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#Google: Tell Us What to Do With Your Account After You Die

You’ve written your will. You’ve talked to your family about end-of-life care. But have you told Google what you want to happen to your Gmail or YouTube accounts? That’s the stated purpose behind a tool the search giant announced Thursday: Inactive Account Manager. (In a blog post, the company admitted it was “not a great name.”) It covers all Google accounts, including Blogger, Drive, Google+ and Picasa..#sonitekca

Can #Google Make Same Day Shipping Work?

On March 28th, Google announced on its Commerce Blog that it would be piloting a new, local, same-day delivery service in San Francisco. Called Google Shopping Express, the service aims to be a low-cost solution to getting all the things you order online on the same day that you order them. Google is currently soliciting participants to test the service in San Francisco and in the peninsula from San Mateo to San Jose.#sonitekca

Responsive Design and the State of the Web

In the past 12 years, there have been several milestones that have helped to define the Web as we know it today. Whether it was the onset of standards compliant coding practices, the since forgotten “Web 2.0”, or the rapid growth of social media, there has not been any change that has had as much impact as the recent rapid adoption of the mobile Web. #sonitekca

Pinterest Begins Rolling Out New Site Design

After a three-month test period with select members, Pinterest announced Monday that it will begin rolling out a new site design to the rest of its 48 million+ users. The design changes are relatively subtle. In the newsfeed, amount of space bordering pins has been reduced to allow for larger images and a cleaner layout. Profile pages have likewise been condensed to show more pins in less space.#sonitekca

LIME Foundation offers Web-Design Training for teachers

The LIME Foundation yesterday launched a week-long Web-Design Training programme for teachers from Primary Schools in the Corporate Area and instructors from the MultiCare Foundation. The programme, which will also include instruction in the use of Microsoft Excel and Word applications, is the first of what is intended to be an annual event scheduled for the Easter school break.

Web industry: Google can keep Keep

With Google Reader’s corpse still warm, and industry experts complaining how Google wrecked the RSS ecosystem with its free model, history could be about to repeat itself; Google has announced Google Keep. Katherine Kuan, software engineer explained how the service worked, noting that every day we, “see, hear or think of things we need to remember,” and usually jot these notes down on bits of paper or sticky notes that are rarely there when you need them. “To solve this problem we’ve created Google Keep,” she said. #sonitekca

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