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Picture this… You need to get from point A to point B, and you are walking. So, you pull out your smart phone, and ask Google maps to give you directions. The directions given include a 1/2 mile walk down State Route <insert number here>. Would any reasonable person choose to walk down the center [...]
Maybe this isn’t a big deal to some people, but I think Google is going a bit far on this one. In collecting data for their Street View in Germany, they are also logging PRIVATE wireless networks, and user MAC addresses! MAC (Media Access Control) addresses are unique, and could be some handy identifiable information [...]
In another brilliant step towards world domination, Google Apps is announced to have, basically, immediate disaster recovery. The short version is this: everything you do in Google Apps is replicated, in real time, to another data center. That means if the data center your files are normally stored in catches fire, everything you just did [...]
It looks like Google is looking to purchase Aardvark. So, the pay-for-answers service Google previously launched, and closed, may be revised under the Google umbrella again.
If you aren’t familiar with Aardvark, it’s a nice little service. So far, for me, it’s been slow – only a few questions per day come my way. But, basically, [...]
While some are calling Google’s unveiling a Twitter-Killer, the less alarmist will be reporting on the 10:00 AM PST revealing of Gmail’s new social features today. So, will this be integration of existing Gmail add-on applications, or something new? We’ll know in a few hours, I guess.
I can’t decide if this is good or bad [...]
