Google Drive...to get your stuff.
I've always had the attitude that any company that has to remind it's staff to 'Do No Evil' is either employing the wrong sort of people or is trying hard to hide the fact that they might not be parag…
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If it ain't on your machine, it ain't yours.
Yesterday I found out that Yahoo had pulled the plug on the Delicious application, amongst a few other APIs and services. There will no doubt now be a spate of articles about how to move your content…
Google's 'mistake' maps all UK WiFi networks...
Some weeks ago, a story broke about Google recording data about WiFi networks when they were wandering around taking family snapshots with their now infamous fleet of 'Streetview' cars. At the time, …
Social Search...waste of time?
I'm a big user of search engines. Despite my grumblings and pontifications on here about Google, I still use them the most because they're still the best out there. I hope that Bing - despite the da…
Google predict the end of desktop PCs....
When I started in IT, I encountered a program called 'The Last One'). It was a menu-driven application generator that allowed a non-programmer to specify the sort of system they wanted (within a limi…
Google Buzz and Google's incursion in to Social Networking
Many years ago there was a joke in techy circles that likened Microsoft to the Star Trek aliens 'The Borg'. It appeared at the time (mid 1990s) that Microosft were indeed determined to assimilate eve…
Social Search = global groupthink?
A few days ago I came acrossthis item in Google's blog - looking at what they call 'Social Search. This is a set of applications being developed by Google to allow image content that you and your soc…
Google to phase out IE6 support - first shots in their war for browser dominance?
I really dislike IE6. I hate having to support it for some of my clients, and really wish they could work out how to convince their customers to upgrade. But, my clients are real world guys; they de…
Google does the right thing (for Google, that is)
For a long time I've taken the mickey out of Google's famous slogan 'Do No Evil'. I mean, most companies and individuals go through life with their ethical and moral compass intact and manage to perf…
Do No Evil - Ursula Le Guin, The Authors Guild and Google
During Google's formative years, the company decided to come up withthe equivalent of a short mission / vision statement that summed up what it was to be Google. After some serious thinking, the slog…