Researchers at Microsoft’s labs in Redmond, WA, have released an online game to help fine-tune search results says Technology Review.
Called Page Hunt, the game presents players with web pages and asks them to guess the queries that would produce the page within its first five results. Players score 100 points if the page is no.1 [...]
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Users in 27 countries will be able to broadcast their location to others constantly, using Google Latitude. Friends’ whereabouts can be tracked on a Google map, either from a handset or from a personal computer. There is also an iGoogle widget. Controls allow users to select who receives the information or to go offline at [...]
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“After Dutch holey cheese, there now is a Dutch font with holes as well.”
The company, SPRANQ creative communications, started with a simple question – how much of a letter can be removed while maintaining readability? After extensive testing with all kinds of shapes, the best results were achieved using small circles.
And with that, you get [...]
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Uptil now, if anyone wanted a To-do list in their Gmail (fairly useful, given that lots of people have their Gmail account continually open in one of their browser windows), they would have to download and install the Remember the milk plugin for Firefox, but not anymore.
Now, Gmail has its own To-do list, which you [...]
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Rediff.com has launched WebInMail, a new service that would fetch web pages for users to allow them to read online content in their Inbox. Targeted largely at people who’s office regulations do not allow them to access external websites, this is quite an interesting concept, which deserves to be watched.
To use the service, all ones [...]
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Gmail has launched about 30 themes for users, to allow them to personalize the look and feel of their Gmail experience. As the Gmail blog explains:
We wanted to go beyond simple color customization, so out of the 30 odd themes we’re launching today, there’s a shiny theme with chrome styling, another one that turns your [...]
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As travel portals do their bit to jump onto the community bandwagon (Cleartrip had launched a video section some time back), Zoomtra.com, has launched a contribution platform for travel bloggers. Named Travel Blogs, the platform is a collection of hand-picked travel blogs.
“This is our latest innovation to provide travel planners the best tools and information [...]
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Gmail and Google App subscribers can now choose to speak with friends on a video screen and simultaneously instant message them in a Google Chat box. As the Google Blog states:
Just click on the new “Video & more” menu in a Gmail chat window and select “Start video chat” or “Start voice chat.” You can [...]
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Travel portal MakeMyTrip.com has launched Distance Meter, a rather interesting tool that helps users sort hotels based on the distance from a particular location. According to MakeMyTrip, the new feature is currently available for all major cities in the country like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai and Ahmedabad. However, it gives the aerial distance, [...]
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In a rather innovative move, Zoomtra has partnered with mapping service provider RouteGuru to offer users of its travel search engine, driving directions which include landmark based route instructions, route map and auto rickshaw fare finder service.
Currently, the service is available for Delhi /NCR, and is prompted via a pop-up when a user searches a [...]
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