Google is huge. It is huge on the web and it is a huge corporation. Being cash-rich it is able to research lots of new technologies and provide all sorts of 'freemium' services (give it away free of charge, but offer a paid version with all the trimmings).
By way of a short history lesson, watch this infographic by Online PhD:
Cycle Shop Search Find your bikes bits using this Google search engine that only shows results from the top online bike shops in the UK: Loading (more)
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London to Paris 2008 On Google Maps (more)
Google is respected in the web development community for writing simple, usable code and then making it available for re-use by everyone. mod_pagespeed is just an example of this; it's a plugin module for the Apache web server, and is supposed ... (more)
ADSL is a proven, reliable technology, and on the whole it delivers a decent service for its users almost all of the time. When things go wrong, however, don't automatically assume that it's the line at fault. Typically, a completely ... (more)
It's time to start labelling your content. If you're one of those web publishers who spends a lot of time writing (or sourcing) decent content and making sure that it looks good for the visitor, then you should also care about how it looks ... (more)
Here we investigate how to work out the economics of the returns you might get from a domestic solar photovoltaic installation. Background In Feb. 2010 when the UK govt. finally announced that it would implement Feed-In-Tariffs (FITs) ... (more)
Google Plus (or Google+ for short, or G+ for even shorter) is search giant Google's latest attempt to 'go social'. It is doing this so that it can make its search results more lively, and to try and bolster its position as the place you go ... (more)
Google Web Fonts lets you browse all the fonts available via the Google Web Fonts API. All fonts in the directory are available for use on your website under an open source license and are served by Google servers. Here is a quick example ... (more)
North Norfolk farmer John Mack (& son David) need your supportive comments for their Genatec wind turbine planning application. Consultation closes on 6 September, so you'll need to be quick - but there is an online form that should only ... (more)
Webmasters around the world have been affected by Google's major shake-up of its search rankings. Know as the "Panda Update", it puts a real emphasis on page (and site) quality and usefulness. Pages with poor quality content have naturally ... (more)
Dan managed his first '50 today, at an average speed of around 17.5 MPH. He sat in Dad's slipstream for a lots of the way, but put in a steady speed all the way. Here is a video of Dan in the last mile of the ride (mile 52, actually ... (more)
The dexim DWP005 Premium MHub Dock Station appears to have it all: three USB hubs; an SD/SD-HC card slot; an iPhone dock (works with iPhone 4 too); its own power. The AC adaptor even has a USB adaptor on it, so you can use it for charging your ... (more)