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T3: Your Data in Google and Facebook

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Diana

UW-Madison’s Division of Information Technology (DoIT) has a nice summary of what kinds of information Google and Facebook have collected and stored from your accounts. The following are DoIT’s recommendations for viewing, downloading, and/or changing this data. What Google Knows … Continue reading →

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T3: Alternatives to Google URL Shortener

Posted on April 5, 2018 by Diana

Google will soon stop developing their goo.gl URL shortener service. Although current links will continue to work for the foreseeable future, you will need to change to another shortener service to create shorter URLs. There are two other good options that … Continue reading →

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T3: Google A.I. Experiments

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Diana

Google has introduced a new website that showcases fun, short experiments that use machine learning technology. My favorite game is Quick, Draw! in which you are prompted to sketch a simple line drawing of a particular object in under 20 seconds … Continue reading →

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Friday Fun – Google Easter Eggs

Posted on September 2, 2016 by Martha

Sometimes people like to hide things, like Easter Eggs for other people to find. This includes the folks at Google. Continue reading →

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T3: Google Spaces

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Diana

Google has introduced a new app, Spaces, designed to make it easier to chat, share content, and collaborate with other people for work and for fun. Once you and your friends or colleagues have all signed into a space, you … Continue reading →

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T3: Presidential Debates and Google

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Diana

Google has just announced that they are partnering with Fox News Channel to bring more information to people following the Republican presidential debate tonight. If you do a Google search for “Fox News Debate” anytime after the debate starts at … Continue reading →

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Friday Fun: Google Feud

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Rebecca Jones

Love Family Feud?  You can now play with the top searches used on Google.  Choose a category and let the fun begin! http://www.googlefeud.com Want to learn more about Google?  We have many items on the topic – The search : how Google and its … Continue reading →

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Google Speeds Up

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Barbara

Tired of waiting for your Google search results? Well, Google read your mind! According to the CNN Tech article “New Google Instant shows search results as you type,” Google rolled out Google Instant in the U.S. yesterday. As you type … Continue reading →

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Notable Internet News Bites

Posted on August 8, 2010 by kyle

A couple of interesting Internet-related news bites that came out last week. Not surprisingly, Google is involved with both: Net Neutrality Was Fun While It Lasted News broke on Wednesday of a deal between Verizon and Google that would create … Continue reading →

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New Google Scholar Feature

Posted on July 9, 2010 by kyle

One of the ways of judging the impact of an article/author is to look at the numbers of times that article/author has been cited by others. If you’ve used Google Scholar before, you may have noticed that part of the … Continue reading →

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