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Google Gadgets can now be added to any webpage
Google announced today that their specially designed gadgets can be added to any webpage. Google Gadgets were locked into Google Personalized Home and Google Desktop, but now with the breakout of the gadgets, websites are sure to get some nice dynamic and rich content additions.
Currently developed Google Gadgets include Google maps, date & time, jokes, games, news reports, flight status, webcams, and sports scores. Gadgets can also be developed from scratch with the Google Gadget API. I look forward to seeing some intuitive additions of Google Gadgets onto websites.
I don't know if this is a labor of love or merely the brainchild of four very gifted games designers, but Level Up is a really weird mash-up of gaming elements that you have probably never seen in a Flash game before.
Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...
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midwestmusic said 1:20PM on 10-04-2006
I could definitely use some Google Maps. Mapquest sometimes gets me lost. I can't depend on it.
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Mike said 1:16AM on 10-04-2006
Now this is what I've been waiting for. Thanks, Google!
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Robert said 5:56AM on 10-04-2006
Yeah, I can't await to see these gadgets running on a myspace user site! This would definetely rock! ;)
Robert
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Danny said 6:43AM on 10-04-2006
How about we rename this blog to googlesquad!
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S. Kreiht said 6:47AM on 10-04-2006
next step of Google: Google Operating System :).
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Mini said 7:18AM on 10-04-2006
Not yet, but very soon Google OS will come :)
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Knight17 said 1:18PM on 10-04-2006
We can see more ugly webpages...from now onwards.
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Vegeto said 6:43PM on 11-29-2006
Here's the atom for my personal favorite gadgets!
http://www.geocities.com/mustaine_dan/ddice.xml
Vegeto's Bones:Romance Roller
Vegeto's Bones:RPG Roller
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