Bringing back the old style Google search page
Last week Google rolled out their most radical redesign of their search page yet – which to be fair, being Google it’s not a drastic overhaul. The new interface includes a navigation-like sidebar down the left hand side of your search results which provides functionality to filter or otherwise narrow down your search results. While [...]
Reclaiming some privacy from Google Street View
On the surface, Google Street View is just an amazing accomplish and quite remarkably, free. If you are not familiar with the service, Google has assembled a fleet of specially outfitted vehicles with 360 degree cameras affixed to their roofs; at which point they drive up and down the streets of cities and towns across [...]
Still love Google while maintaining your privacy
Who knows more about the citizens in their own country, Kim Jong-Il or Google? That’s the question the site GoogleSharing asks it’s visitors. Whether we realize it, or even want to admit it, Google is prevalent all across the Internet and as such has the ability to track users whether we are logged into a [...]
Potentially speed up surfing with Google’s public DNS offering
Google unveiled yet another free service today, Google Public DNS, which they hope translates into a faster browsing experience for it’s users. If you aren’t familiar with DNS you may think of it like an Internet phone book. If you know a person’s name, using a phone book you can find out how to contact [...]
Return real-time search results in Google
Most users view Google as a simple and easy to use search engine, type in a few keywords in on the sparse search page and click search. Results are returned for your query and ideally you’ve found what you are looking for on the first page. Searching with Google is truly easy but it doesn’t [...]
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