Google planning e-commerce venture?

According to news from the Wall Street Journal, Google is actually planning to take a head-on battle with Amazon.

Read the WSJ article:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204012004577072323400561792.html

Facebook Face-Smileys :D

Just today i came across a new feature of faceboook and  I just loved it!!!
Instead of using the conventional smiley set provided to us to express emotions we can use anybody's profile picture to show like a smiley....!!!
Its like you're chattin wih a friend and you can insert his/her or anyone else's pic into the chat just like any other smlye like " :) :D :P " like that

Here's what you have to do in order to use any available image as an emoticon:

1. Go to any profile, official Page, or event that you want to use as an emoticon.
2. Look at the URL. Find the username or profile ID at the end of the URL such as “VinDiesel” from http://www.facebook.com/VinDiesel, “JoshConstine”, “cocacola”, or “45197362282″
3. Place that name or number in double brackets like [[VinDiesel]]
4. Enter that into a Facebook Chat or Message field. When you send it, the bracketed number or letters will appear as that person, Page, or event’s current profile picture.

This means that if you want to use a photo of teen heartthrob Justin Bieber, you could type "[[JustinBieber]]" into a message. (The "JustinBieber" text corresponds to the profile ID of his official Facebook page.)

Simple and fun!!!

The emoticon has evolved.
Here’s a few ideas for people and Pages you could use as emoticons. Just copy the bracketed text at the end. Have ideas for more? Leave them in the comments and I’ll add the best ones to our list:

• Badass – (Chuck Norris) [[46637413257]]
• Eloquence - [[WilliamShakespeare1]]
• Pirate - [[CaptainJackSparrow]]
• President, leadership - [[barackobama]]
• Bro - [[DJPAULYD]]
• Male attractiveness - (Ryan Gosling) [[246631252031491]]
• Boyishness – [[JustinBieber]]
• Relaxation - [[BobMarley]]
• Condescension, judgment - [[simoncowell]]
• Adventure, auto theft – [[VinDiesel]]
• Brilliance, controversial brilliance – [[Zuck]]
• Loudmouth - [[theuncrunched]]
• Greed - [[DonaldTrump]]
• Drunk – (David Hasselhoff) [[123670240998921]]
• Santa Claus - [[TheMagicOfSantaClaus]]
• Terrible art - [[Nickelback]]
• Winning – [[CharlieSheen]]
• Disapproval – Fry from Futurama [[[278104690058]]

I am loving it!!!

GOOGLY CHRISTMAS :)

Snowy thanks to Google’s latest Easter egg… or perhaps “stocking stuffer” would be a better analogy.
Just type “let it snow” into a Google search field, and along with the results for Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra performing in YouTube videos, snowflakes will start to fall gently from the top of the window. Leave it for a few more seconds and the window will start to fog up. You can clear it by clicking and “scrubbing” with the cursor, or just click the Defrost button for an instant fix. Now if only this worked with weather.com!

If you’d like to decorate your search window for at least two of the current holidays, just type either “Christmas” or “Hanukkah” into a Google search field; the results page displays a row of Christmas tree lights or Star of David symbols at the top. Alas, I couldn’t figure any way to get Google to snow on either Christmas or Hanukkah.

Google has a history of little tricks like this, like knocking your window off-kilter when you search on “askew” or “tilt”. Mashable has a presentation of a number of other Google tricks.