Tag: Google

  • The Google Chromebook Sells Out!

    The Google Chromebook Sells Out!

    Google’s latest iteration of ChromeOS hardware has very impressively sold-out almost as soon as it went on sale. The new hardware is attractive for a number of reasons: it’s thin, it’s light, it features a lot of the latest technology like Bluetooth 3.0, USB 3, and dual-antenna a/b/g/n wi-fi (and we know there’s a mobile-wireless…

  • What The Hell Just Happened At Google?

    If you read the actual SEC filing of Google’s third quarter you realise this entire non-event was created by bloggers who apparently had nothing better to report. SEC filings don’t make for very interesting blog posts though. So, meh. Source: SEC Via: Read Write Web Cross-posted on Schultzter’s Blog

  • What will replace iGoogle?

    What will replace iGoogle?

    In just over a year – on November 1st, 2013 – Google will pull the plug on another service. This time it won’t be some obscure 20% project that only handful of people ever heard about, let alone used. This time it will be iGoogle! iGoogle is the start page for a lot of internet…

  • Google Acquires QuickOffice, Initiates Mexican Productivity Standoff

    So that’s it. Google now owns Quick Office BlackBerry owns [DataViz: Docs to Go](http://9to5mac.com/2010/09/07/rim-buys-dataviz-for-blackberry-50m/) Apple writes its own: [Pages, Numbers and Keynote](http://www.apple.com/ipad/business/ipad-at-work/#edit) And MS is holding out for Windows 8 tablet for releasing [Office 15 in November](http://techland.time.com/2012/05/24/rumor-microsoft-office-coming-to-ipad-and-android-in-november/) What we have where is a Mexican Productivity Standoff… via [The Verge](http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/5/3065564/google-acquires-quickoffice-productivity-suite-will-integrate-with)

  • What’s the Best On-Line Portfolio Manager to Track my Investments, part 5 of 5

    What’s the Best On-Line Portfolio Manager to Track my Investments, part 5 of 5

    It’s been a week since we last talked, and I bet you were waiting with tense anticipation for the final instalment! Well, it would seem that my birthday celebrations, mother’s day, and the fact my Bachelors of Arts degree left me with absolutely no artistic ability what-so-ever have come together against me. So here, in…

  • Flipboard for Android leaks

    Flipboard for Android leaks

    So Flipboard for Android was supposed to be an exclusive on Samsung Galaxy S III but it didn’t take long for an intrepid S III owner to pluck the APK from it’s comfortable surroundings and throw out into the wild for all to enjoy!

  • Writing with Google: Blogger vs Plus

    Writing with Google: Blogger vs Plus

    Just this past week I have seen accounts of at least three bloggers and writers that have chosen to post their journals with Google Plus rather than with Blogger or other systems like WordPress and Tumblr.

  • Who won in Google vs. Oracle?

    Who won in Google vs. Oracle?

    The headline over at Boy Genius Report is Jury says Google infringed on Oracle’s copyrights and over at Mobile Syrup it’s Jury reaches split decision in initial Google/Oracle case while at the Verge they say Jury finds Google infringed Oracle copyrights in partial verdict; Google moves for mistrial and over at Phone Area they have…

  • What’s the Best On-Line Portfolio Manager to Track my Investments, part 2 of 5

    What’s the Best On-Line Portfolio Manager to Track my Investments, part 2 of 5

    In this installment I’m going to take a look at what the big web portals have to offer. But first I want to review how returns are calculated and what you should be looking for from those numbers. Calculating Your Returns There’s a lot of ways to calculate your returns, but unfortunately all these web…

  • Google Drive & Your Junk

    >Google reserves the right to “use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes we make so that your content works better with our Services), communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute” content uploaded to their services. I am no longer comfortable with this arrangement.…