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Who Does Google Image Search Think You Look Like?

Here’s a fun thing to do when the Internet is boring: see who Google Image Search thinks you resemble when you feed it a picture of yourself. It’s easy. I’ll show you how: 1. Paste the URL of an image of yourself into Google’s search bar 2. When nothing comes up, click “search by image”…

Discover Hops Aboard the Google Wallet Bandwagon

The achilles heel of Google Wallet thus far has been it’s inability to forge patnerships. MasterCard and Sprint have been the company’s only friends. But now Discover is also on board, which gets Google Wallet one step closer to being a thing normal people use. [Google via PhoneScoop via The Verge]

Looks like the Google Play Store is getting gift cards and a wishlist. About time! Update: Yep, real!

What Do You Use Flash For on Your Android Phone?

Today is the last day that Flash will be supported on Android in any sort of official capacity. Once seen as a killer feature for mobile devices, HTML5 has all but decimated the web standard on portables and is making Flash increasingly irrelevant in the PC space. But there are some of you who certainly…

Nobody Wants to Get Married at Eric Schmidt’s House Because of Kim Kardashian

Eric Schmidt is the owner of a mansion in Montecito, California that’s so beautiful and gorgeous that even the rich and famous use it to hold their weddings and parties. But apparently, not anymore. And it’s not because Schmitty is no longer the Google CEO but because of Kim Kardashian. What? Kim Kardashian was one…

These Android Music Apps Could Keep You From Getting Run Over by a Car

Last week, we took a look at iOS apps that keep you aware of your surroundings as you listen to music through headphones, and found a fairly healthy selection to choose from on Apple’s mobile platform. These apps either allow you to hear surrounding noises while listening to music through your phone’s or headphone’s microphone,…

Google+ Gets Custom URLS (For Companies and Famous People)

Google+ is now letting some users pick their own vanity URLs. But it’s not for you. Because your name doesn’t happen to be Britney Spears. Unlike Facebook, it’s only for verified accounts, which means it’s only for famous people and brands. In you haven’t been to your Google+ page in a while, the address is…

Google Gobbles Up Frommers To Boost International Reviews Profile

In a bid to improve its growing selection of local reviews, Google is buying the Frommer’s travel guide brand from publishers John Wiley & Sons for an undisclosed amount. The deal hasn’t been finalized quite yet, but it should be going through any time now. At the moment, Google hasn’t made a decision as to…

Google Kinda Sorta Clarifies Piracy Plan and Says Most Popular Sites Aren’t Likely To Get Screwed

After facing criticism that its new policy of penalizing pirate sites might unfairly favor Google-owned YouTube, Google has come out to say that most popular sites are unlikely to be penalized. It hasn’t clarified exactly why or how, though. https://gizmodo.com/google-lays-the-smack-down-on-torrent-sites-in-search-r-5933717 To try and clear things up about the whole link demotion thing, Google told Search…

Google’s Giving YouTube a Pass With Its New Piracy Provisions (Updated)

Google is implementing a new policy that will smack down search results from sites that get a lot of DMCA requests. That must affect Google’s own YouTube, which must get slammed with them all the time, right? Not exactly. https://gizmodo.com/google-lays-the-smack-down-on-torrent-sites-in-search-r-5933717 Search Engine Land provides an in-depth explanation of exactly what is going on, but it…

19 Google Searches That Led People to Gizmodo Today

Amidst all the “iphone” and “android” and “dealzmodo” searches that send people Gizmodo’s way on a daily basis, there’s usually a smattering of inexplicable incoming traffic. And today’s selection was particularly enjoyable: free food online creepy pig cake i want to sex with phon piano wine glass with tank dvd rewinder orange clogs talking to…

Current Caller ID, Scope, and More

Here’s your new edition of the best Android apps of the week. This time we’re giving you a wintertime game, a tool for managing your social networks, and so much more. It’s about time to fire up Google Play. Current Caller ID: You know who’s calling, but do you really know? This app from White…

Google Lays the Smack Down on Torrent Sites in Search Results

Next week Google will begin censoring sites for which it receives a large number of copyright removal requests by reducing their Google site rank across their entire domains. Google’s Transparency Report reveals that some sites used for torrenting pirated content receive more than 100,000 complaints a month. While Google has refused the requests of organizations…

Meet the big brain at Google who may just have invented the internet as we know it. OH, JUST THAT? [Wired]

With Marissa Mayer at the helm, Yahoo is following Google’s lead: it wants to focus on product, not profit. [WSJ]

Google Search Results Can Pull From Your Gmail Now

Google’s going to start showing you relevant information from your Gmail when you perform a regular old Google search soon. But you can try it out now before it’s official. Your email is basically a huge repository for information that you need. That’s where you store travel itineraries, party details, package tracking numbers, phone numbers,…

Google Is Just Full of Crap

You know what happens when Google announces a new product. People freak out. People claim Google is changing the world. People praise its openness and don’t be evil mantra and that the company is just SO good. And then you know what happens when that actual Google product comes out? No one cares. It doesn’t…

Turn Your Phone Into a PS Vita That Has Games You Want To Play

The PlayStation Vita has not exactly been the runaway success that Sony had hoped it would be. It’s partly due to a lack of compelling games, and partly due to competition from smartphones. And the GameKlip could very well be the last nail in the Vita’s coffin. The most common critique of smartphone gaming is…

130 US cities just got live traffic information in Google Maps. So much for mystery. [TechCrunch]

Foldable Wireless Keyboard Bets on NFC For Cordless Conquests

Choosing the path less taken by connecting to a device using NFC in lieu of the more common Bluetooth, Elecom’s new TK-FNS040BK wireless keyboard skips the hassle of having to always pair with your gear at the cost of a considerably limited range. The joy of NFC is that it draws considerably less power than…