Today December 20, 2012 the Google Doodle features the “Brothers Grimm.”

In honor of their 200th anniversary, The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm brings to life twenty-seven of the most beloved Grimm stories, including classics such as Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Hansel and Gretel, in a vibrant and meticulous new translation commissioned for this publication.


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More than six decades since the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls - and thousands of years after they were written - Israel on Tuesday put 5,000 images of the ancient biblical artifacts online in a partnership with Google.

Israeli officials said this is part of an attempt by the custodians of the celebrated manuscripts - often criticized for allowing them to be monopolized by small circles of scholars - to make them broadly available.


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Here's a guided video tour of a Google data center with a street view.

From the networking room to the cooling towers outside of the facility, you can explore the different areas of a Google data center in this guided video tour. Learn more about what you're viewing in Street View below, and see some of our equipment in motion.

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Google revealed the world's first seven-inch tablet "Google Nexus 7."

The tablet will be available in both 8GB and 16GB models. It will have a 7-inch HD 1280x800 display resolution (216 ppi) IPS display and a scratch-resistant Corning glass display. The tablet is powered by a quad-core Tegra 3 SoC processor and runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS. It also features a high capacity 4,325 mAH battery that will promise to give 8 hours of constant use. Other features include a 1.2 MP front-facing camera, GPS and NFC.

The 8GB model will have a price of $199 and $249 for the 16GB model. Buyers will get a credit of $25 in Google Play store with the purchase, for a limited time only.

The Nexus 7 is designed specifically for Google Play, an online store that sells movies, music, books, apps and other content. That mirrors Amazon's strategy with the Kindle Fire, although Amazon's strength in online retailing has seeded its store with a more extensive selection than Google Play. Amazon declined comment.

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Introducing Nexus 7

According to Australian website Gizmondo, The Google Nexus 7's touch-screen is thought to be an IPS display which will run at a resolution of 1280*800 pixels. The tablet will be powered by a 1.3 Ghz quad-core processor, which will work in combination with 1GB of RAM.

Android Jelly Bean is set to launch in October , which is around the time we expect the Nexus 7 to launch. Therefore, we're expecting the tablet to be one of the first devices to run the new version of Google's operating system.

You'll be able to choose between 8GB or 16GB of on-board memory with the prices expected to come in around £100 and £160. Other features of the Nexus 7 include support for NFC as well as a 1.2 mega-pixel camera for video calling.

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Google and Samsung are officially announced the new Chromebox and Chromebook . Both devices will be powered by Google's cloud storage system and also based Chrome OS.

The new Samsung Chromebook is Series 5550 will come with 12.1-inch screen, Intel Core processor, 4GB of RAM, HD camera, two USB 2.0 ports, and battery life of up to 6 hours. While Chromebox similar to Mac Mini from Apple, but has an additional 4 ports for USB 2.0, also comes with a built-in dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n and Gigbit ethernet. In contrast to the Chromebox, the Chromebook will come with 3G connectivity options.

Samsung's Series 5 550 Chromebook is powered by an Intel Dual Core processor with 4GB of RAM on board. It features a 12.1-inch screen at 1280 x 800 pixels, 6 hours of battery life, and comes in 3G or Wi-Fi only models.

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The Chromebox 3 resembles Apple's Mac Mini, measuring in at around 7.5 inches square. Hardware specs include a 16GB SSD and 4GB of RAM, as well as an Intel Celeron B840 Dual Core (1.9 GHz) processor.

For those interested, Series 5 Chromebook Wi-Fi models will retail at $449, while the Chromebox priced at $329. via: BGR

Google announce its file-sharing collaboration storage service called Google Drive which allows anyone to store and access files in the internet anytime, anywhere. Google Drive aspire to replace the USB thumb drive stuffed into your backpack or purse.

As reported by Googleblog (04/25/2012), Today, we’re introducing Google Drive—a place where you can create, share, collaborate, and keep all of your stuff. Whether you’re working with a friend on a joint research project, planning a wedding with your fiancé or tracking a budget with roommates, you can do it in Drive. You can upload and access all of your files, including videos, photos, Google Docs, PDFs and beyond.

According to Masable blog, One interesting feature of the service is smart tagging, which allows you to tag items stored on your drive. So if you’ve uploaded a picture of the Golden Gate Bridge to your drive, the next time you perform a search for the bridge, your photo will show up along with other results.

