Category Archives: Google

Google.cn and http headers

Google has shut down their Chinese site(http://google.cn). I saw something interesting while looking at the HTTP headers used by Google for the redirect. Both the URLs google.com and google.com.cn use a 302 redirect to redirect traffic to Google HK and … Continue reading

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Google Friend Connect Launched

I got an email from Google last night which said that my email id was whitelisted for using friend connect.  Google friend connect is the approach google has taken for solving the social networking puzzle. It allows users to add … Continue reading

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Gmail has got themes, so?

I am not going to use any one of those funky, blurry themes for my gmail account. But why? Most of the first 7-8 themes I tried out are either too dull or way to bright for my eyes. None … Continue reading

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Google Chrome, Oops! Did that hurt?

Got back from my friends apartment after watching ‘The Shawshank Redemption’, my twitter stream is overflowing with tweets about Chrome – the browser unleashed by Google a couple of hours ago. It’s got the oomph factor and the browser is … Continue reading

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Search statistics by Google

Don’t know if this feature is for testing or a full release. I’ve not come across this anywhere on the web (may be i’m too ignorant to notice this feature). The other possibility is – I always have cookies disabled … Continue reading

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