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Sudoku puzzles with Google Goggles

SOLVE:

GOOGLE HAS been focusing much of its innovation on Goggles, the service that searches for information based on pictures you take with your mobile phone.

A new version of Goggles has been released for Android and iPhone with improved recognition of barcodes and print advertisements but the real bonus is the ability to take a picture of a Sudoku puzzle and have Google solve it for you.

http://bit.ly/fX6BAH

Your Facebook profile page 

MAKEOVER:At the end of last year, Facebook introduced new-look profile pages and, as with all previous makeovers of the site, lots of people got predictably annoyed.

The new layout shows recently tagged pictures of you at the top of the page but savvy designers quickly figured out how to use those slots to create a single profile picture spread across the page.

Now there’s an app that does that for you – Profile Maker. If you like the look, act quickly. It will no doubt be passed by the end of the month.

http://bit.ly/gxVUT7

Correction: An iPhone app featured in this column on December 17th last was mistakenly referred to as the Fine Wine app.

It is in fact called Pocket Wine and can be found in the App Store by searching for that name.

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