Tag Archives: google
The Grid
Dennis Mangan muses on the Facebook IPO and how American industry went from building things to amusing ourselves. I often think that the Facebook bubble will pop, but the company is doing everything it can to prevent that by tying … Continue reading
“Google’s no-opt-out privacy changes and the end of the anonymous Internet” by Alexandra Petri
The web is a series of jumping from one service to another when your favored service starts making moves like this. Google’s no-opt-out privacy changes and the end of the anonymous Internet
But you told us you liked it!
This article from Google about Gmail usability testing feels like a way to address criticism for the new look of Google products. How real users helped us develop Gmail’s new look
How To Delete A Google Plus Brand Page
I don’t think I’ve seen a tutorial for something like deleting a profile come up so quickly after the feature has been enabled. How To Delete A Google Plus Brand Page
Social Networks are for third graders
In case you haven’t seen this from Pinboard Founder Maciej Ceglowski. The social graph wants to turn us back into third graders, laboriously spelling out just who is our fifth-best-friend. But there’s a reason we stopped doing that kind of … Continue reading
Google+ For Business
Remember when all you needed for an online presence was a website? Get closer to your customers with Google+ Edit: Anyone else wondering of the potential for Google to downgrade your company’s website in search results in order to prop … Continue reading
Dan, why aren’t you on Google Plus?
This is why.
Google 411, Siri, Talking To Phones
From Daniel Soar’s review of books about Google: By 2007, Google knew enough about the structure of queries to be able to release a US-only directory inquiry service called GOOG-411. You dialled 1-800-4664-411 and spoke your question to the robot … Continue reading
The Web Cold War and Data Race
Facebook doesn’t like it when you don’t use their own “Like” buttons. German news site Heise serves these buttons from their own servers. Facebook views this as a violation of their terms. Their public reasoning is that it’s too easy … Continue reading