First Lady of the US.
Google is not removing the image but is apologizing for it, using its own ad space.
Its apology goes something like this:
An explanation of our search results.
Sometimes Google search results from the Internet can include disturbing content, even from innocuous queries. We assure you that the views expressed by such sites are not in any way endorsed by Google.
Search engines are a reflection of the content and information that is available on the Internet. A site's ranking in Google's search results relies heavily on computer algorithms using thousands of factors to calculate a page's relevance to a given query.
The beliefs and preferences of those who work at Google, as well as the opinions of the general public, do not determine or impact our search results. Individual citizens and public interest groups do periodically urge us to remove particular links or otherwise adjust search results. Although Google reserves the right to address such requests individually, Google views the integrity of our search results as an extremely important priority. Accordingly, we do not remove a page from our search results simply because its content is unpopular or because we receive complaints concerning it. We will, however, remove pages from our results if we believe the page (or its site) violates our Webmaster Guidelines, if we believe we are required to do so by law, or at the request of the webmaster who is responsible for the page.
We apologize if you've had an upsetting experience using Google. We hope you understand our position regarding offensive results.
Sincerely,
The Google Team
The Washington Post reported that Google spokesman Scott Rubin said, "Search results are a reflection of the content on the web. Our search results simply reflect what's out there. According to the way our algorithm works, when we try to deliver the most relevant search results based on other pages that link to it and so on, this is what is returned."
The image was removed but not for being racist but the site that was hosting the image was serving malware. The image was then reuploaded from another site that did not serve malware and it shows up as the first image when "Michelle Obama" is Googled.
The image ranked so high because people were linking to it to condemn it.





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