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AOL launches 3 new myAOL services

My AOL Mgnet
This blog's parent company, AOL, has launched a new myAOL portal. The site includes three new services:
  • myPage: a personalized start page
  • Favorites: an updated feed reader
  • Mgnet (pronounced "magnet"), a customizable news page that selects news for you based on your reading preferences
The feed reader feels a lot like a cramped version of Google Reader, but with a nifty new "mix and share" feature that lets you share a group of feeds with others. The personalized start page looks pretty much like every other AJAX start page you've seen in the last year or two. But Mgnet is pretty cool, if not 100% original. You have to use it to really get a sense of it, so we whipped up a little screencast showing Mgnet and the other services fit together. It's available after the jump.


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Filed under: Fun, Internet, Web services, Google

Google Fun - Personalized homepage hacks

google easter eggsGoogle recently launched their beautified personalized homepage themes. These themes provide a nice contrast to the once boring whiteness of the traditional Google layout. But lurking deep inside the XML there stands some interesting tidbits. The "Easter Eggs" that Marissa Mayer hinted about not that long ago are scattered about the themes, and appear at certain time specific interval. Two decimal places past Pi (3.14) as a matter of fact, will see a new skin overlay appear at 3:14 AM local time on top of your selected theme, and stay there for one minute.

The XML files for the overlays can be found here, with the time changes noted inside:
For instance, here is a snapshot of good old Nessy:

Who wants to see more Easter Eggs in Google? I do!

[via Tony Ruscoe]

Filed under: Developer, Fun, Internet, Video, Web services, Google

Watch live TV on your Google homepage

live tv google gadgetDo you use your Google personalized homepage as much as you could? There are plenty of great gadgets that have been developed, including gadgets for weather, to do lists, gas prices, Pacman, and even Live TV.

A new gadget that has entered the field -- created by CamMap -- allows users to watch live TV right on a Google personalized homepage. The CamMap live TV gadget allows users to select from a comprehensive number of channels including News, Entertainment, Kids, Movies, Educational, Sports, Music, and Financial. With such channels as CNN, BBC, MSNBC, Cartoon Network, Animal Planet, Earth Channel, ESPN, MTV, Bloomberg and CNBC. With no downloads required, this is a Time-Waster must for adding to your Google homepage.

[via jjprojects]

Filed under: Business, Finance, Internet, Text, Utilities, Office, Web services, Google

Customizing a Google Homepage for your Mobile Device

google mobile personalized homepageGoogle now offers a way to customize the information you want to receive on your mobile device. It is generally the same as the Google Personalized Homepage, with less feed choices.

The Mobile Device personal homepage is pretty easy to setup. Simply click the "+Add to my phone" for your desired feed. To reorganize the order in which you want read the feeds on your device, simply drag and drop to reorder.

To access your Google personalized homepage on your mobile device visit google.com/ig. This service from Google is currently only available to US phone numbers.

Filed under: Windows Mobile, Symbian, Palm, Web services

WAMPAD: A personalized home for your phone

WAMPADWAMPAD's tagline is "Your Internet Speed Dial." Essentially it's a home page for your mobile browser, giving you quick access to a number of different sites and services from one place. Rather than "widgets" WAMPAD's different services, like Flickr, del.icio.us, MySpace, Wikipedia, movies, horoscopes, etc., are displayed with a single search box and a drop-down menu to choose what service you want to query, and you can customize which options are presented. The lack of true customization may turn off some users, but its simplicity may appeal to others. Notably missing is any RSS feed functionality, but if you're after something more complex there's always Google Mobile.

[Via Read/WriteWeb]

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