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The Article of the day for June 13, 2017 is Macrotarsomys petteri . Macrotarsomys petteri, Petter's big-footed mouse, is a Malagasy rodent. It is the largest in its genus, with a head and body length of 150 mm (5.9 in) and body mass of 105 g (3.7 oz). The upperparts are brown, darkest in the middle of the back, and the underparts are white to yellowish. The animal has long whiskers, short forelimbs, and long hindfeet. The tail ends in a prominent tuft of long, light hairs. The skull is robust and the molars are low-crowned and cuspidate. The species most resembles, and may be most closely related to, the greater big-footed mouse. The specific name, petteri, honors French zoologist François Petter for his contributions to the study of Malagasy rodents. M. petteri is now found only in southwestern Madagascar's Mikea Forest, which is threatened by human development. Subfossil records indicate that it used to be more widely distributed in southern Madagascar; climatic c...

Word of the day is leapfrog : (transitive) To jump over some obstacle, as in the game of leapfrog. (transitive) To overtake. (intransitive) To progress. (transitive, chiefly Britain, law) Of a case: to appeal or allow to be appealed directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court. (transitive, military) To advance by engaging the enemy with one unit while another moves further forward.

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GoPro On Weather Balloon Captures Airliner Passing At 38,000 Feet Ever wonder what your plane looks like from the outside when it's cruising above the clouds? Wonder no more. June 12, 2017 at 01:59PM

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On June 12, 2017 at 03:25PM, made an edit the Article on Google . The edit was about Reworded Waze acquisition.

On June 12, 2017 at 02:53PM, made an edit the Article on Google . The edit was about The acquisition of WIMM Labs was confirmed by Google, even if details weren't, so this information is misleading. Both that and Flutter are the kinds of cases where details after acquisition aren't fully known..

On June 12, 2017 at 02:44PM, made an edit the Article on Google . The edit was about The "Channel Intelligence" acquisition was made to improve [[Google Shopping]], just one of Google's many services. If it needs mention, it should be in the dedicated article. Already mentioned in acquisitions list.

On June 12, 2017 at 02:22PM, made an edit the Article on Google . The edit was about Information on the Quickoffice acquisition is both in the "List of acquisitions" article, and mentioned in [[Google Docs, Sheets and Slides]]. Quest Visual's Word Lens is in [[Google Translate]], and Songza in [[Google Play Music]]. Removed from here..

On June 12, 2017 at 02:09PM, made an edit the Article on Google . The edit was about The [[List of mergers and acquisitions by Alphabet]] article offers a simple overview over most acquisitions. I believe only major acquisitions, where the end result of their acquisition/development are known, are needed in this article. Removing a few..

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On June 12, 2017 at 12:53PM, made an edit the Article on Google . The edit was about DMOZ exists no longer..

On June 12, 2017 at 12:37PM, made an edit the Article on Google . The edit was about This was a lot of information on a project yet to be fully developed. All of the information is in the [[Google Fuchsia|dedicated Fuchsia article]], and until it achieves more significance, I'm not sure it even needs a mention here..

On June 12, 2017 at 12:29PM, made an edit the Article on Google . The edit was about Although Google originally acquired Nest Labs, the ownership was transferred to Alphabet in August 2015. It remains its own subsidiary. Whatever products Nest launches, I don't think they're Google-developed.

On June 12, 2017 at 12:25PM, made an edit the Article on Google . The edit was about According to recent sources, Google Hangouts is being focused on businesses and not on regular users anymore. Removed its mention from the lead..

On June 12, 2017 at 12:22PM, made an edit the Article on Google . The edit was about Based on the summary in the lead, I added more of Google's web-based services to the section.

On June 12, 2017 at 12:04PM, made an edit the Article on Google . The edit was about Moved and reworded Google Translate and Google+ to "Web-based services".

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On June 12, 2017 at 11:41AM, made an edit the Article on Google . The edit was about Reworded Internet services.

On June 12, 2017 at 11:38AM, made an edit the Article on Google . The edit was about Combined "Operating systems" and "Software" sections. An OS is a system software, and it looked weird to have Google Chrome all by itself. When it comes to Android, I removed a whole heap of details on history and success/issues suitable for its article.

On June 12, 2017 at 11:30AM, made an edit the Article on Google . The edit was about Making the "web-based services" subsection a very light and easy overview of Gmail, Google Drive, Google Docs, and Google Photos. Extra details are suitable for each of their respective articles..

On June 12, 2017 at 11:26AM, made an edit the Article on Google . The edit was about I dislike how the "Consumer services" section looks. Will be trying to change it. First, moving info on hardware from History to relevant Hardware section. Also removing what I think are unnecessary details.

On June 12, 2017 at 11:08AM, made an edit the Article on Google . The edit was about Reworded and updated Google Station initiative.

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