We’re a Favorite Place on Google

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http://google.com/favoriteplaces Over 100,000 businesses across the U.S. are being recognized as a “Favorite Place on Google” based on Google users’ interactions with local business listings. Check out how it works, & try scanning a QR code.

Personalized Search

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Google can personalize your search results making them more useful and relevant. In this short video we discuss how we personalize your search results and how to turn personalization on or off based on your preference.

Talks Scott Kim takes apart the art of puzzles

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http://www.ted.com At the 2008 EG conference, famed puzzle designer Scott Kim takes us inside the puzzle-maker’s frame of mind. Sampling his career’s work, he introduces a few of the most popular types, and shares the fascinations that inspired some of his best.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10