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Category Archives: google
Internet Explorer 8. Why?
GigaOM announces the release of Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 So far [Microsoft] has been on the losing side of the equation, ceding market share to its upstart rivals, all of whom are touting ease of use, simplicity, security and speed. … Continue reading
Google's Chrome gamble that no one's talking about
Much has been said about Google’s open-source browser strategy after the Chrome release. The consensus seems to be that Google doesn’t want to win any direct “browser wars” (at least, not in the Netscape v/s IE sense), but to raise … Continue reading
What do Apple's App Store rejections mean for you users and startups?
Yesterday, Apple pulled an application named Podcaster from the iPhone App Store. With Podcaster, iPhone/iPod Touch users could “update podcasts directly on the device over wifi.” Apple rejected the application because Podcaster assists in the distribution of podcasts, it duplicates … Continue reading
Posted in Android, Apple, Editorials, google, iphone, iPodTouch, mobile, Nokia, Predictions
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Phone, meet IM
Being able to choose to be contacted by either voice, IM or SMS is an extremely attractive proposition. Using all three from the same device, though, is the holy grail of unified communication. With VoIP, smartphones and IM, we might … Continue reading
HOWTO: Google Reader Power User Guide
If you’re the kind who keeps track of information on the web by subscribing to RSS feeds, chances are things aren’t entirely satisfactory. You’re probably swamped with an ever-growing backlog, yet reading your feeds takes too long. You’re annoyed at … Continue reading
Posted in google, HowTos, RSS, Social
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Moving to an Online Life
So my Thinkpad’s hard disk (a standard Hitachi 2.5″ 4200 RPM 80GB HDD) died Saturday evening. It began making ghastly noises all of a sudden, signaling imminent mechanical failure. I shut down the computer immediately, and on restarting, a BSOD … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Editorials, Email, Firefox, Gmail, google, HowTos, IM, internet, mobile, Nokia, RSS, Social, Thunderbird
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The Three Degrees of Personalization
Facebook’s Beacon brought some spice to the tech community, which had been longing for some juicy stuff to blog/discuss/pontificate about since the iPhone’s launch several months ago. Beacon is (was?) part of Facebook’s new online ad system which shared a … Continue reading
Reader: Google's new social network
Steve Rubel talks about the significance about the new “Friends’ Shared Items ” feature on Google Reader. I was about to write about this, but Steve’s put it better than I’d planned. The popular RSS reader now lets you easily … Continue reading
Tomorrow Today: Google Universal Search – Part 3: What it means for MS and Yahoo!
Bob Cringely contends that the battle for search is over, with Google emerging the clear winner. With Google Universal Search, Google has put so much distance between itself and numbers two and three, that the incremental return on additional investment … Continue reading
Tomorrow Today: Google Universal Search – Part 2: What it means for the SEO industry
It means everything. It means a massive opportunity and a massive threat. It means a period of flux in the SEO space for the next six months. Why? Until today, everything – everything – in the SEO industry was to … Continue reading
Posted in Editorials, google, internet, Trends, Yahoo
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