waving android

I am currently a software engineer at Google, where as a member of the Android platform team I build frameworks and user interfaces.

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Google Desktop 2.0

August 22nd, 2005

Google Desktop version 2 is out, including a new RSS-reading desktop sidebar. Just in case you’re keeping track, the Google euphemism for RSS feeds is “Web Clips”:

Read RSS and Atom feeds from the web. Click on an item to read the entire clip’s content in the details pane. Feeds are generally updated every 30 minutes. In Options, you can manually add a feed by entering its URL, or select a recent feed to add by clicking the “Add Recent Clips” button. Feeds are automatically added based on the web pages you visit, unless you uncheck the “Automatically add commonly viewed clips” checkbox.

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