Google Wants You to Be Able to Leave if You Want
Data portability is an important issue for users and businesses alike. In this age of cloud computing, where so many web users have valuable data hosted by web services, we can sometimes find ourselves...
View ArticleGoogle Outages Damage Cloud Credibility
Gmail was out this morning…again. The outage affected only a small percentage of Gmail users, but in the wake of Tuesday’s Google News outage the lack of reliability from Google isn’t helping justify...
View ArticleGoogle Apologizes to Chinese Authors for Book Scanning
Google has apologized to a Chinese authors’ group over its scanning of books by local writers into an online search system, moving to defuse copyright concerns around the project in China. The Chinese...
View ArticleWhat Defines an E-Reader?
Until recently, pretty much all e-readers used E-Ink displays like the ones in Amazon’s Kindle and Barnes & Noble’s Nook. However, at CES we’ve seen a number of concept designs and prototypes-from...
View ArticleGoogle to End Support for IE6
Google will phase out support for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 6 Web browser starting in March, the company said Friday. “Many other companies have already stopped supporting older browsers like...
View ArticleWhy Amazon Must Now Focus on E-Book Sales
If Amazon stakes its future on Kindle hardware instead of cross-platform e-book sales, it’s in for a world of hurt from Apple’s iPad. Apple’s upcoming iPad includes the iBooks app, which combines...
View ArticleData Center Chief Mike Manos Quits Digital Realty Trust
Mike Manos, an influential figure in data center design and construction, has resigned from wholesale data center provider Digital Realty Trust after less than a year at the company, Digital Realty...
View ArticleWindows 7’s Worst Features
Windows 7 fixed many of Vista’s ills, but it also introduced a few of its own. There’s a lot to love about the Windows 7 operating system: it’s fast, it looks great, and it has some cool features–like...
View ArticleGoogle Updates Maps In Countries Across Europe, Asia, and Africa
Today (July 19, 2012), Google has announced updates to maps in nearly a dozen countries in three continents. The updates provide more overall detail, new additions like 3D buildings, and updates to...
View ArticleGoogle Announces Strong Q2 Earnings
It’s the end of Quarter Two and now it’s time for all the major companies to release their earnings. Google had a particularly strong Q2 that was propelled by their acquisition of Motorola Mobility...
View ArticleGoogle Responds To Impact Of Blocking CSS & JSS & Panda 4.0
Yesterday we covered some SEO theories around blocking JavaScript & CSS triggering Panda 4.0 issues. I didn’t honestly believe there was a relation, based on the example provided and very few other...
View ArticlePlaces to Submit Your App For a Free Review
When you’re launching a new app, naturally you want everyone in the world to see it! But many of the app review sites you’ll find on search engines are spammy or require a payment for submittal. Try...
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