If you’ve been fearing news aggregators and the wrath of Google, here’s something that will make you laugh. Google just launched Google New, a news aggregator that collects information from Google blogs and sites to help you keep up on what’s cooking at Google.
Google New, which you’ll find at http://www.google.com/newproducts/, is a one-stop for new product and feature announcements. As they describe it, it’s the “one place to find everything new from Google.”
The top of the homepage features a video of one of Google’s lastest products, as of now it’s Google Instant. Just below that are some filtering options. View news for all products, or narrow it down by a specific product or feature: AdSense, AdWords, Apps, Blogger, Books, Checkout, Chrome, Custom Search Engine, Docs, Earth and Maps, Enterprise, Finance, Gmail, Mobile, News, Orkut, Picasa, Reader, Search, SketchUp, Talk, Translate, Videos, Voice, Webmaster and YouTube.
Results can further be narrowed by area of interest: business, developers, education, entertainment, GEO and maps, mobile, non-profit and social.
By default, the home page shows you results for all products as shown below. As you click on a announcement of interest it opens to a page with the full news.
Google New is a quick way to keep up with what’s in and out of beta, which new tools are introduced, search updates, etc., without visiting multiple sites. A bit of self-promotion for the under promoted almost forgotten features at Google? Definitely, but a nice time-saving resource for Google information.
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