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Google rolling out some updates, said to be “evolving the Google design and experience”

Google may have unveiled Google+ yesterday, however that is not they only change and/or addition they have begun rolling out. Granted, this next one may not be quite as exciting, however an updated look and feel can sometimes be a welcomed change. That said, as you can likely see from the above image, things have more »

New Google mobile homepage discovered on accident

Google recently redesigned the mobile web version of Google Maps so that it could mimic the desktop version more closely. It’s a nice alternative for anyone who doesn’t want to use the Google Maps app, or in the case of iOS devices, don’t have access to the app. Google doesn’t appear to be stopping there because someone may have accidently stumbled upon an entirely new Google homepage for mobile devices.

Googles Anniversary celebrated with bouncing ball logo

As with every great scholar birthday, quirky holiday or honoring a moment in history Google has always featured these celebrations by modifying their homepage search logo. Today what some say is officially Google’s birthday, an array of colored balls organized like the logo with hint of interactive. The slightest movement of your cursor near the more »

Google kills Bing-like image background

Google has always been known for experimenting with its homepage. Adjusting the colors slightly, rearrangements, etc. But last night Google made one of the larger changes we had seen in a while with background images. Of course, on first sight, these background images resembled those of Bing.com, Google’s closest competitor and the morning welcomed the more »

Google begins testing new minimalist homepage, complete with fading text

I love when things are neat and orderly, in fact I would go as far as saying that I hate clutter. Given that I am hoping Google continues to roll-out their latest test search page. According to recent reports, some users who are visiting Google.com are seeing a page that has the text fading out, more »

Say hello to your new Facebook homepage

They have been telling us to watch for it, and today it finally launches. Well, for some users anyway. Facebook rolled out their new homepage today for some (it should be there for everyone soon), and the features may look rather familiar to you if you use Twitter.

Rather Twitter-esque…the big change in the Facebook homepage is their real-time updates and their new way of doing newsfeeds. The thing is, the real-time update doesn’t so far seem to be operating in exact real time. It takes some refreshing. The stream of updates obviously only displays for a short period of time as well, so they put a new “Highlights” sidebar on your page, where you can see some of the older stuff it deems interesting to you.