If you are an Android fan and have been paying attention, you’ll know there are a few Google apps which we can’t get in the UK yet. Google Music is the biggest one (all your music in the cloud), but there are others. Google Currents is the new news reader with a sexy edge. It’s [...]
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Google Currents – open source is awesome
Posted: 20th February 2012 by Age in RamblingsTags: Android, google
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Google gets bombed with the C word
Posted: 15th December 2011 by Age in RamblingsTags: define an english person, google
Google has quite a history of being abused and ‘gamed’ in order to manipulate the search results – usually for financial gain. Black hat SEO techniques were historically used to get business websites to the top of the listings fast. But in modern times such techniques are likely to get your website permenantly banned from [...]
Google has announced that they’re cancelling Google+ as they can’t handle all the interest. The overwhelming number of visitors are wrecking havoc with their servers and businesses just aren’t following the rules… Recently Facebook acquired Skype video chat for its users. Scathing reports noted that Skype video chat is a paid for service while Google+ [...]
Chrome book – the future of notepads and the web?
Posted: 9th June 2011 by Age in Interesting DiscoveriesTags: chromebook, google
Pretty fancy stuff. I have to say, I’ve been doing a little digging and I’m almost sold on the new Google ChromeBooks. I have a real love/hate relationship with Google. They know too much. But they also offer awesome, clever products that make our lives easier. Gmail, Android, constantly updated Google search, Google maps, Google [...]
Google vs Microsoft – the bitch fight
Posted: 7th February 2011 by Age in SEOTags: Bing, google, seo
Google has been claiming (loudly) that Microsoft has been directly stealing its search results for use in their search engine Bing. According to Econsultancy (who sum it all up nicely) Google engineers used fake/nonsense websearches in order to prove that Bing was returning identical results and thus must be stealing. However, it is revealed that [...]
Your account may be deleted, please send us your password…
Posted: 24th January 2011 by Age in Ramblings, RantsTags: fake spam emails, gmail, google, phishing
Oh, spammers, what cheeky blighters they are. Today I got an e-mail purporting to be from Google… “We are deleting inactive e-mail accounts in order to make space for new users. If your e-mail account is still in use, please reply to this e-mail with the following information: Fullname: E-mail: Password: Country: Failure to complete [...]
Google PageRank updated in 2011 – you shouldn’t care
Posted: 21st January 2011 by Age in SEOTags: google, pagerank, seo
News from @sengineland (First Google Toolbar PageRank Update Of 2011) shows that Google have celebrated the new year by releasing an update to their infamous PageRank system. Many websites can now find out how Google currently rate their website by staring lustily at that little green bar in the Google toolbar add-on for your favourite [...]
Blurry Germany
Posted: 23rd November 2010 by Age in Interesting DiscoveriesTags: Blurring, Germany, google, Street view
It seems Zee Germans are not happy about Google’s plan for world domination. They’ve been demanding blurrification* of various domiciles around their fair cities and Google has been bowing to their will. People are saying it is privacy gone mad. I’m inclined to agree. After all you could see exactly the same thing by just [...]
Swim across the pacific ocean
Posted: 19th November 2010 by Age in Interesting DiscoveriesTags: china to japan, china to taiwan, google, jetski, swim
I previously wrote about Google’s quirky instructions for getting from Japan to China by Jetski. Seems they’ve been at it again. China to Taiwan, direction number 55 – “Swim across the Pacific Ocean“. Just be sure to cover yourself in lard first.
Google Hotpot – review places you’ve been and get recommendations
Posted: 16th November 2010 by Age in Interesting DiscoveriesTags: google, google hotpot, google place, google places, hotpot
Ah, Google. Always thinking about new ways to improve our lives (or get information out of us). Now there’s Google Hotpot. A simple service where you rate places/business you’ve been to and get recommendations in return. The benefit for you is obviously you could discover new places you might enjoy, while Google harvests yet more [...]