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New Google Labs: Related Links and Script Converter

Google has released a couple of new Labs projects. The first one is called Script converter, and the second one is called Related Links. The Script Converter Lab lets users read the text of any script in the supported languages, which currently consist of: - Hindi - Bengali - English - Gujarati - Kannada - Malayalam - Marathi - Nepali - Tamil - Telugu All you have to do is enter text or a web address in the box, select the language you want to read it in, and press convert.

Google "Similar Images" Feature Goes From Labs to Actual Feature

Google launched a Google Labs project earlier this year called "Similar Images," as an extension to Google Image Search. It allows users to search for images using pictures instead of words. The project has now graduated from Labs and is now a part of Google Images.

Google Website Optimizer Gets an API

Google has released a new Website Optimizer Experiment Management API. This means developers can utilize Website Optimizer for their own applications and experiments. Website Optimizer is a tool from Google that allows users to perform simple A/B and multivariate testing on websites to see what works and what doesn't. WebProNews discussed the tool at length earlier this year. Here is a webinar video that will familiarize you with it as well:

Gmail Aims to Save Embarrassment Yet Again

Google has launched a new feature in Gmail Labs designed to spare users the embarrassment of sending an email to the wrong person. It's probably happened to you at one time or another.

Gmail Gets a New Label Feature

Today Google introduced a new Gmail Labs feature, which lets users hide labeled messages that have already been read, when browsing through labels. The ones that have been read can be found under the "more" menu. "A lot of people want to see their labels in order to see which ones have unread messages, but they don't want a long list of label names cluttering up the left hand side of their inboxes," says Gmail software engineer David de Kloet.

Google Fast Flip vs. the Blogosphere

For being nothing more than a "labs" project for Google, Fast Flip has received an overwhelming amount of attention as well as criticism. In case you have been under a rock, Fast Flip is a lab Google launched, that has been talked about before under its codename, "Flipper."

Google Adding Some Visual Flare to News?

Update: Google's Marissa Mayer has now announced the product officially, and named it Google Fast Flip. Original Article: Google is reportedly launching a new lab in Google Labs called Flipper, which takes Google News to a much more visual place, by showing news stories as thumbnails of the actual pages they reside on.

Google Makes Online Stores Incredibly Simple

Google Labs has launched an interesting new gadget that allows users to create a Google Checkout store in gadget form to use on their blog or web site. According to Google the process is as simple as three easy steps:

Google Launches Google Listen Android App

Google has quietly released a new Labs project for Android. It's called Google Listen and is described as a personalized audio news-magazine loaded with fresh and interesting content whenever it is turned on.

Gmail Experience Improves for Netbook Users

Netbooks have their problems. I am not anti-netbook like some people. I just have fairly big hands, and I find them practically impossible to type on. A software engineer at Google noticed that sometimes netbooks have problems displaying email subject lines as well.