Posts Tagged ‘ google ’
A recent article in Mashable pointed me to a new website that promises to help you stay on track of your resolutions: Dorthy. The site promises to give the user a living page that focusses on their specific goals, provides information on said goal, and connect the user to other like-minded goal searchers. It’s a [ READ MORE ]
Two fellas formerly from Google launched a new search engine last night called Cuil. Pronounced “cool,” I wonder if it will become a verb as Google has. Somehow the phrase, “let me Cuil this” just isn’t as catchy. While it is getting some negative reviews out of the gate, it does have a more visually appealing layout [ READ MORE ]
I never said this blog would be pun-free. Google launched its answer to Wikipedia on Wednesday, Knol. “Authoritative” sources write articles and names are included. But it’s not passive, as comments and feedback are encouraged. It’s still very much in a beta stage, as most searches come up empty handed… unless you’re looking for medical advice. At [ READ MORE ]
Short tidbits… Amazon launched a VOD service last week, Amazon Unbox. It streams over 40,000 television and movie titles, but only for US subscribers. Sigh. Does this mean TV and film fans will leave their cable companies en masse to download programming on Amazon? Maybe – but there’s a lot of speculation these same cablecos will stop [ READ MORE ]
Google to hand over private user data to Viacom happened while I was away. Does it have serious privacy issues, or is this any different than Google having my name, email address and other personally identifiable information? If YouTube were to immediately shut down all videos that infringed copyright, would it still remain a success? More importantly, [ READ MORE ]
I went to NYC for 5 days – I just got back using Porter Airlines (managing to land at 12:30 and be home by 1:00) and I’ve returned to over 1000 newsfeed items. Over a thousand! RSS feeds are a fantastic way to organize the way you read a website. Why is this important? The stuff [ READ MORE ]
At the end of each week, I’ll show you some fun links that illustrate creativity on the web Want to search for something in Google but you’re tired of using the English language? Man, I hear ya! Then why not try your Google search in the language of the Muppets’ Swedish Chef. Bork bork bork! Don’t care [ READ MORE ]