A lot of the web worker folks I know use Google’s online tools for mail, calendaring and the like, but I’ve never made the jump. I like Google’s tools and all, and know that if I used them regularly I’d be more than satisfied, but I’m so tied up in Apple Mail and iCal [...]
In a move that warms my heart and gives me a little confidence in the legal system as it pertains to technology, a California judge has dismissed with penalties a case brought against Google based on the complainant, KinderStart, being unhappy with the ranking Google gave them.
Read the article for more cockle-warming information.
This is a big disappointment. Google’s ubiquity should allow their new Java mobile app (gmail.com/app) to work anywhere and everywhere. But not apparently in Australia.
The availability of this would probably push me to Gmail for everything, as Om Malik suggests. Om and WWD’s reviews really make me want to have this as [...]
January 9, 2006
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Google are now apparently in the business of software distribution, with the launch of the Google Pack for Windows; a bundle of several Google products (Google Earth, Google Desktop, Picasa, Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer, Google Pack Screensaver) plus a number of very good third-party apps including Mozilla Firefox with Google Toolbar, Ad-Aware SE Personal, [...]
November 23, 2005
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The Search Engine Experiment in an interesting exercise in SEO and search engine algorithms. It provides a side-by-side blind result set from three search engines which you can then select the most relevant result set from.
I tried it out with the string “acme guide“, given that’s a core reason for this site’s existence. [...]