Keep up with the latest trends using Google Search

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Today, we're launching a new web search feature that will help you stay in touch with the latest trends on the web.

You might already be familiar with Hot Trends, which lists the fastest rising searches on the web at any given hour. Now, when you search Google.com and your query matches one of the top 100 fastest-rising search terms, we'll show you a graph at the bottom of page, with more information — like how popular the query is, how fast it's rising over time, and other useful data.

Below is a picture of what you'd find today if you searched for [reina capodici], who just wed American Idol star Justin Guarini. Or try another example: [gotthard base tunnel], which is set to become the longest tunnel in the world. (But make sure you search for these examples today — nothing stays hot for long.)

To coincide with this change, we've also reduced the number of trends listed on the Google Hot Trends homepage to 40 from 100. This feature, however, will show up for any query that matches the top 100. We hope this change will make for a simpler user experience, and help you focus better on the top, most interesting content.

This new feature is available in the U.S. and Japan. We hope it will help you keep up with everything there's to know about the latest trends online. No more being out of the loop at your office watercooler!

Posted by Aaron ! Wise, As sociate Product Manager and Hiroshi Kuraoka, Product Manager

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Google Integrates Hot Trends into Search Results [Google]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/yhnIREYwqj8/google-integrates-hot-trends-into-search-results

Good news for all you web trend followers: Searches constituting the top 100 fastest-rising terms—a.k.a. Hot Trends—will now display a graph at the bottom of the search engine's results page demonstrating the rise of the trend.

Currently available in the U.S. and Japan only, when searched, these hot trends will come up as a graph at the bottom of the search page results, detailing information including popularity and how quickly the term is rising over time. As of this writing, "american samoa" is holding the top trending spot, with a hotness level of "Volcanic" and a peak of two hours ago. Other current hot trends in the U.S. right now? Kate plus 8, Khloe Kardashian wedding photos, and halloween costume ideas 2009. If you like to keep a close eye on hot topics, the integration with hot trends is a small but nice step.

Keep Up with the Latest Trends Using Google Search [Official Google Blog]

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Dropbox Comes to the iPhone and iPod touch [Downloads]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/Dw7db7HK3tk/dropbox-comes-to-the-iphone-and-ipod-touch

iPhone/iPod touch only: Dropbox, one of our favorite cross-platform file-syncing tools, has now made its way to the iPhone and iPod touch, complete with offline file viewing.

Once installed on your device, Dropbox for iPhone provides access to all your Dropbox files, allows you to view any file supported by your iPhone (including documents, photos, music, and video), uploads any photo or video you've taken on your device to your Dropbox account, and lets you save any file as a favorite for offline viewing. If you want to share a file in your Dropbox with someone else, the application can generate an email with a link directly to the file.

I first saw a demo of Dropbox for the iPhone way back at SXSW in March, so it's great to see this app finally make its way to the App Store. In short: If you're already a fan of Dropbox and you've got an iPhone or iPod touch, you'll want to download this app. Like the Windows, Mac, and Linux versions, Dropbox for the iPhone is freeware and requires only a Dropbox account.

Dropbox [iTunes App Store]

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Copy Path Puts a File's Location in Your Clipboard [Downloads]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/HJkDXyYaR44/copy-path-puts-a-files-location-in-your-clipboard

Windows only: Free utility Copy Path adds a new entry to your right-click context menu that lets you quickly copy the full path to any file with two clicks of your mouse. Why would you want something like this?

I can think of plenty of reasons this functionality would come in handy, but we mentioned the most useful back when we covered ClipPath, a similar tool:

[L]et's say you're looking at a file sitting happily inside its folder, but you want to send it to a friend with Gmail. In order to do so, you'd have to browse through your whole file system to find the file from your browser, even though you were already staring at the file in the first place.

With Copy Path installed, all you've got to do is right-click the file you want to upload, copy the path, and paste it into the attachment text box. The same holds true for uploading a file to any web site, naturally. It's a small difference, to be sure, but it'll definitely save time, and nothing's more irritating than navigating to a file using your browser's upload dialog when you're already staring at the file in Explorer.

Copy Path is a free download, Windows only.

Copy Path [via Download Squad]

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Tungle Makes Cross-Calendar Scheduling Simple [Calendars]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/2ms0xGwBYhQ/tungle-makes-cross+calendar-scheduling-simple

If you're looking for a web-based application for scheduling meetings, you'll find no shortage. Want that application to sync to common calendar applications like Google Calendar, Outlook, and iCal? Prior to Tungle you were out of luck.

Tungle combines the best features of a variety of calendar syncing and meeting scheduling tools and rolls them all into one. With Tungle you can quickly jump from your existing calendar application to sending invites to your team members, checking their calendars even if you all use different applications, and optimizing everyone's schedule for the best meeting times. Check out the demonstration video below to see Tungle in action:

Tungle is a free service and is accessible by the Tungle site, an iPhone app, a Firefox plugin for Google Calendar, and a variety of apps for various social calendars.

Tungle [via Mashable]

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