With the news that Google has just donated $5 million to digital journalism, now would seem like a good time to be nice. Despite the bad press they have received thanks to their privacy issues, Google agrees that journalism is a fundamental element of democracy so has donated this cash to non-profit organisations which are exploring the future of digital journalism. Read about the details on the Google blog…
New(ish) Search Options
In other Google news, those smartphone loving chaps have added ‘iPhone’ and ‘Android’ search options to their mobile search pages. This may have been announced on their blog back in June but I only just noticed. Probably because I only recently got a smartphone and because it is not yet available in the UK…Anyway if you hadn’t noticed either, you can use this option to bring up App store results for iPhone or Android and link to them directly from your search results without having to navigate the app stores. Super handy if you like to download obscure apps, like ‘NoseMap’ which of course is the one which digitally maps your nostrils using GPS and your camera, so that you can pick more efficiently…
New Charts Editor
This update for the Google spreadsheets section of the Google docs arena is now bigger, better and more intuitive. If you already use charts don’t worry, all your data will be migrated exactly so you won’t lose anything or have to do anything either. Here is a video to tell you more:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70O0RQhuiSI&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
If you haven’t used Google spreadsheets before all you need to do is upload your .xls, .csv, .txt or .ods type files to your Google account and you can edit them online. This will then give you access to the new chart functions so you can create graphs and other charts from your data, animate them and even export them onto your website.
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