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The new doodle for today is being called Soccer 2012. This new interactive Olympic based Google Doodle is fourth in a series of interactive doodles released by Google. Over the last three days we have seen the  Hurdles , Basketball , Slalom Canoe and now the Soccer doodle. Soccer is one of the most famous sports around the world and is also known as Football in different parts of the world. Google Doodle Soccer 2012: How to play Go to Google and click the play button. You are the goalkeeper and your opponent has 5 balls to kick. Once the tiem starts you need to defend your goal. As in a penalty shootout, your opponent starts kicking the ball into your goal. To move around you need to use the right and left arrow keys on your keyboard. To jump and defend press the space-bar. You can play for as long as possible the game will end when you have allowed three goals. This can be seen on the left hand side of the scree. Three X marks on the keyboard means you have allowed three goal and you...

Google Voice search is a powerful tool and combines speech recognition technology, language understanding and knowledge graph . The fun thing about Google Voice is when it has a very clear answer it will talk back to you. Its usefulness is something that cannot be avoided - using voice search you can now get the full power of Google without having to physically type anything. So when you're on the go, doing something else, need information as quickly as possible - Google Voice Search is the way to go. The app has been available for Android and will now be available for iPhone and iPad. 

Google have again announced a list of new and improved search features, including voice search and Gmail search combined with normal Google search. The idea behind the whole thing of the ability to search your Gmail account while conducting a normal Google search is this. Sometimes the best information to certain topics is not really available online. It might actually be in your Gmail account. maybe it's a piece of information you have stored. Maybe it is a biking trip you're planning and the best info on the subject is the emails from friends that you have. So instead of having to go to your Gmail inbox and do a mini-search. Google will offer the ability to search for all this info right from your Google homepage and the results will be a combination of info from the web with your email information combined - your email info will be displayed on the right hand side of the results page. Another feature will be 'My Flights' when you have Gmail in personal search turned ...

Today we have a new interactive doodle from Google - Slalom Canoe 2012. This Olympics doodle is the third interactive doodle based on London 2012. We have the  hurdles 2012 and the basketball 2012 doodles and now the third offering from Google is the ability to paddle your canoe while navigating the watercourse which has various obstacles like rocks. There are also gates marked with green poles that need to be navigated. Canoe Slalom is a competitive sport where the aim is to navigate a canoe or kayak down a course with hanging gates in the fastest time possible. Although the event is over at the Olympics this doodle makes for some great fun. As usual if you are successful there are three gold coins to be won. Which you can then brag about with your friends over at Google+. Google Doodle Slalom Canoe: How to play 1.Head over to Google 2. Click on the start button 3. You canoe reaches the start line 4. Use the right and left arrow on your keyboard to start pedaling and give direction ...

Google Wallet has an all new version and with the new version you have the ability to add your Visa, Discover, MasterCard or American express card to Google Wallet. This was not previously the case and Google have also announced another added security feature with the new Wallet. When you enter your password it is not stored on your phone's secure area but rather on highly secured Google servers. You can now add any Credit or Debit card to Google Wallet and use it to pay either online or offline. How to add a credit or debit card to Google Wallet 1. You will need the latest version of the app on your Android phone,  available here .  2. Select the add a credit or debit card icon to add any card. 3. Fill out all the required information and tap next when your done. How to add a credit card or debit card to Google Wallet online 1. If you would rather add your card online and not from your phone. 2. Go to  https://wallet.google.com/manage and add your card details. 3. Select payment ...

Outlook.com has been launched by Microsoft with a view to convert all email services by the company into one place only. So your Live.com and Hotmail email addresses will be converted into the new outlook.com email service. You can lean more about it here as we have already written about it. The new account is being called 'Microsoft Account', so when you sign-up for an Outlook.com email ID it will be called your Microsoft Account. Once you get your new Outlook.com email ID you have an added feature that comes along. The ability to use single-use code. What is Single-use code? Single-use code is the ability to sing-in to your Microsoft account with a piece of code rather than your password. You might be wondering what is the good - consider you're travelling and need to use a public computer like in an airport or library. You can request for a single-use code which will be delivered to your phone. You can use that code to log-in and it expires after a single use. How to req...

Image Source The daily mail had a nice write-up on whether you were abnormal and a person who can be red-flagged if you were not on Facebook. Facebook has over 955 million users and if you are not a part of that maybe something is wrong. Are people going so far to say that Facebook has now become part of the social norm. The article also points out that some of the present day criminals - people noted for heinous crimes did not use Facebook. The article title ask - if you are not on Facebook are you a psychopath?. Well it seems to be a harsh stance to take. Consider this however employers across the US consider it unhealthy if young works do not have a Facebook account. having a Facebook account is a sign of healthy social interaction and equivalent to a normal online social life.  Now here's the other thing the article points out - if you're going on a date and your partner does not have a Facebook presence maybe you should not go out with that person. Many big name psychologi...