2FatDads

Tag: Google

  • DadCast Episode 31 • Old Detroit Needs a New Lawyer

    —

    by

    Johnny Canuck
    in

    Nearly Live From The Wendyhouse Studio of Valois Bay… On this weeks show we shout out to the Cupcake Camp Montreal crew before touching back on the RoboCop kid picture and the recent take down notice. Also we review the new Google apps, HotPot, Baraza, and Boutique.com. Somehow and at some point in the show…

  • DadCast Episode 30 • Now With More Rawness

    —

    by

    Johnny Canuck
    in

    The global еlесtrісаl еnеrgу соnѕumрtіоn is ѕtіll rіѕіng аnd there is a ѕtеаdу dеmаnd tо increase thе роwеr сарасіtу. It is еxресtеd thаt it has tо bе doubled within 20 уеаrѕ. The рrоduсtіоn, dіѕtrіbutіоn аnd uѕе of thе еnеrgу should be аѕ tесhnоlоgісаl еffісіеnt аѕ possible аnd іnсеntіvеѕ tо save еnеrgу аt the еnd-uѕеr should…

  • Here comes Google TV

    —

    by

    Schultzter
    in

    So while my buddies over a 2FatDads have been busy buying up all the local stock of AppleTV‘s for every room in their house (even ones without a TV), I’ve been patiently waiting for Google TV! And now it’s here. Almost. Update: Logitech has announced their set-top box, the Revue, and it’s available for pre-order!…

  • Google To Set New Image Standard For The Web: WebP

    —

    by

    Johnny Canuck
    in ,

    Chromium Blog: WebP, a new image format for the Web: “Images and photos make up about 65% of the bytes transmitted per web page today. They can significantly slow down a user’s web experience, especially on bandwidth-constrained networks such as a mobile network. Images on the web consist primarily of lossy formats such as JPEG,…

  • Google Adds Six New Fonts To Google Docs: No HELVETICA

    —

    by

    Johnny Canuck
    in

    Google adds six new fonts to Google Font API, Google Docs « Boy Genius Report: “Google announced that it would be adding six new fonts to its Google Font API: Droid Serif, Droid Sans, Calibri, Cambria, Consolas, and Corsiva.” How the hell does Calibri make it but not Helvetica?

  • DadCast Episode 20 – Fade To Static

    —

    by

    Johnny Canuck
    in

    Nearly Live From The Wendyhouse Studios of Valois Bay… This week we discuss McGoo’s new Drobo and various online backups, we toss around the rumours about the new Apple TV and the notion of streaming audio around the house. We get an eunexpected visit form Google Voice in our GMail, mull over a few location…

  • Thoughts on PodCamp Montreal: Funner than a trailer full of dirt!

    —

    by

    Schultzter
    in ,

    PodCamp Montreal was a great time and great opportunity to actually meet some of the people we see on twitter and listen to while plugging away some repetitive re-configuration task.

  • Google Scribe: Think of it as T9 for Lappies

    —

    by

    Johnny Canuck
    in ,

    Google Scribe: “Google Scribe provides text completion service. Using information from what you have already typed in a document, Google Scribe provides related word or phrase completion suggestions. In addition to saving keystrokes, Google Scribe’s suggestions indicate correct or popular phrases to use,” @Schultzter has been using this a bit lately to send emails, I…

  • DadCast 18 – Season 3 The PodCamp Montreal PreShow

    —

    by

    Johnny Canuck
    in

    Nearly Live From The Wendyhouse Studios of Valois Bay… As we start packing our laptop bags for this weekends’ PodCamp Montreal, we thought we’d put together a special 2FatDads introspective / retrospective from all of the chaos that happens before we start the show. This is most definitely not a how-to white paper on podcasting…

  • YouTube Launches Movies, But For Who?

    —

    by

    Johnny Canuck
    in ,

    When I look at the selection made on the home page for the new movie service, I ask myself who the exactly is this intended for? Jackie Chan imports, T&A B-movies, Bollywood stuff and Teen Slashers. Really? Who picked these? A bunch of Google Engineers high on Mountain Dew and Twinkies or creepy Eric Schmidt.…