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Google News which has been around from 2002 has something new to offer and this time it has nothing to do with Robots. when they launched Google News said that the service was entirely based on algorithms  and no human was involved. In fact the page was entirely free from human intervention and it was a mix of computer algorithms without humans deciding which pages make it to the top of Google News. Human curation was not a factor but things are set to change with Google launching an entire section in the US edition of Google News called 'Editor's Picks'. Human Curation of news is actual very popular and a classic example of this is the Drudge Report run by Matt Drudge who sends more people to newspapers than Facebook and Twitter combined. Even Google has had to accept this fact - human editors are needed and that is because they can feel the pulse that machines can't. How to search for Editor's Picks using Google News . If you are based in the US then when you vis...

We all know our good old Google Home page plain white without any color and drama. Well that is now set to change and you can add color to your Google homepage and add some instant personalization to the whole thing.  We saw this first on Bing where as soon as you open bing you are greeted with very colorful images. Google now has something similar. Except you get to choose what image you set as the background.  Google has this to say about how to set it up How to add a background image Sign in to your Google Account in the top right corner of the  Google homepage . Don't have one? It's easy to  create a Google Account . Click  Change background image  in the bottom left corner of the Google homepage. Choose where to select your background image: From my computer : Select an image saved on your computer. My Picasa Web photos : Select an image from your  Picasa Web Albums . Public gallery : Select from  public photos  featured in Picasa Web Albums. Editor's picks : Select fr...

Google Analytics is a piece of code that web site owners place within their websites to track their visitors. This piece of code will tell them where visitors came from, how they found the site, which country they belong to and an the average time they spend on the site. These statistics are analyzed by website owners to see how their websites are doing.  This is achieved by a small cookie that is placed on a person's computer. Which in turn collects data and sends it back to Google.  Google has this to say about the new Add-on. "To provide website visitors with more choice about how their data is collected by Google Analytics, we have developed the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. The add-on communicates with the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js) to indicate that information about the website visit should not be sent to Google Analytics. If you want to opt out, download and install the add-on for your current web browser. The Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on ...

Google's annual developer conference has started and yes there are many of us who would like to know what's happening and what's the latest scoop. We know now that Google has apologized for the Google Wave confusion. They are also building an App store for web applications.  The conference has 5,000 developers and over 100 developers will be showcasing their technologies.  Google's largest developer conference of the year will feature  technical content featuring Android, Google Chrome, Google APIs, GWT, App Engine, open web technologies, and more. Follow  @googleio  or  Buzz  for the latest updates on I/O. (official hashtag: #io2010) Watch the I/O keynotes live  on the  GoogleDevelopers YouTube channel . To view the schedule for the keynotes, check out the  Agenda page . I/O stands for according to Google innovation out in the open @googleio on Twitter (#io2010) Google I/O on Buzz An original post by Sociolatte

These speed tests were filmed at actual web page rendering times. If you're interested in the technical details, read on! Equipment used: - Computer: MacBook Pro laptop with Windows installed - Monitor - 24" Asus: We had to replace the standard fluorescent backlight with very large tungsten fixtures to funnel in more light to capture the screen. In addition, we flipped the monitor 180 degrees to eliminate a shadow from the driver board and set the system preferences on the computer to rotate 180 degrees. No special software was used in this process. - 15Mbps Internet connection. - Camera: Phantom v640 High Speed Camera at 1920 x 1080, films up to 2700 fps "Why does allrecipes.com in the potato gun sequence appear at once, and not the text first and images second? And why does it appear to render from bottom of the screen to the top?" Chrome sends the rendered page to the video card buffer all at once, which is why allrecipes.com appears at once, and not with the text...

For advertisers in the US running a TV Ad is as simple as getting connected to the internet and placing your Ad for as little as $20 per TV spot. All you would need to do is to use an internet connected computer, upload a video file to your Adwords account and as usual set a daily spending budget (The amount you are willing to spend per day) pick the time of day you would like your Ad to run. Select specific keywords and the TV show you would like your Ad to appear on. Google TV Ads currently runs only in the US and you can only target US based cable networks. This is a boon for small businesses with a limited budget and key target audiences.  Always affordable Create an affordable TV commercial and run it for as little as $20 per TV spot. Reach the right audience Use our targeting tools to find the networks and programs for the audience you want to reach. See immediate results View TV impressions and resulting web site traffic data to see how TV drives real results for your business. ...