Jan 21, 2011 | Google, Internet, search, spam
Google search results are becoming less useful. Have you noticed? I started thinking about this last fall, when I noticed that most of the Google alerts coming into my mailbox led to spam sites – sites with no real content other than random snippets vacuumed up...
Jan 12, 2011 | Android, Apple, Google, iPad, mobile, phone, tablet, wireless
You probably saw the news that Verizon will begin selling a version of the iPhone that will run on its network starting February 10. We’re very conscious of Verizon’s business plans in the North Bay, since AT&T’s presence up here is feeble at best and Sprint and...
Jan 7, 2011 | Android, Apple, business, Google, hardware, iPad, laptops, Microsoft, tablet
The Consumer Electronics Show is keeping gadget freaks happy in Las Vegas this week. I can’t begin to tell you anything in depth – it is a frenzied scene, with close to a hundred thousand people looking at devices from literally thousands of exhibitors. Only a...
Oct 4, 2010 | Apple, Google, mobile, phone, remote, security, web_services
Verizon has introduced a new service that anyone with an Android phone should set up right away. It significantly enhances the security of the phone and adds some important features to make the phone easier to use. Oh, and it’s likely to be free for most of you....
Sep 22, 2010 | Google, mobile, phone, software, video, web_services
Previously: Understanding Google Voice Fully Committed to Google Voice – Part 1 Google Voice Interlude – Background About Voice And Data Fully Committed to Google Voice – Part 2 Skype is best known for its program that runs on a computer to call other Skype users for...
Sep 19, 2010 | Google, mobile, phone, web_services
Previously: Understanding Google Voice Fully Committed to Google Voice – Part 1 Google Voice Interlude – Background About Voice And Data If you’ve been following along, you understand the tension between new services like Google Voice and Skype that move your voice...
