Jul 18, 2011 | Google, news
When I opened Google News today, I was greeted by this screen, asking me to “collect private badges for [my] favorite topics”: Here’s the way it was described in the Google Blog: “On Google News, the average reader of political news has read 20 articles about politics...
Jun 6, 2011 | Amazon, Android, Apple, Dropbox, file_sharing, Google, iPad, mail, Microsoft, mobile, Outlook, phone, photos, software, tablet, web_services
Not everything works with everything else. Your expectations have changed so quickly that you might not have noticed. It wasn’t long ago that most people used a single PC at a single location and were content to leave the data on that computer behind when they left...
May 23, 2011 | Google, Internet, search, web_services
Eli Pariser – Online searches and filter bubbles – TED Eli Pariser gave a fascinating talk at TED this year with some new information about online searches. It’s well worth nine minutes of your time. Here’s the link to the video if it doesn’t appear above....
May 2, 2011 | Android, Apple, Google, mobile, Outlook, phone, web_services
SUMMARY Google Tasks is a simple, free way to keep a to do list. If you have a Gmail.com address, you can click here to see a more useful view of the Google Tasks list. You can see your to do list on an iPhone or Android phone by going to gmail.com/tasks with the...
Apr 8, 2011 | Google, mobile, phone
A fascinating article in Slate this morning about Google’s research in speech recognition. If you’ve got an Android phone, try this: Hit the microphone icon on the home screen, then ask, "How many angstroms in a mile?" Use your normal speaking...
Mar 30, 2011 | Android, Google, IE, iPad, mobile, phone, software, tablet, web_services
Previously: Battle Of The Browser Updates Comparing The New Internet Browsers, aka Microsoft And The LastPass Problem Syncing Bookmarks And Favorites With Firefox 4 And Chrome 10 Syncing Bookmarks And Favorites With Internet Explorer 9 I’m going to mention one...
