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Google’s Office in London

Google’s Office in London

All Google offices around the world can be

characterized

by originality and out-of-the-box staff

interaction ideas.

This particular project was developed

by architecture firm Scott

Brownrigg and is located in London.

Top 10 Reasons to Fear Google

There are naysayers in every crowd. They are the people who hate Microsoft because it’s so ubiquitous. On the same page, there are people who loath Wal-Martbecause it is a global company that is supposedly wrecking local retailers everywhere. But when most people think of operating systems or cheap shopping, they think Wal-Mart and Microsoft.

Enter Google. Once just a search engine, it is now sprouting up extensions like Jack’s bean stalk on steroids. These extensions are what’s making Google so irreplaceable for many people who want the one stop shop. Google is fast becoming the Wal-Mart of the Internet. And it’s for that reason that some people are starting to fear the company.

Editor’s Note: This list was written in June 2008, therefore Chrome and Buzz are not included.

10. Google Video

When most people think of looking for videos, YouTube is the automatic choice. However, Google has gone a step beyond YouTube. Not only does a Video search yield all of the YouTube results and play them in the Google window, but the search engine also searches the entire web for your content. WhileGoogle Video may not feature categories like YouTube, when you can search the entire web, who cares?

 

9. Google Maps & Google Earth

A few years ago, Google created an application called Google Earth that would let a person input an address and the application would give them the most recent satellite images of that area. Another nifty feature was the ability to plot a course between multiple locations similar to Mapquest.com. Now 

Top 10 Ways To Make Your Blog More Sociable

One of the most important parts of blogging, beyond creating great content, is making sure that your blog is comment friendly and social.  This means that visitors are able to have in-depth discussions through the comments with extra features.  After commenting, they are easily able to share a blog post with others on their favorite social networks, such as Twitter, Facebook, Delicious and others. And finally, if they are interested in getting to know you better, they can easily find your social profiles.

Here are the Top 10 ways to make your WordPress blog comment friendly and social.

10. Ajax Edit Comments

 

Top 10 Web Applications

The web has changed our world in so many ways, providing information at our finger tips, giving faster communication, allowing easier exploration of our world and increasing our productivity…unless you are a surfing zombie. If you are then this list may not be for you. This list of the top 10 web applications will introduce you to some web apps that you may not know about. We certainly hope you find a treasure or two. The Internet is full of useful and fun applications and new ones come and go every day. In fact this list will probably be out of date in a month to some degree, but that is what makes the web so exciting. So enjoy this list while it lasts and take time to see how some of these web apps can help you. Think we left off a web app? Let us know in the comments.