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Working with computers is tedious. The constant typing on keyboards and clicking on a mouse makes composing and sending emails a draconian activity. Thanks to the geniuses at Google, the days of keyboard-dependent emails are behind us. Today, they are introducing Gmail Motion. It’s a new way to communicate. “Using your computer’s camera and a spacial tracking algorithm, Gmail Motion interprets physical movement and turns it into actionable commands,” explained Gmail Product Manager Paul McDonald. “For example, to open a message, make a motion as if you were opening an envelope.” Dennis…

It’s another year, which means the time has come for Google to take yet another shot at social. They added another one to the mix, and I got to hand it to Google, this one is… different. Google is calling it +1 — yes, +1 is the name. It’s a new social feature that integrates into Google Search. Users can actually access it right now by activating it within Google’s experimental options. But if you’re in no hurry, it will eventually be rolled out to everyone in the future. But what is +1, exactly? Introducing Google +1 Well, the best way to introduce Google +1 is to start off with the button itself….

One thing that separates Google from other huge tech companies is its ability to adapt based upon mass demands by its users. The demands had been accumulating about low-quality “churn and burn” style content websites dubbed “content farms” when Google responded with a major change to its algorithm last month. The fallout has been calculated by our friends at Focus in the form of this comprehensive infographic split into several different parts. Click any image to see the complete graphic enlarged. What Makes a Content Farm? Farming has been a valid strategy for years utilized as both a revenue…

Have you ever wished you could simply put Google in your mind? You could search for whatever information was out there in the world by thinking about it. You could do internal searches and find information that you had forgotten. It would be the ultimate “busy lifestyle” must-have gadget. At least that’s what our friends at GetSatisfaction have envisioned. In sarcastic style suitable for #techituesday, we present to you the Google Helmet. Sadly, this probably isn’t far off from what may happen in the future. Click to enlarge. …

Update: The most recent word from AllThingsD is that the product does not exist in any form other than in the lab. Google is saying there is no product to launch tonight or any night soon. With Google, it’s hard to tell what’s fact and what’s a smokescreen – if the product is real and not ready for primetime, it is unlikely that Google would want it known before it arrives. They have simply been burnt too many times by the hype machine and their most successful launches have simply “happened” without anticipation or rumor. There has been much speculation about Google’s next entry into the social web and…

YouTube has always been a “nice to have” property for Google. The traffic, the domination of a segment, the feather in a cap that is oddly shy of very many (even though the feathers that do rest in Google’s cap are huge feathers) – it’s always been one of those things with a load of potential but a lack of forward movement on the revenue side. Google is changing their tune in 2011, as promised. After declaring intentions to increase staffing by 30%, it is now clear what most of these new hires are going to be doing: sales. One has only to look at their current Advertising Sales and Customer Support Job Board…

Google has held the keys to their search for years. They’ve attempted to personalize and localize search, but it still makes it challenging to get the exact right results you’re looking for because of poor sites with strong search engine optimization. Now, the power is in your hands. Blocking a domain will prevent it from ever showing up in your searches again. Ever. Whether you find a site offensive, low-quality, or for whatever reason you simply do not like it, you get to choose your own results. The feature is attached to your Google account, so it travels with you to any device you’re logged into….

You have to hand it to the Android Developers team. They deliver the goods when it comes to news and eye-candy. This video they produced gives an awesome visual depiction of Android activations from October, 2008, until January, 2011. First, the overview, then they focus on North America, Europe, and West Asia. Kudos, ladies and gentlemen, for putting together such a strong video as well as for becoming the best-selling mobile operating system. …

If you don’t already believe in the poofy white safety of the cloud… keep disbelieving. A Gmail bug has deleted the inboxes, contact lists, folders, tags, and the like of over 150 000 users. At time of writing, Google has confirmed that it’s been able to fix the problem for some users: “A very small number users are having difficulty accessing their Gmail accounts, and in some cases once they’re in, trouble viewing e-mails. This is affecting less than .08% of our Gmail user base, and we’ve already fixed the problem for some users. Our engineers are working as quickly as possible and we hope to have…

When the Demand Media witch hunt started a few months ago, journalists and bloggers called for action against what they termed the biggest “content farm.” There is little doubt that eHow is in essence exactly as described: a venue for low-quality, quickly-written and edited articles that rank well in search engines and draw in tremendous traffic to their ad-loaded pages as a result. Google changed their algorithm. eHow remains strong in the search engines. What happened? Not to toot our own horn here, but we said back in December that Demand Media’s business model is gold and we stand by the opinion…