Google Tests New Interface for Related Image Searches

Google Image Search tests a new interface for related searches. Instead of displaying a list of thumbnails when you mouse over the related searches, this experimental interface shows a small collage of images above the queries.

 

 

Here's the standard interface:

 

In other related news, search by subject no longer works. Hopefully, it's just a bug:

 

 

 

 

Source:googlesystem.blogspot.com

 

 

Swipe Navigation in the Mobile Gmail Site

 

 

One month ago, Google updated the Gmail app for iOS and added a swipe gesture that lets you move between conversations without having to return to the inbox. At that time, the mobile Gmail site didn't have this feature, but now it's available.

If you like to use Gmail in the mobile browser and you don't want to install a special app for Gmail, you can now swipe left or right to the previous or the next conversation. Unfortunately, this feature is more difficult to use in Chrome because Google's browser has a similar gesture for navigating between tabs. You should avoid swiping from the edge of the screen when you open mobile Gmail.

 

It's interesting to notice that the "swipe to archive" feature of the mobile Gmail site doesn't work in Chrome for Android, but it works in the stock browser, in Safari and Chrome for iOS.

 

Source: googlesystem.blogspot.com

Google Now for Google's Homepage in Testing

It looks like Google Now won't be limited to Android, iOS and Chrome, it will also be added to Google's homepage. Some code from a page that's tested by Google offers more information about this feature.

You can view the whole post here.

Source: googlesystem.blogspot.com

Microsoft's Surface tablet sells more units than Google's Nexus 10, still behind the Apple iPad

According to analyst Benedict Evans, sales of Google's Nexus 10 tablet isn't doing that great, especially compared to sales of Microsoft's Surface tablet. Everyone has been quick to criticize the Surface tablet, but these unique devices from Microsoft are actually doing better than Google's current Nexus tablet.

According to Evans, there are just 680,000 Nexus 10 tablets in use and around 6.8 million Nexus 7 tablets in use. This data comes extrapolated from Google Play to provide a rough estimate of total devices in use.

Google's Nexus 10 tablet was released in November of 2012, around the same time as the release of the Surface RT device back in October of 2012. Evans mentions that Surface tablets have sold only 1.5 million units, which is still more than the Nexus 10. Google's Nexus 10 tablet features a 10.1 inch, 2560x1600 pixel display, and was considered as the world's highest resolution tablet display during its debut.

The Apple iPad mini has apparently sold 10 million units in just the last two months of Q4. In fact, Apple sold 36.9 million iPads in the second half of 2012, just to put things in perspective.
While many of us are quick to criticize sales of Microsoft's Surface device, we must not forget one important thing. The Surface has sold more than Google's Nexus 10! With Windows 8.1 coming soon, perhaps Microsoft will boost its Surface sales and perhaps become a viable competitor to the iPad as the device matures.

How to Add Dropbox (and other cloud services) to Office 2013

 

 

Out of the box, Office 2013 is designed to integrate seamlessly with the cloud – just as long as it’s Microsoft’s SkyDrive service.

If you use other cloud services such as Dropbox or Google Drive you can obviously browse to your local folders in the Open and Save As dialogs but you cannot Add a Place (other than the two Microsoft services) to Office’s open and save dialogs.

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