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Google Labs Relaunches With Two New Must-See Projects Google Labs, the company's experimental playground where users can test out new features, has been quiet lately with the exception of Gmail Labs. This is unusual, especially for a company that prides itself on innovation and its famous 20 percent rule. But it seems that Google's been hard at work behind the scenes. Today, they announced a relaunched Google Labs, moving it to a new domain and rebuilding it on Google App engine. In addition to the relaunch, Google has released two new Google Labs features: Similar Images and Google News Timeline. 35 Great Social Media Infographics 35 Great Social Media Infographics [Note: I recently updated this compilation to include some more recent visualizations... you can see it here.] Here’s a collection of terrific social media infographics that might come in handy. As you probably know, infographics are visual representations of information, data, or knowledge.
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