Valentine, Google releases Google Sites Wedding Planning

On Valentine's Day, Google did not want to miss spread affection to its users. Besides displaying the Google logo nuances of love, the internet giant also launched a new site. What is it?

Address at google.com / weddings, new site offers a variety of tools for couples preparing for the event to the wedding.

There are four main menus that can be very useful for prospective brides, including Google Sites, Picnik, Google Docs, and Picasa Web Albums. Here are the various functions.

As is known, is now starting a lot of wedding invitations in creation through a website. Well, Google Sites help them create such a website.

Reported by AFP and quoted on Monday (2/14/2011), the prospective bride could spill their creativity, to enter various information such as date and time of the event, reception venue, a map to where the event took place and so forth.

In addition there is also Google Docs, which offers a tool for planning the wedding, including guest lists, seating, food menu at the reception, the allocation of funds and many more.

And of course, Google will not forget this one, namely the photo. All photographs that tell the story of the love the bride can be stored and shared online using Picasa. Prospective brides can edit them using Picnik and include some of them to their wedding website.

Google also includes a list of the names of reputable wedding planner along with the link on this site. By clicking on it, the prospective bride can read many useful tips from the wedding planner.

Excerpts from Google's Wedding Feature:

Create a website with Google Sites

Share your story and event details with an easy to create website. Choose the style that fits your theme or venue, then edit your website with ease. 

Photo editing and personalized announcements from Picnik

Use Picnik’s photo editing tools to create photos that are simply perfect. Then use them to create announcements, save the date cards and more. 

Plan the nuts and bolts using Google Docs

Save time by collaborating with your bridal party on guest lists, schedules, addresses, and more. Access and edit your planning documents from the bridal shop, bakery or pretty much anywhere. 

Share photos with Picasa Web Albums

Create an online photo album to share your engagement and wedding pictures, or gather photos of floral arrangements, dresses and other inspirations

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Google Releases Chrome 9 Stable Version , Add Web Store and 3D Acceleration

Google has just released a stable version of the browser that is homemade Chrome 9. This update is the first non-beta application that has the Chrome Web Store that can be accessed to obtain the desired web application. Use the application provided, either Flash, HTML5, and other code, can behave like a normal application that can be purchased or downloaded.

Chrome Web Store

Other features that are installed in Chrome 9 is Chrome Instant. With this feature users will be given the option of the Google search option when typing addresses or words on the board Chrome web pages without having to visit Google.com. Features WebGL also installed in this version which gives 3D graphics acceleration utilizing graphical processing units (GPU) that exist. With this feature users can access the page 3 dimensions without the need for additional plugins such as gaming sites, educational models, and other sites that use WebGL.

 Chrome 9 is available for Linux, Mac and Windows PCs. Chrome users will get updates automatically or can also do the installation / updates manually by visiting google.com / chrome

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Google Add Check-In Features

Can Google be used to check in like a Foursquare? Yes, Google Maps for Android version 5.1 will be used to check in with the advantage of the features Latitude.

Latitude is a feature in Google Maps, where each person can share your location, through facial images at a point on the map. As a result we become to know the positions Latitude our friends.

As quoted from Google blog on Wednesday (02/02/2011), the new Latitude function will be used to update and share their location automatically.

But when I want to do check-ins, users must add the context manually. For example, when they want to add a caption or photo.

Because the Latitude feature will automatically detect the location, Google also gives some tips for checking in easier.

- Notification: Turn on notifications check in the setting Latitude. As a result when we are in a place can directly check-in.

- Check-In Automatic: In certain circumstances, sometimes we need a check-in automatically at the usual place we've been through. Well, just take advantage of this feature.

- Check-Out: When leaving a place, Latitude will automatically update the new position, so that our friends are not wrong guess if we have moved places.

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Largest in History, Google Open 6200 Jobs

Working at Google would be a dream of many people. The good news was announced from the headquarters of this most popular online search sites. In 2011, they plan to open a job very much, to reach 6200 people!

Jobs will be opened to various positions and occupy the Google offices in various parts of the world. The number of vacancies for the year 6200 was declared the most in the history of Google's recruitment. Last year, 'only' 4500 vacancies available.



"This will be the largest annual vacancies in its history. We will attract people smart and creative to face the biggest challenges in computer science," said Alan Eustace, Senior Vice President of Engineering and Research at Google.

In 2007, Google also has hired about 6,000 employees. But this time beyond the number of vacancies. While the information on vacancies for this year will be available on the website google.com / jobs.

The new Google employee eventually going to handle various new projects. For example in OS Chrome until a car that can run itself.

"Google is still an entrepreneurial company the same as before when just beginning, we encourage the workers to handle the big ideas," said Eustace, quoted by AFP on Wednesday (01/26/2011).

Despite continued to benefit giant with revenues of USD 30 billion in 2010, Google competes with Facebook and Twitter strict in the matter of recruiting the best employees. Even to prevent its employees plowed up, Google's recent salary increase in bulk

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