Amjad Iqbal — Neat Bits & Pieces http://amjadiqbal.com Just another WordPress weblog based on wide range of topics with neat bits and pieces. Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:54:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Gears and docs: Charts back! http://amjadiqbal.com/gears-and-docs-charts-back.htm http://amjadiqbal.com/gears-and-docs-charts-back.htm#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:54:47 +0000 Nadeem Iqbal http://amjadiqbal.com/?p=8653 Before a few weeks I wrote that no charts are displayed when the gears enabled in Google Docs. Since today at noon I see charts again.

Whether Google has fixed the problem is not known. It may be also because I have disabled gears today and later activated.

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Panoramio: put new pictures in Earth http://amjadiqbal.com/panoramio-put-new-pictures-in-earth.htm http://amjadiqbal.com/panoramio-put-new-pictures-in-earth.htm#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:54:30 +0000 Nadeem Iqbal http://amjadiqbal.com/?p=8652 Last night, Panoramio has added 750,000 new photos from the community to Google Earth. Now integrates approximately 6.3 million photos in Earth.

Next update is 10. August follow.

» Panoramio Blog

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Streetview France: Again a driver on the roof http://amjadiqbal.com/streetview-france-again-a-driver-on-the-roof.htm http://amjadiqbal.com/streetview-france-again-a-driver-on-the-roof.htm#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:53:52 +0000 Nadeem Iqbal http://amjadiqbal.com/?p=8651 After we already are an Americans have seen on the roof of his Arbeitsgerätes, there is also a in France. While it was not clear what was pottered at the camera, in France what he does: he cleans the camera:

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Times stretched if we will also see this gentleman: D.

By now removed.
Screenshot:

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YouTube: Full screen in the embedded player http://amjadiqbal.com/youtube-full-screen-in-the-embedded-player.htm http://amjadiqbal.com/youtube-full-screen-in-the-embedded-player.htm#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:53:18 +0000 Nadeem Iqbal http://amjadiqbal.com/?p=8650 The YouTube player has received today a new feature: full screen. This feature is not included in the old embedded player.

In the code to the embed the following newly built:

This video has the option to full screen:

This does not:

In full screen, the Panel but seems to be down too large. Full screen, eh makes only sense if a video in HD available. So far, you can include no HD videos.
But perhaps this is in a few days.

[thx to: Denis]

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The secret behind the GMail pixels http://amjadiqbal.com/the-secret-behind-the-gmail-pixels.htm http://amjadiqbal.com/the-secret-behind-the-gmail-pixels.htm#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:52:43 +0000 Nadeem Iqbal http://amjadiqbal.com/?p=8649 It will be noticed surely some of you: you surf with the current GMail Firefox, appears in the upper left a 4 pixel by 4 pixels large grey “spot” – without interaction. Nothing behind special, but only a feature of GMail chat which accidentally shows – unfortunately.

The pixel spot is 2 each other nested iFrames loaded file sound.swf. This file is used only for playing a short sound file when it receives of a new message – no more and no less. Since Google has forgotten the white background of this iFrames – currently it is transparent and therefore it shows the gray default frame from FF to – this block is displayed.

So much ado about nothing and to a spot which certainly in a few days disappears again;-)

[Google Blogoscoped (graphic also)]

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YouTube annotations now in English – YouTube annotations http://amjadiqbal.com/youtube-annotations-now-in-english-youtube-annotations.htm http://amjadiqbal.com/youtube-annotations-now-in-english-youtube-annotations.htm#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:52:20 +0000 Nadeem Iqbal http://amjadiqbal.com/?p=8648 The YouTube Annotations published a month ago are available now in English. In English, they are called YouTube comments.

You can interactively design his videos with YouTube annotations. For example, you can add more information that talk about people by balloons leave or refer to an another YouTube video.

[thx to: osman]

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Mobile site redesign http://amjadiqbal.com/mobile-site-redesign.htm http://amjadiqbal.com/mobile-site-redesign.htm#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:51:08 +0000 Nadeem Iqbal http://amjadiqbal.com/?p=8646 Already a few days ago Google has redesigned, when calling them in the browser of a computer, the home of Google Mobile. Because this Web site is not to the Google pages I visit daily change fell to only today me;)

On the home page the major cell phone brands are listed, of which Google has launched a mobile version: e.g. BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, iPhone and Nokia.

Also Google has neudesignt icons:

14 Icons are displayed on each page to the cell phone brands. There are 15 iPhone. This number indicates how many services support the mobile phone brand. The iPhone has because Google talk 15.

raquo announcement
raquo Google Mobile

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Google talk for iPhone http://amjadiqbal.com/google-talk-for-iphone.htm http://amjadiqbal.com/google-talk-for-iphone.htm#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:50:33 +0000 Nadeem Iqbal http://amjadiqbal.com/?p=8645 Today, Google has released a special version of Google Talk for the iPhone.

The version is available for iPhone/iPod users see www.google.com/talk. The PC users should use this address: http://talkgadget.google.com/talkgadget/m.

Some features we know from the normal Google talk are not included in the iPhone version: tabs, group chat, add contact and send mails is missing.

» Announcement

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Tour de France Strecke in Streetview online! http://amjadiqbal.com/tour-de-france-strecke-in-streetview-online.htm http://amjadiqbal.com/tour-de-france-strecke-in-streetview-online.htm#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:49:52 +0000 Nadeem Iqbal http://amjadiqbal.com/?p=8644 Google Streetview has arrived in Europe! First pictures of Streetviewaufnahmen France are online for some minutes. But only the route of the tour de France.

Here the Arc de Triomphe:

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Logo from a press release from Google:

But only the route of the tour de France online are currently. Thus, even two my assumptions were correct.

The route is not fully been photographed.

According to information from Tom, a car to travel the entire tour as support vehicle.

Since the tour will make a Abspecher after Italy, Google has made, including photos of Cuneo.

Faces were as expected from made illegible.

Since the cars are no longer on the photos, not knowing whether Google since on the other side is again taken or whether one has simply shunned the snow off the road:
Google is gone round off the road to the snow

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Screenshot:

Merci Tom

Learn more about: Google StreetView

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France: Google released tomorrow something big http://amjadiqbal.com/france-google-released-tomorrow-something-big.htm http://amjadiqbal.com/france-google-released-tomorrow-something-big.htm#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:49:07 +0000 Nadeem Iqbal http://amjadiqbal.com/?p=8642 As Tom and his colleagues from zorgloob.com learned Google France is tomorrow some great publishing. Unfortunately Tom must reveal, what it exactly is therefore 5 guesses about what it could be.

Streetview

The first Streetviewcar in Paris seen was two months ago. Because it necessarily is our focus, we no longer wrote on layers. Tom has created a map shows all locations:

Personally I think it much too early. For comparison, when the Update New York pictures lie between record and release almost 8 months.

Tour de France
On June 5. July the next tour de France starts. I think it is possible that Google launched a similar project like 23 days.

Transit for all France
Maybe it’s also an update for Google transit. Transit is there only in Bordeaux and Maubeuge. Possibly there soon nationwide this scheduler

Blog officiel de Google (for German of official Google blog)
My last idea is probably exactly unrealistic as the others but no matter;). Google launches the first translated official Google blog. There is no official blog of Google translated all postings of the official Google blog published. France could be the beginning;

Gmail with gmail.fr(Idea from Blogoscoped)
Until a few days ago gmail.fr showed the Google home page. Now you will go to mail.google.com.

These are just ideas and certainly match the reality.

Tomorrow we know certainly more: D

[zorgloob]

» Update: Streetview in France is here!

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