Lady & the tramp movie poster found at goodwill worth $53,900

Imagine you’re browsing through Goodwill, looking for some deals, then dropping $4.99 on a movie poster. Then discovering that your purchase is worth $53,900 in mint condition. For Tom Glenn, of Forest Lake, Minnesota, this story was an actual reality. He was browsing through his local Goodwill when he noticed an old-school styled Lady & The Tramp movie poster. At ...
 

Did ellen degeneres buy a $26.5m home?

Ellen DeGeneres is apparently riding high on the news that her day time talk show was renewed as she may have just bought a $26.5m mansion.TMZ reports that DeGeneres and her wife, Portia de Rossi, dropped $26.5 million dollars on a new home in Santa Barbara. As for the details, the house features over 10 square feet, has nine fireplaces, ...
 

Google trends gets new top charts for trends by category

Google has launched a new Google Trends feature called “Top Charts,” which show you the top searches by region by month for various categories. It’s similar to the year-end Zeitgeist lists Google provides annually. Yossi Matias9 minutes ago We are excited to have now Top Charts in Google Trends. A sort-of monthly "zeitgeist" going back in time. 1    0 ...
 

Google updates goals in google analytics

Google announced some new features for Goals in Google Analytics, including a new set-up flow, new templates, and new verification capabilities. For setting up Goals, you now find a profile in your account, click the admin tab, and navigate to the account, property, and and profile of choice. From there, click Goals, and Create a Goal. From there, you will ...
 

Here’s the winner of the doodle 4 google contest

On Wednesday, Google announced that Sabrina Brady of Sparta, Wisconsin has been named the national winner of its 2013 U.S. Doodle 4 Google contest. The doodle, titled, “Coming Home” will be featured on Google’s U.S. homepage on Thursday. Brady is a 12th grade student at Sparta High School. She will receive a $30,000 college scholarship in addition to having her ...
 

Google acquires wind energy company makani power

Back in 2007, Google announced that it would be putting hundreds of millions of dollars into a “strategic initiative to develop electricity from renewable energy sources that will be cheaper than electricity produced from coal.” This included eSolar and Makani Power. News is out today that Google has now acquired the latter. Brad Stone at BusinessWeek writes: Last February, Astro ...
 

Google publisher toolbar gets an update

Google has launched a redesigned version of the Google Publisher Bar, the Chrome extension it launched last year for AdSense earnings and performance updates. “The Google Publisher Toolbar will continue to include the same popular functionality as before in addition to a new feedback mechanism and blocking capabilities,” says AdSense product manager Fiona Herring. The new toolbar features pop-up ...
 

Google trends now ranks most searched people, places and things in 40+ categories, releases visual trending product.

Google Search trends is arguably the most effective way of learning what the world is thinking about, and Google Trends, with Google’s annual Zeitgeist, has always done a fairly decent job of illustrating this.The World RankedToday, Google releases a new and improved version of the product with new charts, updated monthly, of the most-searched people, places and things in more than 40 ...
 

Google drive for android gets new card-style view, quick preview, ocr document scanning, file downloads, and more

Google on Wednesday announced the release of a revamped Drive app for Android to make creating and accessing files on-the-go easier, via a new card-style grid view and added features such as document scanning. You can grab the new version now directly from Google Play.First and foremost, Drive files in the Android app are now displayed in a card-style grid ...
 

Chrome 27 for android is out: fullscreen on phones, simplified searching, tab history on tablets, and more

Just a day after releasing Chrome 27 on the desktop, Google on Wednesday announced the release of Chrome 27 for Android, adding fullscreen support on phones and a tab history option on tablets. You can download the latest version now directly from Google Play.The device-type features are fairly straightforward. To access the new fullscreen function on an Android phone, just ...