The Price - You can choose to upgrade to 25GB for $2.49/month, 100GB for $4.99/month or rather 1TB for $49.99/month. When you upgrade to a paid account, your Gmail account storage will also expand to 25GB.

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source: Mashalbe, Googleblog

Today i just found that one of my blog post with a YouTube Video got a Video Thumbnail Images on Search Engine. The thumbnail images next to search results that pointed to websites. I love it!

These thumbnails maybe often generated automatically from videos that are found in the corresponding web page or blog post.

I discover this changes today, I paste my article "Gmail Tap replaces Default Keyboard – Video" to different browser like: Opera mini, Firefox and Google Chrome and the results is amazing look at the pictures below.

Screen Grab Photo of Video Thumbnail Images in Google Chrome.
Screen Grab Photo of Video Thumbnail Images in Mozilla Firefox.
Screen Grab Photo of Video Thumbnail Images Opera Mini

Google Gmail Introduces a better way to type – Gmail Tap.

Gmail Tap replaced the default keyboad and gmail applications with the one only two buttons 2 keys. Good Job Google!! Lol you can tap it at night u can tap in the bathroom lol.

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From Gmailblog:

Gmail Tap takes the keyboard from 26 keys to just two. Every letter of the alphabet is represented by a simple pattern of dots and dashes, and once you know them you can type without even looking at your screen. This makes it ideal for situations where you need to discreetly send emails, such as when you're on a date or in a meeting with your boss.

Tap into the future of productivity with Gmail Tap for Android and iOS. Double your typing speed with this revolutionary new keyboard.

Google Drive, a new file storage service on the network by a company from Mountain View, is now almost officially announced, but the question remains - how much we can do with this space?

From Google Operating System:

Google Operating System has looked at the source code for Google Docs and found several mentions of an SDK in conjunction with Google Drive, including a mention of "google-apps.drive-sdk" and an SDK "open with" command. This isn't conclusive proof, but it suggests that you'll be able to open Google Drive files with other applications.

Google Drive is an important upgrade to Google Docs that will detach the online storage service from the Google Docs apps and will make it more useful by offering more free storage, syncing apps and integration with web apps developed by other companies.

Jeremy [L] egend [I] n [N] ew York: highlights on the NBA's channel have been seen over 1.5 million times this month and countless fan videos.

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From YouTube-Trends:

The NBA's newest star, NY Knick guard Jeremy Lin, has drawn the attention of sports fans around the globe, and his stellar play of late has caused big spike in YT searches, making his name one of the top rising search terms, globally, on YouTube last week.

Lin's stardom hit its highest thus far over the weekend, with much of the interest in the 23-year-old coming from New York and San Francisco as well as internationally from Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Here's the video of Google Search Features. I like this video. That feels neat. Go Google!

The search team at Google has created a 2 minutes video that packs of all the useful stuff you can do on Google.com.

If Google can't make Google Voice Recognition hear different accents just like Siri, then and only then they have won over Siri.

And I just learned that you can drag images from the desktop and drop them on to the Google Images website and it will find similar images on the Internet – that’s much faster than using the “Browse” button.

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Report said Google+ now has surpasses 100 million users, and Facebook has 845 million online users.

Google+ is expanding at a tremendous pace 750,000 users per day! Google prediction: 400 million users on this site before the end of 2012.

Google + is growing extremely rapidly: it now uses 100 million Internet users. Scientist Paul Allen, who watches portal, bet that by the end of the base portal boast 345 million users. If Google will use other mechanisms to increase the number of users (eg, mandatory profile setting Google + when creating a Google account) is 400 million before the end of 2012 is quite real. In the "enemy camp" are preparing for the IPO.


Facebook plans to collect 5 or $ 10 billion in stock market debut, which is to take place somewhere around May. Additionally, the portal has released new statistics: Facebook boasts 845 million active users and 483 million who enter the FB every day. neowin

Introducing Search plus Your World. Search the web, your photos, friends' posts, and more.

Here the Four that you can find with Search plus Your World! via Google inside-search

1. Personal results, including:

Photos from you and your friends - Search for photos shared with you on Google+ or uploaded by you and your connections.

2. Profiles in search

Find people faster by seeing their Google profile appear right as you type their name in search.

3. Google+ content from your circles

Relevant Google+ posts and comments that have been shared with you will now appear in your search results.

4. Related people and pages

Discover people and brands related to your search and connect by adding them to your circles.

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