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Email will never die!! Long Live Google Wave ;-)

November 25th, 2009 4 comments
Mitzie-moo

Update: Google Wave is dead. Ok, so Wave is either the ultimate replacement for email or just a new tool to use for communication; not that different from instant messaging, Skype or Facebook. Truth is it depends on what you use your email for. If you like writing emails now, you will no doubt continue on using ...

Google SearchWiki: Rank Your Search Results

February 4th, 2009 No comments
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Google's  promote / remove feature named SearchWiki has been kicking around since late last year.  If you haven't noticed this new feature, it might be because you're using the wrong browser.  SearchWiki only shows up on Firefox or Google Chrome; it isn't available on Safari, Opera or Internet Explorer.This Google Blackball feature might very well be ...

Mashable Map Madness: Time-Lapse Maps

January 14th, 2009 No comments
rmi

This map via Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) shows the U.S.'s historical imports of oil since 1973, direct from the Energy Information Agency's database, broken down by country of origin. It's uber cool because well.. check it out..  The map changes over time!  Hit play and you can watch how much oil has been ...

New Microsoft Patent Application Targets Google Ads

October 9th, 2008 No comments

This morning, Microsoft published a patent application for "Content Commenting and Monetization". It's an interesting concept that would allow users to comment on content they find on the web. From what I'm reading into it, users would also be able to attach ads to their comments. According to Microsoft, A code is included ...

Your Accounts have been Linked – Resistance is Futile

July 5th, 2008 No comments

Last time it was Yahoo swallowing Flickr, now my YouTube & Google accounts have been linked to the collective. Um, ok. Now what? What exactly just happened? Don't worry, they've simply merged the member databases and now you can probably share information between the sites. Oh, and by the way your gMail contacts can see ...

iGoogle iMproves iTs Ui

June 28th, 2008 1 comment

Finally those difficult to use and awkward little buttons on iGoogle are about to be nixed. The problem with the UI is that the 'remove this' button marked with an 'x' is right next to the 'expand this' button marked with a '+'. If you're like me you're forever deleting the application you're ...

1984 – 24 years later…

April 15th, 2008 No comments

Ummm.. So the Pope is visiting New York... I'm wondering why not Boston???? Meanwhile I'm re-reading the modern classics. Also in the news.. apparently Google is no longer "not evil"... yeesh... "It was curious to think that the sky was the same for everybody, in Eurasia or Eastasia as well as here. ...

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Google: VoIP for the Homeless

February 28th, 2008 No comments
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Apparently, Google was inspired by David Horwitz's plan to buy homeless people in NY some KFC... Their plan is to give every homeless person in San Francisco a local 415 phone number and free voice mail account. This is being done through Google's acquisition last year of Grand Central. This proves Alec ...

Telecom Oddities of 2007: “Por que no te callas?”

December 28th, 2007 2 comments
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1. "Why don't you shut up?" - that's what Spain's king Juan Carlos told Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez in a debate. The clip has become the ringtone of choice for 500,000 spaniards, having generated $2 million in sales. 2. China's Huawei Networks shows amazing growth in the service provider router market ranking a ...