ChillingEffects.org
While googling for pictures of failed technologies for my post on eBooks, I came across a strange note at the bottom of Google's search results. It read:"In response to a complaint we received under...
View ArticleLibrary Websites by Google Map on LibSite.org
Social Mapping has come to LibSite.org! All library websites listed on LibSite.org will be laid out according to location using a modified version of Google Maps.You can see the map by going here...Not...
View ArticleGoogle Reader Supports Search
Wow, I just noticed the search box on top of my Google Reader window. All I can say is finally!
View ArticleEnough with the Google-bashing
I'm just as happy as the next person to be paranoid about huge corporate entities trying to dominate our lives but this attack on Google by UK Observer columnist Henry Porter is pure insanity.In it he...
View ArticleGoogle - Now with Rich Snippets!
Google continues to embellish its interface. This week they introduced something called 'Rich Snippets' which basically are additional search results based on metadata embedded in web pages. For the...
View ArticleWorld of Widgets: Google Friend Connect
I put up the Google Friend Connect widget on the far right column. It kind of duplicates what the MyBlogLog widget does though in a more dynamic way.In any case, sign up today!
View ArticleSmall World After All - Nelson, NZ Edition
So I was checking out the location of a library -- from Nelson, NZ, no less -- that someone had just posted on LibSite.org.It turns out, Google has a StreetView for the place. I clicked in, all...
View ArticleAnd Now From the People Who Gave Us 'Smart Tags'...
Kind of ironic ad considering it's from the people who (almost) gave us 'smart tags'. See: http://www.pcworld.com/article/54004/article.html
View ArticleNote to Google
Note to Google: No, we aren't open till 2am tonight. It's intersession.UPDATE: I contacted Google through the "Feedback" page and they fixed the thing in about a day. Not bad.
View ArticleGoogle Redefines Email (& Your Rights) :-(
So Google comes out with a number of changes to its Gmail service including "Confidential Mode". As XDA-Developers explains:A new Confidential Mode allows you to remove the option for the recipient to...
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