You can play with Google gravity project by going to Google and search for “Google gravity” with the “feel lucky” option. Alternatively, you can visit the page directly by clicking Google Gravity. Gravity pulls everything to the ground, everything. Gravity affects search box, search results, images and anything else you can imagine. After the collapse you can perform searches and see the results falling from the sky. You can click the results and navigate to the sites like you normally do or just drug and drop them around and see how gravity works. It is very funny and gravity algorithm is good enough to make it look realistic
Google Flights Search
Google Flight Search is the Google’s new tool. You can search for flights and get the results ultra fast. It is nicer and simpler than other similar sites. You can narrow your results by setting the maximum amount you are willing to pay, the maximum duration of the flight you want or the number of stops you prefer. There are filters you can add very fast and easily. You can make a new search for another destination with just a click in the map. It does not support
Intel and Google team up for Android
Nowadays more and more consumers turn into smartphones and tablets. Intel and Google team up and future releases of Android platform will be optimized for Intel’s Atom low power processors. Intel also announced that their processors will consume 20 times less energy in idle mode by 2013 without compromising performance. More power with less energy, we will enjoy our Android devices more without charging so soon
Twitter Ads
Twitter started showing ads about from followed companies. Now they will start showing ads from other companies too, not just the ones you follow. The algorithm will be based on the algorithm that shows you who to follow. If you are similar with someone who follows a company that you don’t, you will get ads from that company too
Bayfiles – File-sharing site from Pirate Bay founders
Two founders of Pirate Bay have launched a new file-sharing site called Bayfiles. Bayfiles will respect copyrights. It is very similar to Rapidshare, Megaupload and YouSendit. The site allows users to upload their files and share the link where their file was stored for others to download it. There is not search functionality and therefore the user will have to publish his link so the others can find the file and download it. If you upload copyrighted material, the site will delete the files
Google started charging for translate API
The translate API is now at version 2 and Google anounced that will start charging for that service. Version 1 was officially deprecated on 26th of May and will be shut off completely on 1st of December
Google’s $500 million settlement
Google settled with U.S Government to pay $500 millions for showing advertisements of illegal online pharmacies. This settlement reduces Google profits by 22%. Department of Justice started to investigate Google’s advertising practices after the appearance of illegal pharmacies in Google ads
Foxconn will replace people with robots
Foxconn, a technology group in Taiwan will replace (a lot of) people with robots. Foxconn is known for assembling Apple’s iPhones and iPads in China. A report says that they will use 1.000.000 robots in the next three years. The
Fear of the Hack
Recent attacks from LulzSec and Anonymous spread fear to almost any company with data available online. Microsoft anounced a security competition for defensive approaches to support computer security and will invest $260.000 in cash prices. The prices are for the
IQ and web browsers are related
IQ and web browsers are related according to a study. Researches gave to web surfers a free IQ test and recorded the results and the data of their web browsers. The results show that the users that use Internet Explorer