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Clouds at Google Book Search
Google Book Search Now With Cloud Tag by Barry Schwartz, Search Engine Land (Jul 1) "The Google Book Search Blog announced a neat new feature that allows you to peek into the book via what is known as a cloud...
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Twitter Tools
50 Useful Twitter Tools for Writers and Researchers, Online College Degree Blog (Apr 27) Fifty tools for finding information through Twitter! I'm not sure how useful these are but they are fun to try. TwitterPacks , a PBWorks wiki, is...
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Firefox 3.5
Firefox 3.5 in pictures by Seth Rosenblatt, Webware (June30) Interesting approach - 10 slides showing changes in Firefox 3.5 including geolocation, and removing traces. There's more information on the features in With 3.5 launch, Firefox faces new challengers by Stephen...
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News 2.0 Impact
News 2.0: The Future of News in an Age of Social Media, Ira Basen, CBC News (June 30) CBC ran an excellent 2 hour program on News 2.0 - direction of the News business in the Web 2.0 age of...
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Better Google Books Search
New Features on Google Books, Inside Google Book Search (Jun 18) Many improvements: + embed preview of book in blog or website + search results that show more context + thumbnail view + contents dropdown for easier navigation + plain...
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Responding to big events
Michael JacksonÂ's Death: An Inside Look At How Google, Yahoo, & Bing Handled An Extraordinary Day In Search, by Matt McGee, Search Engine Land (Jun 27) A big news story puts pressure on Google, Yahoo and Bing to respond. Wikipedia,...
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Advanced Google Custom Search
Advanced Custom Search Configuration, Google Custom Search Blog (June 29) Presentation at Google I/O by Nick Weininger on Advanced Custom Search Configuration. [46 minutes] Key tools for building and presenting - including new features for rich snippets and microformats. Shows...
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Google Maps - Features
10 Top Overlooked Features of Google Maps, PCWorld.ca ( Slideshow on ways to use Google Maps - create maps, change them, add pictures, share them. Also - get transit routes (in Toronto shows subway but not bus routes)....
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Author Search in Google News
Search by Author on Google News, Google News Blog (June 21) Get more information about an author in Google News by clicking on the name or using Advanced Search. Can also use the syntax - eg author:"Martin Mittelstaedt"...
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Evernote for note-taking
Evernote gets a whiff of wikis by Rafe Needleman, Webware (June 29) Evernote is making it easier to share notes. "Evernote, a great note-taking and productivity app and a 2009 Webware 100 editor's choice winner, is getting just a hint...
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National Digital Strategy?
Ministers finally embrace Canada's digital future, by Michael Geist, Toronto Star (Jun 29) The Government of Canada has started to show an interest in the digital economy. "With attention mounting on the need for a national digital strategy, Industry Minister...
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Firefox over the years
Ch-ch-ch-changes: A visual history of Firefox by Josh Lowensohn, Weware (June 29) Mozilla's Firefox emerged around 2003 from the ashes of Netscape. This article shows the progression from version 0.8 to the soon-to-be-available 3.5 in navigation, tabs, bookmarks, and the...
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