Well lookie here! The Droid can translate text.. with pictures!

Google, Search Engines on February 16th, 2010 Comments

Apparently Google has been in the process of making some wicked software that can translate text from pictures that you take with your cell phone into different languages! Sadly it can’t translate spoken words, but it can translate something from say.. a German dinner menu. The demonstration by Google translated the text: “Fruhlingssalat [...]

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Google calls Apple a valuable partner! So hopefully we see no change in iPhone search

Technology on February 16th, 2010 Comments

via Reuters
“Apple is a very close and valuable partner and we’re very excited about the relationship we have with them today. We have no reason to believe that’s going to change,” Vic Gundotra, who leads Google’s mobile engineering, told journalists on Monday.

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Google to offer Buzz independently from GMail?

Google, Technology on February 13th, 2010 Comments

The folks at Search Engine Land are brilliant, and this article is a godsend for so many.
Google says it may allow people to participate in Google Buzz without having it integrated within Gmail, in addition to offering a combined Gmail service. That may be a welcome move for users of both products, [...]

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It’s time to drop that silly Google Toolbar

Google, Technology on January 5th, 2010 Comments

So many times clients of mine have called up complaining that every time they open Internet Explorer their computer seems to crash or melt down. It took me a while to figure this out, but apparently the Google Toolbar seems to have some issues with IE6 and IE7. And since both of those browsers (and [...]

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