Google seem to be taking over the world, literally. Their search engine is the most used by miles, they have YouTube, Android and the list can literally go on and on. But they have two new services which might be of interest you. First is the Powermeter. For £69 for the meter, and £3 a month, this service provides real time read outs in the form of a graph consisting of the energy averages over time, comparing it to other things such as previous and national averages. It is said to potentially save the UK energy customer £75 a year, but that's bogus, because it costs £105 for the first year to set it up. So it'll take 2 years to balance out, still, better than solar panels. There are already wonder stories about it, so just "Google" them and find out.
Second up in today's Google mania is their music service. But when I say service, it isn't. It is a search engine that you always use to help you discover music. There are a few things you can do with it, you can just search for an artist to find out more about them, search for tracks and albums, but this isn't really new, people did that before. The best bit is the lyrics search. Type in a line from a song (best if not in the title to test it out) if you don't know it and it should come up with the track and artist you are thinking of, handy? Well I tried it out with some Taylor Swift, and got a ton of Eric Clapton. I then tried some McFly and got it, but after scrolling down and someone from Flickr writing out the track lyrics. So, it isn't perfect. But what is? It is a great help to discover music and find out more about bands, which is what it is all about. So try it here for yourself and see the introductory video there as well.
(with thanks to the guardian)
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