Google Video

Apparently, Google release a service called Google Video in January. Users can enter a search term and Google Video will return video stills from TV shows where the search term occurred. Click on the TV show and you will receive excerpts from the show’s transcript and timestamps for all the times the search term occurred… Continue reading Google Video

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Yahoo! FareChase

Will it ever end? Yahoo! has upped the ante yet again by introducing a hotel product for Yahoo! FareChase. The beta service that allows users to “search multiple trusted hotel sites including hotel chains and online travel agencies to find the best hotel and related travel information available online.” The new Yahoo! FareChase hotel product… Continue reading Yahoo! FareChase

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Google Offers Ride Finder

It just keeps getting better. First Yahoo! Maps offers cross streets and inline establishment indicators. Now Google offers Ride Finder. Just select one of the major US cities listed and you can see all the locations for shuttles and taxis in the area. A commuter’s dream come true. Somehow, I don’t think this will catch… Continue reading Google Offers Ride Finder

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GMail Storage Doubled

If the search engine wars weren’t bad enough, Yahoo! recently upped their webmail storage amount for individual accounts to match Google’s 1GB limit. Today, a year after GMail was announced, Google has announced an increase for their limit to two gigabytes.

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Google Preloads Firefox Searches

ZDNet has an article that states Google now pre-loads websites for the top results of searches made using Mozilla browsers. Reza Behforooz, a software engineer at Google, announced on Wednesday that the search engine now pre-loads the top search result into the cache of Mozilla browsers. “Now Google’s faster than ever on Firefox and Mozilla… Continue reading Google Preloads Firefox Searches

GMail Invites, B$ & 360

I have a bunch of GMail invites and everyone I know has a GMail account already. If you want one, just comment on this post. I also have nearly 700 chips on BlogShares. I’ll give 50 to anyone who writes a post on his/her blog about HotPepper.ca and 100 to anyone who adds a link… Continue reading GMail Invites, B$ & 360

Google Weather and Movies

Google is really on a roll. First it was their Google Maps that took the Internet by storm. Now they’ve released weather and movie services.

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Google Maps Goes North

It looks like Google has extended its map database north of the 50th parallel.

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