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Posts Tagged ‘Google’
Google: Do not track me
Posted: 3rd September 2010 by Brant in biz, politics, techTags: Consumer Watchdog, Eric E. Schmidt, Google, Internet, privacy
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William Gibson on Google
Posted: 2nd September 2010 by Brant in politicsTags: Google, Internet, media, privacy, William Gibson
Google is evil. I have said this many times. And I do mean it. But for a more thoughtful analysis of Google and its operation and meaning, you can turn to William Gibson [link to his Twitter account], one of my favorite writers. He penned such novels cyberpunk novels as the classic Neuromancer, Mona Lisa [...]
Tech quote of the day
Posted: 1st September 2010 by Brant in biz, techTags: Apple, Apple TV, entertainment, Google, iPod, Mac Mini, Steve Jobs, Television
Image via CrunchBase [People] don’t want a computer on their TV. They have computers. They go to their wide-screen TVs for entertainment. Not to have another computer. This is a hard one for people in the computer industry to understand, but it’s really easy for consumers to understand. They get it. – Apple CEO Steve [...]
John Gruber on Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google. More and more, I get the feeling that if there’s a rift between the old “Don’t be evil” Google and the new “Let’s do whatever we want” Google, that it’s a rift between Schmidt and Larry/Sergey — if not personally, then at least culturally within the company. [...]
Old Google v. New Google
Posted: 13th August 2010 by Brant in politics, techTags: Google, Internet, net neutrality, Verizon
Google has announced an “agreement” with Verizon which, if it became effective, would limit Internet neutrality to services existing on today’s Internet. Future services could be restricted. Does that seem consistent with this announcement produced by Google in 2006? More available from the anti-Google/Verizon site Voogle Wireless and MG Siegler at TechCrunch.
Google and Verizon: favoring “net neutrality”
Posted: 9th August 2010 by Brant in biz, techTags: Gillmor, Google, network neutrality, Verizon
So Google and Verizon today unveiled their version of “net neutrality.” Dan Gillmor, who thinks harder about the Internet and its business ramifications than anyone else, outlines his doubts. As bad as it is, they explicitly carve out wireless access as something completely different and apparently with no need for any neutrality rules whatsoever. Think [...]
Google and net neutrality
Posted: 8th August 2010 by Brant in politicsTags: Google, Internet, media, net neutrality, Verizon
A level playing field, according to which all traffic flows with equal priority to all points, and with no data sources being favored in exchange for money or other consideration, is critical to maintaining the openness of the Internet. This level playing field is called network neutrality (although more nuanced applications of the terms are [...]
Goodbye net neutrality (updated x2)
Posted: 5th August 2010 by Brant in biz, politics, techTags: FCC, Google, Internet, net neutrality, Verizon
How would you like Internet service providers to begin to charge more for premium service? And what would an Internet made up of various private agreements between large companies without public input or standards? If this sounds good to you, you will love this. Google and Verizon, two leading players in Internet service and content, [...]
Android app steals data
Posted: 29th July 2010 by Brant in politicsTags: Android, cell phones, Google
From Apple Insider: An app distributed by Google’s Android Market has collected private data from millions of users and forwarded it to servers China, validating Apple’s uniquely strong stance on mobile security in the iPhone App Store. The exploit, tied to an app that appeared to simply load free custom background wallpapers, was downloaded “anywhere [...]
Can Android kill the iPhone?
Posted: 23rd June 2010 by Brant in politicsTags: Android, Apple, Google, iPhone
Not according to David Pogue.
Google drops Windows
Posted: 1st June 2010 by Brant in biz, techTags: Google, Linux, Microsoft, OS X, Windows
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According to a report in the Financial Times, Google is dropping Windows internally. Going forward, users can run either Mac OS X or Linux. Why the change? After the attacks on their systems by the Chinese, Google is more concerned about security and believes that Windows is not secure enough. Very interesting.
Apple v Google: this means war, but what else?
Posted: 22nd May 2010 by Brant in techTags: Apple, Eric Schmidt, Google, Steve Jobs
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Apple and Google are mortal enemies now. John Gruber at Daring Fireball makes the case perfectly, noting that such “war” leaves out Microsoft, pushing the latter into a state of irrelevance to the future.. But one wrinkle that I am left wondering about is the behavior of Eric Schmidt, Google’s CEO. Since war is now the [...]
Google ads whisper in your ear
Posted: 18th May 2010 by Brant in fun, techTags: advertising, fun, Google, Onion, tech
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How far from the future is this Onion “news” story? New Google Phone Service Whispers Targeted Ads Directly Into Users’ Ears
Who’s asking?
Posted: 2nd May 2010 by Brant in politicsTags: civil liberties, Google, Internet, privacy
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Google has launched a new tool showing the number of requests that it receives from various governments around the world. These requests fall into two categories: requests for information about users and requests to remove information. The tool is interesting. And it shows the shockingly high number of information requests generated by some countries, particularly [...]
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Simply amazing! More info here.