Google Adds Similar Page Suggestions to Search Results
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In its continued effort to custom tailor search results and suggest that what your searching for might actually be something else, Google has brought its similar page results onto the front page of your search results. You've likely seen the feature we're talking about before, but never clicked on it...
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Google spreadsheets gains lock down feature
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Kenyan accelerator 88mph puts its foot on the gas with Google for pan-African expansion
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Great Scott! Kenyan accelerator 88mph has signed a partnership with Google for Africa. The company says that it hopes to work with the tech giant to ‘fill the gaps of the nascent startup ecosystem’ on the continent. The Nairobi-based accelerator plans to provide extra operational and knowledge resources for tech...
Scientists generate 281-gigapixel cell map using electron microscope
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Electron microscopes can produce incredibly detailed and even 3D views of sub-cellular structures, but often at the cost of losing the bigger picture. Researchers at Liedel University in the Netherlands, however, have leveraged a technique called virtual nanoscopy that enables researchers to observe the whole of a cell and...
Australia tells Google to delete all private data collected by Street View
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Google got a whole lot of heat when its Street View operations were found to have been collecting data from unsecured WiFi connections, and now Australia is further pressuring the search giant over allegations that all of the information it accrued surreptitiously in the country has not yet been deleted. The...
Caller ID meets Facebook and Twitter in new WhitePages app
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WhitePages is introducing a new Android app today called Current Caller ID that displays not just the name of the caller but also their recent status updates from Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, plus information from the caller’s location such as weather and news. Yep, this might just be the killer...
New Caller ID App From WhitePages Shows Friends' Recent Status Updates When They Call
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WhitePages has launched Current Caller ID, a new app that integrates with social networks to show a caller’s recent status updates on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. It also displays an infographic on the caller’s relationship to the recipient, to help the user decide if he or she wants to answer....
Boingo Wireless Buys Ex-Googler's Cloud Nine Media, Digs Further Into Sponsored WiFi And Ads
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Boingo Wireless may have made its name with paid WiFi hotspot access, but today it is doubling down on free: the public WiFi operator is buying Cloud Nine Media, a startup co-founded by ex-Googler Sebastian Tonkin that specializes in sponsored WiFi services, which in turn cost nothing for consumers to...
Boingo Wireless Scoops Up Cloud Nine Media As it Seeks To Offer More Ad-Supported Wi-Fi
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Boingo Wireless said on Wednesday that it has purchased Cloud Nine Media, a small start-up focused on selling advertisements to pay for the cost of Wi-Fi in public places such as airports and restaurants. Boingo isn’t saying how much it is paying for the eight-person firm, which today helps power...
Google updates Spreadsheets with data locking, enhanced search and more
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Spreadsheets are traditionally anything but glamorous and innovative, but Google has added a nifty dose of functionality and dab of style to Google Spreadsheets as it looks to help teams and collaborative working groups better use its Web-based Docs services. The company revealed it has added ‘protected ranges’ to the...
Dropbox now lets you print documents at FedEx Office retail stores, online too
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The cloud locker behemoth that is Dropbox has taken to Twitter to announce it's now allowing users to "easily" print documents at FedEx Office stores, both retail and online. But just how "easy" is it, really? Well, the physical deal's fairly simple: head over to the nearest FedEx Office...
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