…off.” Tom Henderson’s seven-day plan: • Day 1: Take inventory • Day 2: Delete cookies • Day 3: Redirect host files • Day 4: Install tracking blocker • Day 5: Mobile phone maintenance • Day 6: Find replacements • Day 7: Maintenance and reflection …
…e policy may actually be illegal. But it came into force on March 1 at midnight local time yesterday across the world regardless, with Google claiming that “to pause, would cause confusion”. Data from 60 of Google’s services will be shared between them – meaning Google account users, owners of Android phones and YouTube viewers will be subjected to even more intrusive “personalized” ad…
…, “fat” and “weird”. According to recently released Gallup research, West Virgina was ranked the least livable state based on low unemployment, appalling obesity rates and lack of economic growth. For 18 states, the common search term associated with them was “boring”. Among those considered snoozeworthy included Idaho, Montana. For 18 states, the common search term Google autocomplete revealed a…
rs touching a display screen 5. Google Glass can synch to the Internet The eyewear features built-in camera, microphone and speaker technology and can synch to the Internet using wireless connections. 6. Video through the eyes of wearers can be streamed live As with the sky divers, cyclists, and wall-walkers who took part in the Google developers conference stunt, video through the eyes of wearers…
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has decided not to take legal action against Google at the end of a 19-month investigation into the search giant. The FTC found Google had not biased its search results to favor its products. Google has agreed to give advertisers access to more information about their campaigns and has agreed not to use other providers’ material such as product reviews…
…with the free and volunteer-driven OpenStreetMap, the world’s largest crowdsourced atlas, as its baseline mapping technology, instead of Google Maps. So did the mobile version of Wikipedia. With 600,000 registered users, OpenStreetMap also has the support of Microsoft. As more big players start working on OpenStreetMap, Di-Ann Eisnor and others say it could be another “viable alternati…
…ic to view what kind of consumer Google thinks they are have been amused to find themselves listed with the wrong age and even sex. Nevertheless, the knowledge that Google works so hard to profile its 350 million account holders is bound to intensify the debate about privacy which flared up again this week with the announcement that the company was going to start tracking users across all of its s…
…n the internet. “Often, they want to know more about world events and breaking news. Twitter has emerged as a vital source of this real-time information, with more than 100 million users sending 250 million tweets every day on virtually every topic. As we’ve seen time and time again, news breaks first on Twitter; as a result, Twitter accounts and tweets are often the most relevant resu…
…e ahead of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer by the end of this year if current trends continue, according to research from research firm StatCounter. Over the past year, Internet Explorer fell from 46% of the worldwide market to 38.5%. In the same period, Google Chrome rose from 15.68% to 27.27%, overtaking rival Firefox in the process. One version of Chrome – Chrome 15 – is already…
…id the new set-up would enable it to tailor search results better. But data regulators in France have cast doubt on the legality of the move and launched a Europe-wide investigation. Google has merged 60 guidelines for its individual sites into a single policy for all of its services. France’s privacy watchdog CNIL wrote to Google earlier this week, urging a “pause” in rolling ou…
your settings. Click on “account settings”. 2. Next, find the section called “Services” and you’ll see a link to “View, enable, or disable web history”, shown in the red box below. Click on it. 3. Finally, you can remove all of your search details by clicking on “Remove Web History”, shown in the red box below. Once you have done this your history will remain disabled until you…
Google has decided to shut down its Reader service starting from July 2013, as usage has declined. A petition to save the service, which aggregates news content from web feeds, had 25,000 signatures in a few hours. Experts say shutting Reader is part of Google’s plan to migrate more people to its social media service, Google+. Google said in its official blog: “There are two simple re…
…transcribes them. And there is a search facility for people to quickly find what they are looking for. Currently Keep is available only via the web or as an app for phones and tablets running Android 4.0 or above. But with little to differentiate it from competitors, some feel Google may struggle to make an impact. “My gut instinct is that Google may have come too late to this. It has a tra…
Google Drive plans found by The Next Web Brad McCarty at The Next Web got lucky and received a draft release from a partner of Google’s upcoming Google Drive service which discloses lots of information about how Google plans to take on the incumbent Dropbox. The story: 5 GB of storage, and it launches next week, most likely on Tuesday at http://drive.google.com Brad McCarty commented: Now let’…
