I stumbled upon this today and found it quite cool that Google is integrating Twitter hash tags and status updates in to the search results.

These tweaks to Google’s search results came after the announcement last week that Google was extending its personalised search to all users.

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Google Chrome OS is an open source operating system for those who are very web-based. It has been built to provide users with a fast, simple and secure computing experience.

This video tells the story of Google Chrome and how it inspired an operating system.

Twitter just added notifications like you see on Facebook… will save you from having to click refresh or home all the time.

A little Perspective (Digg, Twitter and Facebook)
A great short piece on how these three mega online brands hold up today by Michael Arrington of TechCrunch.

Seth Rotheram from 2Oceansvibe.com was treated to an advanced driving course at Killarney recently. I’m going to spend the day there in 2 weeks for a F1 race day.

VW and drivers say good-bye to the iconic Citi Golf after providing 25 years of getting you from A to B at a very reasonable price.

Last week, at Facebook’s “roadmap edition” of the Facebook Developer Garage, the company announced a series of large changes to the Platform (19 to be exact). Today, the company just released an FBML Bookmark button, and posted a few more details on the new “Counter” API.

Yet while Wave has had momentum as a consumer tool (people are still clamoring for Google Wave invites), its viability as a business tool has been questioned. Will businesses really adopt Wave as a way to communicate collaboratively and share business docs?

Textures have become more popular and been put to greater use in recent years. They’re not limited to Web design either; textures of all kinds are used in print design, illustration, traditional art, TV commercials… you name it! Texture is one of the best ways to add depth to your design, whether it’s subtle noise on a clean vector illustration or a lot of grunginess throughout a layout.

This video shows a quick look back at the Google story over the past 11 years. From Stanford to Mountain View to the world, featuring many different products, starting with incorporating up to Google Wave, StreetView and Chrome.

Overy the past few months many of you would have heard about Google Wave, which is the hot new product currently being rolled out by Google.

Google Wave is a real-time communication platform, which mashes together the functionality of email, instant messaging, wikis, web chat, social networking, and project management into one application.

There will be a bit of a learning curve, but there is no doubt that this is going to be a hot new product with many companies trying to copy it.

Google Wave