http://igooglewatch.com un-official guide to google Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:14:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en iGoogle Watch Blog is happy to announce we’re now on Facebook . We’re as excited as you are, come share the happiness by joining our Facebook Fan page. Visit http://facebook.com/googlewatch and become a fan. Thanks for all your support!! Cheers, iGoogle Watch Admin ]]> http://igooglewatch.com/2010/03/14/join-us-on-facebook/ Pi Day and Pi Approximation Day are two holidays held to celebrate the mathematical constant ? (pi) (in the mm/dd date notation: 3/14); since 3, 1 and 4 are the first three digits of ?. March 14 is also the birthday of Albert Einstein and the two events are sometimes celebrated together. Pi Approximation Day ]]> http://igooglewatch.com/2010/03/14/google-doodle-pi-day/ Impressive facts and figure calculation by Pingdom.com. The image speaks for itself – Take a look and learn about the Google Facts and Figures! [via Pingdom] ]]> http://igooglewatch.com/2010/03/13/google-facts-and-figures/ When Twitter is down we see the fail whale. Here is a funny illustration \ imitation of Gmail Down Fail whale on Flickr. Image 1,Image 2 Credits ]]> http://igooglewatch.com/2010/03/13/gmail-down-fail-whale/ Google with a clear mission to make RSS reading more attractive has announced the Google Reader Play – a new visual tool that can change the browsing experience on the web. Although this new feature is in experimental stage, the new interface shows only one new item at a time when at full screen, focusing on ]]> http://igooglewatch.com/2010/03/12/google-reader-play-just-play-like-tv/ According to an eye-tracking study by OneUpWeb, users of the Google search engine ignore the results in real time from Google. The study consisted of 44 people divided into two groups: those seeking information and those who wanted to buy a product. 73% of the volunteers had never heard of the results in real time. The ]]> http://igooglewatch.com/2010/03/12/eye-tracking-says-people-dont-see-realtime-search-results/ http://igooglewatch.com/2010/03/11/googles-list-of-the-top-10-competitors-apple-not-listed/ Today when I was just going through my Google Reader, I found a new message at the bottom. Guess what? Google is now promoting recommendations. It says: “But wait! We have recommended items waiting for you to read. Sweet! Show me my recommendations” Seen more new stuff on Google? share them with us. Contact us and we’ll be ]]> http://igooglewatch.com/2010/03/09/reader-now-promoting-recommendations/ Google Wave today added a new feature that allows users to accept their own Wave by e-mail to the inbox for updates. All you need to do is to choose Notifications type. Once that is done you can then set the frequency of email reminders. You could choose and update reminders per hour / day or ]]> http://igooglewatch.com/2010/03/06/get-notified-via-email-from-google-wave/ In the latest chrome update beta release, Google added HTML5, Geolocation API support. Currently, Chrome dev 5.0.342.1 has been released for Windows, Mac and Linux.. However, Chrome’s geographical feature is turned off by default. Users need to add the Chrome shortcut icon “- enable-geolocation” command to activate the feature. If you want to test Chrome geographic ]]> http://igooglewatch.com/2010/03/06/google-chrome-5-now-with-geo-targeting-capabilities/