Google China has just released a new, experimental version of Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer.  The new toolbar includes a lot of fascinating features, but it’s currently only available in Chinese.
The most interesting new function is the way that Google Translate now allows the toolbar to translate websites that use AJAX, and even sites that [...]

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Google Reader has just added a few more social features. Tonight, they’ve introduced the addition of comments to your friends’ shared items. To get to this new feature, you’ll have to go down to your Friends’ Shared Items, then click “Comment View.”
Then you can add comments to any of your friends’ items and see [...]

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As expected, the bad news from Google doesn’t end with yesterday’s layoff announcement.  They’ve also announced the shutdown of several Google services (Google Reader is in the clear, though, whew!).
Included among the soon-to-be-deceased are: Google Notebooks, Google Catalogs, Dodgeball, Google Video, Google Mashup Editor, and future development of Jaiku, although the service itself [...]

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This week, there are more Google updates than you can shake a stick at.  I’ll try to sum them all up for you as best I can in a short, informative way.
Google Reader
First up, Google Reader has made a few changes. If you use this as your primary feed provider, [...]

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I hope you have been paying attention.  I hope you have been taking notes.  In previous months, we have discussed WHY you should be using Google Trends, WHO has been hot on Google Trends, and even HOW to profit from Google Trends.
Well, now it seems that some big-time players are catching on to the buzz. [...]

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