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The DC Metro and the Invisible Hand
My friend Tom Lee has been pestering the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority , the agency that runs the DC area's public transit system, to publish its schedule data in an open format. That will allow companies like Google to include the information in products like Google Transit. ...
Official Google Blog: New search-by-style options for Google Image Search
googleblog.blogspot.com — Many of us use Google Image Search to find imagery of people, clip art for presentations, diagrams for reports, and of course symbols and patterns for artistic inspiration. Unfortunately, searching for the perfect image can be challenging if the ... (more) Official Google Blog: New search-by-style options for ...
Marissa Mayer's 2009 Resolution: Leave Google
Marissa Mayer's 2009 Resolution: Leave Google
valleywag.gawker.com — What will Google be like without Marissa Mayer , the glamour nerd whose goofy laugh so neatly captures the search engine's adolescent awkwardness? We'll know soon. We hear the company's 19th employee is planning her goodbye. Top Googlers, ... (more) Marissa Mayer's 2009 Resolution: Leave Google
Official Google Docs Blog: Access Google Docs from your Desktop
googledocs.blogspot.com — Friday, December 19, 2008 12:38 PM If you often work with Google Docs, you probably want more ways to access your docs quickly. A recent example is the handy Docs gadget in Gmail that shows a list of your recently accessed Google Docs right from ... (more) Official Google Docs Blog: Access Google Docs from your ...
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