Posts Tagged ‘google’

The Pluses and Minuses of Google+

Circles, hangouts, sparks, huddles? No, we’re not talking about a Girl Guide camp out, we’re talking Google+. This new product from Google is supposed to make connecting on the web more like connecting in the real world with the ability to share your thoughts, links and photos with the right circles. However, when it comes [...]

Google ‘Me’ vs Facebook?

The rumour mill has been running on a supposed competitor to Facebook coming from the people of the highly successful [sarcasm] Buzz and Wave offerings. It seems that there might be an alternative social network in the works from web powerhouse Google and it might be called Google ‘me’. Other than adding to the gossip, [...]

Pixazza – Google's Newest Method to Make Gobs of Money

Mashable reports that Google is utilizing Pixazza, a sort of ad-sense for internet images. It works like this: if you own a site, you sign up with Pixazza, they label your images with clickable icons which lead you to online retailers where you can buy the same product. Now when you absolutely have to have [...]

Google is watching you. So is Seth Godin

Seth Godin has a great blog posting regarding the residual online presence you leave behind and how easily google can out you as the beer-swilling, lazy-ass loser you are. Simple stuff but a good lesson to make sure you behave yourself online, and elsewhere. As if you needed a reason to be a good person [...]

Darwin Eugoogle-ized

Google gave the nod to Darwin today by designing their logo in a nature-themed (apparent) tribute to the father of evolution. BrandFreak is reporting bloggers are divided on the move. While Google often switches up the logo for holidays, it rarely does so on “controversial” subjects. But what is Christmas if not a partisan nod [...]