Posted July 16th, 2011
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Posted by Natasha Mohanty, Engineer, Google News
(Cross-posted on the Official Google Blog)
On Google News, the average reader of political news has read 20 articles about politics in the last six months. Where do you stand?
Starting today, in the U.S. edition of Google News, you can see how voracious a news reader you are by earning Google News badges as you read articles about your favorite topics. The more you read, the higher level badge you’ll receive, starting with Bronze, then moving up the ladder to Silver, Gold, Platinum and finally, Ultimate.
We have more than 500 badges available, so no matter what kind of news you’re into, there’s a badge out there for you. Here’s a taste:
Your badges are private by default, but if you want, you can share your badges with your friends. Tell them about your news interests, display your expertise, start a conversation or just plain brag about how well-read you are. You can also add custom sections by hovering on a badge and clicking “add section” to read more about your favorite topics. To get started with badges, visit Google News from a signed-in account with
web history enabled and then visit this page on our
Help Center for instructions.
This is just the first step—the bronze release, if you will—of Google News badges. Once we see how badges are used and shared, we look forward to taking this feature to the next level.
In the spirit of continually trying to improve Google News, we have heard loud and clear from the many of you who asked us to separate our Sci/Tech section into two distinct sections. We are happy to report that we have now done this for all English editions, with more languages coming soon. We also combined some personalization settings from the “News for you” and News Settings menu into one handy sidebar at the top right corner of the home page, so you can easily tell us what you want to read on your Google News.
We hope you’ll badge up on Google News to keep track of what you’re reading, read more of what you love and share your passions with your friends.
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Posted July 16th, 2011
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How to Ditch Netflix | You can still watch (almost) everything you want.
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Posted July 16th, 2011
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You’re outraged (OUTRAGED!) that Netflix’s price hike has stolen your cheap movie rentals. In fact, you’re going to delete your subscription. Forever. Now what? Here’s how to replace Netflix in your life, from streaming to shiny plastic discs. More »
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Posted July 16th, 2011
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Here’s the problem: I hate my friends. You do too. I’m using the word “friends” in the social networking sense. Facebook and Flickr “friends.” Twitter and Tumblr Followers. More »
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Posted July 16th, 2011
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The release of the final installment in the Harry Potter film franchise is upon us and so is the rush of Harry Potter-related video content on YouTube.
A number of recaps have been floating around to help you catch up, like these by…
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Most of the Harry Potter clips we’re seeing are far more musical. And not all are parodies. This music video for the song “Wizard Love” by Meekakitty has picked up over a million views this month. (Here’s another music video from Hot Chelle Rae.)
But, at the end of the day, it is the parodies that can steal the show, and we’ve seen plenty of spoofs ranging from broadway musicals to Rebecca Black to Kanye West. Here’s a selection from the past two weeks or so:
(Use the arrows to navigate between videos or watch them all here.)
If you liked those, check out our list of the Most Viewed Fan Videos on YouTube.
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Posted July 16th, 2011
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Twice each day we scan our YouTube metrics as well as websites on the cutting edge of internet culture to discover the most buzzed about videos.
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NMA Harry Potter |
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- Darius takes his mom for a ride around the Laguna Seca track and secretly films their drive. As seen on Jalopnik.
- Taiwanese CGI history of Harry Potter. As seen on Videogum.
- Capital Children’s Choir performing Lady Gaga. As seen on BWE.TV.
- One brave (?) dog goes after a shark in Australia in this video with an odd finish. As seen on BoingBoing.
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Posted July 16th, 2011
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We’re seeing a number of videos coming in from large demonstrations that broke our across Syria Friday, a day of the week that commonly sees an uptick in protests in that region. Security forces have reportedly opened fire in a number of locations, leaving nearly 20 dead.
More footage of the protests is being aggregated as it emerges at CitizenTube.
The clips below are said to have been captured today:
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