Articles tagged:google

Posted: Sat Mar 24 6:58 a.m. by Paul Wiener AnnArbor.com Community Contributor
This week's web picks: Learn how stuff works; get smart with Edge

How Stuff Works As a native Easterner, one of the first things I learned years ago was that Midwesterners know how things work. How I envy them! Since I know there are many non-natives around here, this one’s for you. It’s not only about how automatic transmissions work. It’s about ...

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Posted: Thu Oct 6 5:55 a.m. by Deb Kern AnnArbor.com Community Contributor
Meet the Ann Arbor.com Adoptable Pet of the Week: Andrew

This sweet, friendly little boy is Andrew. He's your true blue Beagle — he was outside one day, smelled something interesting and followed his nose until he realized he was lost. Andrew is a 3-year-old tricolor Beagle mix. Luckily, he found his way to the Humane Society of Huron Valley, ...

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Posted: Mon Jun 27 2:23 p.m. by Events Admin AnnArbor.com
Posted: Thu Jun 9 5:01 p.m. by Ben Freed
Have you spotted the Google street-view car yet?

For people who need a bit of a nudge to get their flowers planted and porches cleaned up, a Google street-car has been spotted in and around Ann Arbor the past few days. The cars - complete with 360-degree camera system affixed to their roofs - criss-cross the country taking ...

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Posted: Thu May 26 12:22 p.m. by Kyle Feldscher Crime and courts reporter
Ann Arbor school board approves test that officials expect will accurately measure student growth

Ann Arbor students in the elementary grades and at Scarlett Middle School will take a new test next year as a part of the district's attempt to better measure student progress.

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Posted: Tue Mar 1 11 a.m. by Edward Vielmetti
Gmail downtime; back up your mail, or live without it

The postman hits! You have new mail. Google's Gmail electronic mail service was disrupted for some users on February 27, and service outages continued for those users until late on February 28, according to the Google Apps Status Dashboard. An account from Google VP Ben Treynor, posted on the official ...

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Posted: Thu Feb 24 1:40 p.m. by Events Admin AnnArbor.com
Posted: Tue Jan 18 9:04 a.m. by Nancy Stone AnnArbor.com Community Contributor
New A2H2O water bottles and mapping option encourages Ann Arbor residents to drink tap water, reduce waste

City of Ann Arbor residents and visitors are now able to help promote drinking tap water and reducing water bottle waste by sharing photos of “where in the world” they are using the city’s specially-imprinted reusable water bottles. From Gallup Park to Greece, people can post their photos of A2H2O ...

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Posted: Mon Dec 13 12:47 p.m. by Paula Gardner News Director

University of Michigan officials said this fall that they were looking at both Google and Microsoft for a campus-wide initiative to adopt one provider for collaborative digital tools. The winner: Google, which The Michigan Daily is reporting will get the endorsement from U-M's Information Technology Council.

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Posted: Mon Oct 25 10:35 a.m. by Events Admin AnnArbor.com
Posted: Thu Sep 23 5:05 a.m. by Joe Marr

How many times have you said, “Oh, well. You can’t win ‘em all”? It may be true that you won’t win all the opportunities you pursue, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t win them all. In the context of the saying, “can’t” is a self-limiting belief of scarcity. It ...

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Posted: Fri Aug 13 11:30 a.m. by Edward Vielmetti

Thursday was geeks' night out, with the Michigan Google Technology User Group sponsoring an event at the Ann Arbor Google office. Here's a writeup of what I heard and saw.

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Posted: Wed Jul 21 11:30 a.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff

Well, we all knew it was big, but when Google takes notice, it must be really big. The Ann Arbor Art Fair was holding down the No. 4 spot on Google Trends' list of Hot Searches this morning. That's the top searches in the entire nation. The art fairs —Â ...

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Posted: Fri May 21 2 p.m. by Edward Vielmetti
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of Pac-Man, Ann Arbor style

PAC-MAN's 30th Birthday! Doodle with PAC-MAN™ & ©1980 NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.The Google doodle of the day is an interactive game of Pac-Man, celebrating the game's 30th anniversary.If you're looking for the real thing on vintage hardware, not some modern web-based imitation, here are some suggestions for places to go ...

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Posted: Mon Apr 19 5:40 a.m. by James Briggs AnnArbor.com
Eastern Michigan University students learn Google AdWords

At a time when college graduates are struggling to find jobs, Eastern Michigan University is providing business students with some of the best possible preparation - Google training. Google Inc. has partnered with Eastern Michigan to create a curriculum based on Google’s AdWords advertising product. The university began offering a ...

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