Google has just announced the replacement of Insights by Youtube Analytics, an online analytic tool that’s very useful for video publishers. “You’ve been able to discover who is watching your videos and where they’re coming from for awhile now on YouTube, through Insight. Now we want to make it even easier to learn about your [...]
Written on 30 Nov 2011 by Vincent AbryOut the black toolbar at the top of every page on Google. Now it will be a gray-white transparent toolbar. By clicking on the Google logo on the left, you can access the main menu to navigate between search, images, maps, youtube, News, Gmail, Google Docs and everything else. “Instead of the horizontal black bar [...]
Written on 30 Nov 2011 by Vincent AbryThe printer paper is not dead… Will it have a rebirth with this new concept called Little Printer ? Very attractive, very cool attitude but I’m not sure that printing all your social network status will be ok with the green guys… The Little Printer can print almost anything from the most shared photo among [...]
Written on 29 Nov 2011 by Vincent AbryOut Lady Gaga (16.4 million followers) Queen of Twitter and Justin Bieber (coming fast behind with 15 million) … because on Google+ the star is : Britney Spears. Well it’s clear that in comparison to Twitter this G+ performance is just the beginning… It’s impossible to say if Miss Britney will stay at first place very [...]
Written on 29 Nov 2011 by Vincent AbryThe first video presentation of Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg has been viewed more than 8 million times on Youtube. Now the team has just unveiled a new official video with an update on their HUGE numbers. Ready for the statistics ? The park is estimated at 15 million euros value. Every day between 3,000 and 10,000 [...]
Written on 29 Nov 2011 by Vincent AbryApparently Google is not so good for our brain and especially our memory. Because instead of remembering things like appointments, notes, names, images, research, translations, etc … we just use the search engine to find in matter of seconds what we want. Well it sounds normal to me as we know that Google is online [...]
Written on 29 Nov 2011 by Vincent AbryGoogle created a 6 minute video that show evolution of search since its inception in 1996. What is the future of search? Mobile ? Voice with technologies such as Siri? Or with Mind with EEG headsets? Click on the image to see Google Search Timeline : [via]
Written on 28 Nov 2011 by Vincent AbryBing has unveiled its traditional top list of most searched keywords of the year (US here). Justin Bieber takes first place for celebrities and singers, while Casey Anthony Case is one of the most searched news in 2011 in the United States. For Sports, Maria Sharapova and Tiger Woods are the first 2 most searched. [...]
Written on 28 Nov 2011 by Vincent AbryThe new Intelligent software assistant from Apple, Siri, can be used to start a car. Like Microsoft Kinect, it seems that Siri is very popular with geeks for them to make DIY hacks. We see a new Siri Hack almost every week/day. Today Brandon Fiquett has hacked the iPhone 4S voice assistant of his car [...]
Written on 28 Nov 2011 by Vincent AbryFedEx Canada has made a viral video with dominoes (here FedEx boxes) which shows a goose sending a hockey stick from Montreal to a dog located in Miami. Nice buzz marketing video even if dominoes videos are not new. This vid is intended to advertise the FedEx “less urgent” shipping service from Canada to United [...]
Written on 28 Nov 2011 by Vincent AbryCyber Monday was born in the United States a few years ago. The term mades its debut November 28, 2005 on Shop.org. Less known than the Black Friday (the biggest sale event in United States), Cyber Monday is the Monday immediately following Black Friday. It’s very popular in the United States but also in Canada, [...]
Written on 28 Nov 2011 by Vincent AbrySouth Korea prepares to test a new kind of prison guards : robots on wheels. With 5 feet high and and a weight of 154 pounds, these special guards will patrol in Pohang Prison in southeast of Seoul. They are not here to shoot the first prisoner they see (they are not Terminator !). Instead [...]
Written on 28 Nov 2011 by Vincent AbryGoogle+ debuts its first Television commercial. First ad below was shown on TV during the Lions vs Packers NFL game on Thanksgiving.
Written on 28 Nov 2011 by Vincent AbryHere is an infographic on everything you wanted to know about Advanced Google Search. How to Google ? Very useful info here, add it to your favorites! via
Written on 24 Nov 2011 by Vincent Abry“Black Widow is the name of several fictional superheroines appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics.” If you have seen Iron Man 2 then you cannot forget Scarlett Johansson in the role of Natalia “Natasha” Romanova Alianovna … (first and second pic and video below) Perfect costume (cosplay) in for party and Comic-Con conventions. [...]
Written on 24 Nov 2011 by Vincent AbryThese birds are everywhere: tablets, theme parks, products, and soon in a movie and in a cartoon… This time the idea is to deliver pizzas with Angry Birds on them (picture below). Good idea for this pizzeria but be aware of Rovio Royalties sir ;-) Here is the extra extra extra size : [via]
Written on 24 Nov 2011 by Vincent AbryVolunia wants to challenge the landscape of online research and especially… Google, which market share is still huge in the industry. This is not the first time a search engine tries to challenge Google, but this time will it succeed or… will it blend ? May be there is a little hope this time because [...]
Written on 24 Nov 2011 by Vincent AbryBlack Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving in the United States. This year it’s November 25. Mega sales and promotions … Americans love it and some stores open at 4am. Last year the Black Friday has generated $ 45 billion in sales. You can now even shop directly on Amazon.com (see 2011 deals here). 270,000 [...]
Written on 24 Nov 2011 by Vincent AbryBlack Friday has started on Amazon.com. Here are the best deals : -All Black Friday Deals : -Amazon Kindle DX Tablet is only $259 instead of $379 -Kindle Fire is only $199 : -Kindle Touch 3G + Wi-Fi is $149 : -Kindle Touch Wi-Fi is $99 : -Kindle is $79 : -Black Friday Deals on [...]
Written on 24 Nov 2011 by Vincent AbryU.S. President Barack Obama just landed on Google + with a verified profile page for his future presidential campaign in 2012. Yes it is indeed a page with his name + first name, and not a personal account. His G+ Page has already 4637 +1s after 1 day online. (note that Barack does not display [...]
Written on 24 Nov 2011 by Vincent Abry