…ckly became a trending topic on Twitter as users urged their followers to try it for themselves. The feature can also be used if one searches the phrase “Z or R twice”, Google’s homage to the Nintendo 64 video game Star Fox. The barrel roll maneuver in the popular 1990s game could be completed by toggling the Z or R buttons twice. …
Google has announced that it is shutting seven more products in an effort to simplify its range of services. Among the seven services are Google Wave, Knol and Google Gears. It is the third time that Google has announced a cull of several of its products at the same time after they had failed to take off. According to experts, the strategy might put off users from signing up to new services. Goog…
Day beginning with Google Nose There is also the announcement that YouTube is shutting down at midnight – to allow a panel of experts to pick the best video ever for when the site re-launches in 2023. The hilarious clip includes comments from some of the site’s biggest stars including the little boy who had a dazed conversation with his father following a dentist appointment and Judson…
terview with the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas. The National Association of Newspapers, known by its Portuguese acronym ANJ, carried out an experiment with Google that began in December 2010. This allowed Google News to carry the top line of news stories, to raise curiosity and get readers to click on the full story on the newspapers’ sites. But the ANJ says the experiment has…
…y Europe's antitrust head Joaquin Almunia looked at whether Google gave preferential treatment to its own services in its search results The commission had been investigating Google since November 2010 following complaints from several rivals. In a statement, Joaquin Almunia said Google had the chance to outline steps to address the claims, rather than face formal action. “Should this pr…
…oogle’s stock value plunged a hair-raising 10% this week – wiping out more than $24 billion from the company’s value – after its third-quarter earnings report, which revealed a 20 percent drop in profits over last year, was accidentally released three hours earlier than planned on Thursday. The profit losses were driven by a decline in advertising revenue, according to its…
Google is set to launch a smaller, cheaper Android rival to Apple’s iPad as early as May. Made in partnership with tablet-maker Asus, Google’s tablet could sell for as little as $200, and will have a seven-inch screen, according to a leak reported in Digitimes. Google’s tablet would be a competitor to Amazon’s Kindle Fire – and like Fire, would be built to sell content such as v…
…will exploit detailed information on its users, down to the locations where they use their smartphones, and how it will distribute it to other organizations. Google’s new policy replaces around 60 different existing privacy policies. The poll, carried out by YouGov for the Big Brother Watch pressure group in UK, found that 92% of adults who use the internet go through a Google service at le…
…Google,” said The Pirate Bay in a blog post. “The thing we don’t like with this is… they’re dictating terms.” Gary Fung, owner of BitTorrent Isohunt, said that only 21% of its traffic came from Google. “We have plenty of torrent links to non-copyright infringing content, and we’ll be adding 1.4 million more from the Internet Archive soon,” he w…
Google Nose is Google’s latest April Fools’ Day prank to celebrate the practical joke-based holiday in 2013. Google Nose BETA, the company’s new fictional product, promises “to offer the sharpest olfactory experience available.” Google Nose is Google’s latest April Fools’ Day prank to celebrate the practical joke-based holiday in 2013 A video introducing Google Nose…
Google celebrates Jim Henson 75th birthday anniversary featuring a doodle with 5 Muppets. Jim Henson Google Doodle The logo is HTML5-powered and it is interactive, clicking on the circle below each character, it follows the cursor with its eyes, and double-clicking on one, it opens its mouth. One of them throw its glasses, and other eats its neighbor. Brian Henson, Jim Henson‘…
Kim Kardashian finally puts her swollen feet in flatsAfter she raised eyebrows on Thursday as she crammed her swollen feet into Perspex heels, with painful looking results, Kim Kardashian finally seems to be giving her feet a…
Eva Longoria humiliating wardrobe malfunction at Cannes Film FestivalEva Longoria has suffered an extremely embarrassing wardrobe malfunction as she unfortunately revealed far more than she intended to upon screening of Jimmy P. (Psychotherapy…
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart split after cheating scandalRobert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have split after almost four years together, People magazine is reporting. The couple – who reportedly broke up briefly in December…
Eurovision 2013 winner is Denmark's Emmelie de Forest with Only TeardropsDenmark has won 2013 Eurovision Song Contest, held in the Swedish city of Malmo. Danish Emmelie de Forest had been the overwhelming favorite among the 26 entries, with her…
Phil Robertson, Miss Kay and Uncle Si do commercials for Clayton HomesDuck Commander Phil Robertson and his wife Miss Kay, the stars of Duck Dynasty, sliced some sweet potato pie and filled their audience in about Clayton Homes. “What do I…
Eurovision winners over the years. Where are they now?The Eurovision Song Contest has been running since 1956 and in that time, acts from around Europe have been singing their hearts out in the hope of winning the trophy. There…
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