Articles Posted in the " Google " Category

  • Bet You Can’t Search

    Bet You Can’t Search

    Are you surprised by how many people don’t know how to search? Apparently Google is, and they are working to help fix that with an educational program. It’s geared for educators, but that doesn’t mean every day, Real People” can...


  • Real Tech for Real People, Episode 52: LIVE!

    Real Tech for Real People, Episode 52:  LIVE!

    For Episode 52 we had a special event–Tony was in PA, so we recorded our first episode together.  I drove up to University Park, dragging the equipment with me, and Tony and I sat down with my brother in front...


  • Apple Store to Re-accept Google Voice Apps–is it too late?

    Apple Store to Re-accept Google Voice Apps–is it too late?

    According to various sources (my favorite being MacRumors for this story) Apple has reversed their previous (non) decision to dis-allow any Google Voice apps on the iPhone. The question is: is it too late? I was a generally happy iPhone...


  • Google Sees what you are doing… And turns you in!

    Google Sees what you are doing… And turns you in!

    My first thought when reading the headline “Google Maps cars pull some user data” was “*YAWN.* Another story about ‘do no evil’ Google being caught accidently being evil.” It at first seemed a rehash of the old story.  As Google’s...


  • Google’s Story telling through Searches

    Google’s Story telling through Searches

    We saw Google tell the story of romance through searches during the Super Bowl (It wasn’t a new ad then, but it was the first time many had seen it.) Google has now made storytelling through searches available for the...


  • NEXUS “Not Selling Well” — Really?

    NEXUS “Not Selling Well” — Really?

    I caught in Twitter today a “retweet” from @MacsFuture where they said that the Nexus 1 isn’t selling well. There was a link to the full comment on posterous, where the author writes: I wanted to tackle this for a...


  • Can Barnes and Noble Nook be used with Kindle?

    Can Barnes and Noble Nook be used with Kindle?

    The attentive reader of Kindle News knows that the Kindle (much like the Apple Mac) seems to imply hardware, or software, or both.  By this I mean we first heard about the Kindle as the digital ebook reader now known...


  • So Apple, and TUAW agree with Me: Google Voice is not VOIP

    So Apple, and TUAW agree with Me:  Google Voice is not VOIP

    A few posts back I wrote that Google Voice won’t “Kill Skype” because unlike Skype, Google Voice isn’t what we all know and love as a VOIP, or Voice over Internet Protocol, system. My argument really centered around the customer...


  • Why Google Voice Won’t Kill Skype (or Cell Phones, or…)

    Why Google Voice Won’t Kill Skype (or Cell Phones, or…)

    Simply put:  They aren’t the same thing! I am reminded of the old BASF motto “They don’t make the things we use, they make the things we use better.”  That fits Google Voice to a “T.” I have read over...


  • Flash » Epic 2015

    Flash » Epic 2015

    Flash » Epic 2015 Care to know what the future holds, for news agencies, google, Amazon, and Microsoft? This is an interesting look into the future of media convergence, done in documentary style. Of note is that it must have...