Tag: google
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What wearable tech should look like
The concept of wearable tech is starting to hit the mainstream with Samsung having a smartwatch available for some time and rumours of what Apple might bring constantly circling. A freelance designer from Hungry has imagined a blending of traditional and tech in a “watch-like watch that just happens to be smart” From The Verge:…
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Android apps open up to web search
One of the main reasons I rarely recommend a mobile app for a council service is that any information contained within the app is only available within the app – it can’t be found by google or other search engines. But that’s changing, with apps built for android 4.4 including app indexing which will allow…
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“Why we fail”, or “getting the design right and getting the right design.”
Victor Lombard writes about the downfall of Google Wave… I think of it this way: if we only test bottle openers, we may never realize customers prefer screw-top bottles. That’s what Buxton means by getting the right design. A classic interface design guideline is that any object that looks familiar should behave in a familiar…
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There are no “regular results” on Google anymore.
Google search results are always customised to some extent, a study by competing search engine ducksuckgo has reported. The study involved 131 volunteers conducting the same search from around the US and other countries and sending screenshots of their results. The users, who weren’t signed into Google, did Google searches for the three chosen politically-themed terms — “abortion,” “gun…
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Now using web fonts
I wish I’d tried using web fonts ages ago. I’ve just changed the site to use Rock Salt for the header and Open Sans for the rest of the text. If you’re building websites and not using web fonts, do it now. Just don’t add too many to your site or you’ll slow it right…
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How tech giants deal with dissent.
A few weeks ago I saw this peice on The Register about an Apple employee who was fired as a result of privately making derogatory comments about Apple’s brand and products on his Facebook wall. His undoing was that not all his “friends” were friends, and one printed off the comments and showed them to…
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Sexy google
Our corporate firewall at work got a bit over excited today and decided to block www.google.co.uk as it had been categorised as “sex” Someone somewhere must have been doing some impressive extra curricular research to get that to happen.
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Can you freeze cheese? And other important questions.
The people at Mashable have been busy. Busy seeing what google is really used for. They ask the important questions of “When will…” “Why is my g…” “Can I have a…” “Is it impossible to l…”, Why do…” “Can you…” “Where do…” “How does…” “Can Jes…” “Can go…” and let google answer them. Top 10 Funniest…