Posts tagged google
Encountering the future over an omelette
Aug 5th
A strange thing happened when I was eating an omelette in the Workers Café on Upper Street. I thought I saw the future, but it turned to be nothing but a bizarre coincidence.
The long countdown to Android 2.1
Jun 19th
They keep saying it’s about to arrive, but it never does. Android 2.1 is long overdue on the HTC Hero and my initial patience has turned into something approaching rage. After weeks of annoyance and frustration waiting for the fabled upgrade, my HTC Hero has been put on notice – “endgame” has begun.
Google Buzz: a serious new fixture in the social web?
Feb 12th
Google Buzz is only two days old and it already has its fair share of critics. But the way my contacts are taking to it so far makes me suspect that Buzz will succeed where Google Wave (arguably) failed.
UK unemployment drops… unexpectedly?
Jan 21st
Unemployment in the UK has fallen for the first time in 18 months, surprising many analysts. But these analysts clearly haven’t been looking at search trends for unemployment-related keywords.
An open assault on the walled garden
Dec 21st
Mobile telcos charge us for the texts, minutes and megabytes we use. They buy our loyalty by heavily subsidising our increasingly expensive phones. And they’re terrified of becoming like the people who supply our electricity or gas. They’re terrified that one day they’ll be nothing but interchangeable providers of a commodity, irrelevant logos printed on [...]
Using Google Spreadsheets to extract Twitter data
Nov 20th
Instructions for setting up Google Spreadsheets as a Twitter search engine, allowing you to search for tweets containing links or text using the BackTweets and Twitter Search APIs.
2008 – the year Google jumped the shark?
Dec 24th
As the year draws to an end and I retreat home to wrap presents and eat mince pies, I find myself wondering if 2008 will go down as the year in which Google’s fall from grace began. Don’t get me wrong – there’s no way I’m forecasting doom for Google. It’s not Woolworths. But a [...]
Gmail’s new Labs feature – Mail Goggles
Oct 7th
Ever sent an email you later regretted? Well you might like the new Gmail Labs feature, Mail Goggles. It’s activated whenever you try to send an email late at night, when you’re most likely to be under the influence of alcohol. How does it stop you sending indiscreet, inarticulate or embarrassing emails? It forces you [...]
Googlewatch – updated
Feb 2nd
Posted by brelson in strategy
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Before Christmas I suggested that Google may have reached its apex during 2008, especially as it had, for the first time, allowed a dubious new feature – SearchWiki – to infiltrate the product that sits at its core – search. And over the weekend, Google spent an hour saying that every site in its index [...]