Twitter, Google, and search
February 26, 2009 at 10:11 pm For some reason, the “Twitter is a Google killer” hyperbole has sprung up again in the last week or so. And this time, there are some important thought leaders like John Battelle chiming in. Here’s what he wrote in a post called “Twitter = YouTube”:
So why did Google really buy YouTube? My answer, which [...]
Where am I?
February 9, 2009 at 9:15 pm Though I consider myself a netizen, I don’t live online (yet). I remain tethered to the real world, in real physical space. The lines are beginning to blur somewhat however, thanks to the increasing popularity of location-based online services.
A good example of this is Brightkite, a service I’ve written about a couple of [...]
Google Native Client: ActiveX for the other browsers
December 8, 2008 at 11:19 pmToday, Google announced Native Client, “a technology that aims to give web developers access to the full power of the client’s CPU while maintaining the browser neutrality, OS portability and safety that people expect from web applications.” Basically it’s a browser plugin that hosts a sandbox for native x86 code. So instead of writing [...]
Tags: activex, browsers, developers, google, native client, programming, webUse Google Maps to find Edmonton Transit schedules and trip plans
November 10, 2008 at 5:43 pm Earlier today I stumbled across this thread on Connect2Edmonton which pointed out that Google Maps Canada now has Edmonton Transit schedules and trip planning features. I immediately jumped over to the website to check it out, and sure enough, it’s all there!
The ETS website has offered trip planning for quite some time now, of [...]
Revisiting iGoogle
October 16, 2008 at 10:15 pm Like most people who spend a lot of time online, I sign up for new services all the time. Some of them I end up liking quite a bit and using regularly (such as Twitter, obviously) while others I just forget about. Until recently, iGoogle was firmly in the latter category.
iGoogle launched in May [...]
Thoughts on Google Chrome
September 2, 2008 at 9:02 pmAs you probably read or heard today, Google has released a beta version of their very own browser, named Chrome. You can download it today for Windows XP or Windows Vista, and Google promises that Mac and Linux versions are coming soon. I downloaded it as soon as it was available, and have been [...]
Tags: applications, browsers, chrome, google, google chrome, internet, softwareExtremely Handy: Google SMS
June 21, 2008 at 4:29 pm I’m a little surprised that I’ve never blogged about Google SMS before, because it’s a wonderfully useful service that deserves more attention. It’s amazing how few people know about it! What is Google SMS? Basically, it’s Google via text messaging. The power of Google in your pocket!
Using Google SMS is really simple. All you [...]
Twitter the next Google? Not likely!
April 24, 2008 at 10:41 pmOne of my favorite blogs to read is the Four (or Five!) Reasons Why blog, written by Mark and Sean Evans. Sometimes they post serious entries (…Earth Hour Is Legit And Significant) and sometimes they post funny entries (…Aquaman Is The Lamest Superhero Of All Time). Today they posted an entry titled …Twitter Is [...]
Tags: crowdsourcing, google, microblogging, micromedia, search, twitterDon’t worry about undersea cable cuts
March 13, 2008 at 10:46 pmRemember all the undersea cables that were cut last month? I still haven’t come across a definitive reason for the disruptions, though a February 19th article at The Inquirer claims it was sabotage. I’m not sure about that, but the one thing that is clear is that everyone has moved on. For instance, Google [...]
Tags: at&t, cables, communications, google, internet, networking, sea, telecommunicationsYahoo and Google become OpenID providers
January 19, 2008 at 4:50 pm The OpenID single sign-on project got a major boost this week when Yahoo announced it would enable it’s 250 million users to use their Yahoo logins for authenticating at OpenID websites. And just yesterday, Google announced that Blogger accounts can now be used as OpenID logins. OpenID is definitely gaining momentum.
So what is OpenID?
OpenID [...]
Jaiku needs to do something quick!
January 10, 2008 at 10:44 pmLike many others, I’ve noticed that Jaiku hasn’t been working correctly in recent weeks. It is slow, and the API has been really unreliable, as I noted on Sunday (on Twitter of course). You’ll recall that Google bought Jaiku back in October, and sadly, it hasn’t been the same since.
The main advantage (for me) that [...]
In The Crosshairs: Facebook
November 1, 2007 at 8:42 pmThe tech industry really amazes me sometimes. Everyone knows that it moves fast, but I don’t think the average person realizes just how fast. The status quo can change overnight. I’m guessing Facebook knows this better than anyone or any company right now:
Google may have just come out of nowhere and checkmated Facebook in the [...]
Facebook Day – $15 billion!
October 24, 2007 at 8:43 pmTo my knowledge there is no "Facebook Day" but that seems like a fitting label for today. Until the company eventually goes public, today is probably the most important day in Facebook’s (incredibly short) history. Today Microsoft announced that it would pay $240 million for a 1.6 percent stake in Facebook, which means:
The investment [...]
Searching Wikipedia Sucks!
October 17, 2007 at 8:48 pmHave you tried searching Wikipedia lately? Don’t bother, because you probably won’t find what you’re looking for! I am continually amazed at how terrible the Wikipedia search results are. Here’s an example of what I mean. Go to Wikipedia, type “al gor” in the search box, and click the search button. You should see [...]
Tags: al gore, encyclopedia, google, information, search, websites, wikipediaGoogle buys Jaiku – why?
October 9, 2007 at 10:30 pmToday microblogging service Jaiku announced that they have been purchased by Google. I came across the news via a barrage of Twitter updates this morning, and it wasn’t long before everyone started wondering why Google chose Jaiku over Twitter. It seems that most people feel Jaiku is the superior platform technology-wise, but the community [...]
Tags: acquisitions, facebook, google, jaiku, microblogging, twitter
