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Media: Google+
Contributed by Rick DeVan on June 29, 2011 at 7:05 pm ET
Resource: Introducing the Google+ project: Real-life sharing, rethought for the web via Google Blog.
Today, the connections between people increasingly happen online. Yet the subtlety and substance of real-world interactions are lost in the rigidness of our online tools.
In this basic, human way, online sharing is awkward. Even broken. And we aim to fix it.
We’d like to bring the nuance and richness of real-life sharing to software. We want to make Google better by including you, your relationships, and your interests. And so begins the Google+ project:
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Thriv’Ability: Public Transit Live Updates
Contributed by Rick DeVan on June 9, 2011 at 12:33 am ET
Resource: Know when your bus is late with live transit updates in Google Maps.
No one enjoys waiting for a bus. Missing the bus is even worse. This may help ease the stress.
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Thriv’Ability: Google’s Hamina (Finland) Data Center
Contributed by Rick DeVan on June 6, 2011 at 3:50 pm ET
Resource: Practical steps towards a greener, energy-efficient cloud via Google Blog.
I doubt if many of us ever think about the data centers needed to keep our Internet services going. Here is a look inside the cooling system of one of Google’s currently under construction.
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Google Safety Tips Video
Contributed by Rick DeVan on June 2, 2011 at 8:35 am ET
Yeah, we all know this, but it doesn’t hurt to be reminded every once in awhile.
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Media: Google Correlate
Contributed by Rick DeVan on June 1, 2011 at 9:46 am ET
Resource: Google Correlate
Resource Using search patterns to track dengue fever.
What does baseball have in common with gazebos? We’re not sure, except that people search on Google for both terms in similar patterns. Last week we introduced Google Correlate, an experimental tool enabling researchers to model real-world behavior using search trends. We’ve heard from many researchers who want to mine this data for new discoveries about economics and public health — much like we designed Google Flu Trends to give an early warning about flu outbreaks. We hope they&rsqou;re able to make useful discoveries with Google Correlate.
An interesting tool for researchers.
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