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Google reCAPTCHA
In September of 2009, Google announced that they'd acquired the open source CAPTCHA company, reCAPTCHA. They stated that their intent with the company was not only for CAPTCHA technology but for enhancements in Google Books and other text scanning projects.
Reporter Channel Type - YouTube
Reporter is one of many special YouTube channel types. In addition to all the standard features that come with YouTube channels, reporters get extra space to describe their beat, their influences, and their favorite news sources.
Remember the Milk
Remember the Milk is a popular online task management suite. It integrates with Gmail and allows you to receive reminders for tasks on by email or SMS text message on your phone.
YouTube Quick Capture
Quick Capture is a feature of YouTube that lets you capture video directly into YouTube from a connected Web cam. This way you don't have to upload and convert your video.
Rickroll
"Rickrolling" is an Internet prank to trick people into watching a video of Rick Astley's song, "Never Gonna to Give You Up."
Google Research
Google Research is a Google project to make scientific data more accessible.
Reader
Google Reader is a Google Labs service that acts as a feed reader for news sources and keyword search items.
Ride Finder
Google Ride Finder is a Google Labs service that uses the Google Maps interface to find participating taxi and shuttle locations in one of 16 cities. The number of cabs available is updated live through the service.
RSS
RSS stands for really simple syndication. RSS is used to create feeds for many Google services, from Blogger blogs to Google News.
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