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Google Wants Universal Smart Meters In Every House

By Conrad Myers posted May 14, 2010, 9:36 am | 0

Google has more on it’s mind than search results and YouTube videos. The have written a post on their official blog outlining their intentions to bring Smart Meters to the masses.

We all receive an electricity bill once a month that is hard to decipher besides the total amount due. What if we instead had access to more useful and actionable information about our energy consumption? What if consumers could use this information to automatically adjust appliances, lights, and other equipment to save money and cut energy use?

How to Get a Job Using Google

By Ryan Deal posted May 13, 2010, 10:57 am | 3

Landing a job isn’t that hard, heck, passing out fliers is a job, but landing the job you want, now that can be tough, especially with the economic woes of late. With more people in the job market and less jobs to hand out, creativity just may be the only edge up you’ve got.

So, when Alec Brownstein went job hunting, he added 1/2 cup of creativity and ended up with exactly what he set out to get, thanks to Google.

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Google Invests $38 Million in Renewable Wind Energy

By Kurt Black posted May 3, 2010, 5:51 pm | 0

Google recently announced that they’ve made their first direct investment in a renewable wind farm project. The $38 Million that Google has invested will support two wind farms that together generate over 169 megawatts of power, which is enough to fully power more than 55,000 homes.

The wind farms, developed by NextEra Energy Resources, will reside in the North Dakota plains and will transmit energy to homes using existing technologies, reducing the local demand on fossil fuels.

3D Desktop BumpTop Acquired By Google

By Conrad Myers posted May 3, 2010, 9:05 am | 0

Just confirmed by venture debt firm Wellington Financial, Google has acquired the 3D desktop Canadian startup BumpTop. Per BumpTop they we no longer be selling the interface but will have it available for download for another week. There has not been word on what exactly Google’s plans are and if this means it will be offered for free.

Today, we have a big announcement to make: we’re excited to announce that we’ve been acquired by Google! This means that BumpTop (for both Windows and Mac) will no longer be available for sale. Additionally, no updates to the products are planned.

For the next week, we’re keeping BumpTop Free available for download at bumptop.com/download to give BumpTop fans one last chance to grab a copy.

The BumbTop 3D desktop interface uses mutli-touch gestures on a touch screen creating a gorgeous looking workspace. It offers many new capabilities not seen around much. Check out the video for a quick demo.

Google Acquires Widget Creator, LabPixies

By Ryan Deal posted April 27, 2010, 11:01 am | 0

Google, who has been on the heavy acquisition front for some time now, has just acquired widget creators, LabPixies. Google and LabPixies have been working together for years on many of its widgets for its popular personalization tool, iGoogle.

No word yet on how much the purchase cost Google, but effective today the LabPixies team will join Google’s Tel Aviv office and will look to expand iGoogle’s efforts over Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

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Creative Google Maps Manipulations by Christoph Niemann

By Ryan Deal posted April 15, 2010, 9:28 pm | 0

Maps are boring but they get you places… most of the time. Well, that is until now. New York Times illustrator Christoph Niemann has created a series of Google Map Manipulations that are clever, unique, and darn creative. Here’s a bunch of our favorites which are also available as prints. Enjoy!