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Millions of people search Google Maps every day. A free listing on Google Maps makes it easy for them to find you. Google Places can be used to create your free listing. When potential customers search Maps for local information, they’ll find your business: your address, hours of operation, even photos of your...
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Google has launched its own URL shortening tool, as the company continues to expand into new services. While not quite as earth shattering as the launch of its own operating system, the unveiling of Goo.gl is an interesting move for the search giant. Link shorteners, such as TinyURL and Bit.ly, allow people to reduce long URLs...
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Gmail has long had keyboard shortcuts, though learning them can be difficult. Enter the Gboard, a specialized mini-keyboard for Google’s e-mail service. It debuts this Friday at an asking price of $19.99. The Gboard consists of 19 colored keys set in a standard size numpad-only keyboard. Clicking on any one of these performs that particular...
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Google Finance now offers streaming news related to the stock market. (Credit: Screenshot by Tom Krazit/CNET) Google has added a few new features in hopes of attracting more users to Google Finance, blending financial stories from Google News right into the mix. Yahoo owns the online financial information market with Yahoo Finance (rated first in its category...
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Google now intends to deliver customized search results even to those searching its site without having signed into a Google account. Google keeps a history of your Web searches for up to 180 days, using what it says is an anonymous cookie in your browser to track your search queries and the results you most...
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Google has been actively collecting feedback on Google Wave with an ongoing survey, which was distributed via email, the help center, and Twitter. Today they’ve published the initial findings for public dissection. So far results indicate that users love the concept of Wave, appreciate the collobartion features, and like the extensions, gadgets, and robots. On...
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