Today at Cupertino, Apple had it’s first post-Jobs era product launch. Apple announced 2 things really. The iPhone 4S and the Siri, Assistant Search. This is a much better phone than the Samsung Charge that I have, but it’s not the “iPhone 5″ that was buzzing around the interwebs. Siri Search, makes use of Yelp’s [...]
Google+ is transforming our social experience. No longer does the internet have to be columns of RSS feeds full of endless, faceless articles… it now can be “RSS feeds” of journalists, authors, writers, entrepreneurs and other thought leaders that you can interact with. This is why Google+ is a game changer. Now, that I’ve been [...]
Google+ profile URLs are long, cumbersome things. Mine is https://plus.google.com/u/0/107496519574681170790/posts. How in the hell is anyone going to remember that? Zero percent chance of remembering that. Ok? Sure, Google+ is still in beta, but a vanity URL would be quite handy. Et voilà! Here is the remedy for what ails you. Gplus.to, the unofficial short [...]
Google+ soft launched in a limited beta, last week, and thus far, many tech pundits are giving it glowing reviews. It is interesting to see the points of view from some of social media pioneer entrepreneurs perspective on Google’s latest foray into social. Google Wave and Google Buzz were Google minus. Google+ is getting lots [...]
Google is taking mobile localization to the next level. They are now leveraging their location based services feature on smart phones w/ Near Me News.
According to the Wall Street Journal report, Microsoft is close to a deal to purchase Skype, the Internet’s site with the most members. Think Facebook has the most members? Nope. Skype does, and Microsoft is thinking about buying it for $7 billion to $8.5 billion dollars. Why would Microsoft want Skype? Actually my estimation, it [...]
I’ll get straight to the point here. Is it just me, or are there local results showing up for not-so-local searches? At SMX West last week, someone asked Carter Maslan, Director of Product Management for Google Local, about what to do if their business doesn’t have a physical location. Carter sayssss: Don’t create a Places [...]
I know this isn’t necessarily a search blog, which is why I deemed it necessary to post about the Google vs Bing so maybe those who are out of the loop can join in on the discussion! Let’s start with why I’m writing a post on how Google and Bing got beef, because you’re probable [...]
So, on the last day of CES 2011, I finally made it over to the Motorola booth, as I just had to try out the new Motorola Xoom tablet powered by Google’s Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) which eventually topped the polls and was named the best gadget at CES 2011. It is indeed a crush-worthy device. The [...]
David Armano has written an interesting piece on social media trends of 2011 for the Haarrrrvard Business Journal which is worth taking a look at. He talks about how the mobile and tablet wars will be heating up. He discusses how Facebook is going to take the location-based world by storm. Armano also talks about [...]
Without a doubt, local search is the topic getting the most coverage within our industry at the moment. Changes to the algorithm, moveable maps, the importance of adding physical addresses, and review site influences have all been written about. So I figured I’d give a little overview of recent actions and reactions to bring any [...]
In an incredible innovation of usefulness, Voice Actions have been much improved beyond the simple “navigate” command. Here is the full list. send text to [contact] [message] listen to [artist/song/album] call [business] call [contact] send email to [contact] [message] go to [website] note to self [note] navigate to [location/business name] directions to [location/business name] map [...]
Looks like Engadget has the scoop on a possible (probable?) Android/Sony gaming phone. Here’s some info: “Here’s what we can tell you about the hardware: if you’re a gaming fan, this is exactly the kind of phone you’ve been waiting for. The device is described as cross between the Samsung Captivate and the PSP Go [...]
Over at Reddit I noticed a link to Whisper Systems. Encrypted voice and texting applications entitled RedPhone 0.1 and TextSecure 0.1, are free for Android phones. If this isn’t a reason to have an open source O/S, I don’t know what is. Download from the Android market now. I just did.
Epic win. Google has merged the art of communication of devices. There new API they rolled out today in San Francisco at Google I/O Conference allows the Browser, Google Google Chrome, to connect with your Android device, allowing you to push messages, links, map destinations, etc. Watch the exact portion of the presentation where they [...]
The Android 2.2 platform introduces many new and exciting features for users and developers. This document provides a glimpse at some of the new user features and technologies in Android 2.2. For more information about the new developer APIs, see the Android 2.2 version notes. New User Features New Platform Technologies New Developer Services New [...]
Google, today officially announced Google TV, a new platform that aims to integrate both Web browsing and cable TV with one device running its powerful Android operating system, set to arrive this fall. Google said that TV today is too complicated, with too many channels and a poor interface for finding the shows you want [...]
The iPhad empire. Only two or maybe three operating systems can hang with the top dog. Ok, maximum five are possibly real iPad competitors. Six then. That’s it! 2010 is shaping up to be the year of the tablet/pad/slates.
Read on for the major comparisons.
Google may have collected emails and other private information while using their “Street View” cars. If they traveled over WiFi networks while one of the cars was in range, they may have started to collect your data. Previously, the company denied that any data was ever intercepted. In a blog post published on Friday afternoon, Google [...]
BumpTop 3D has been acquired by Google. With the advent of a new multi-touch version of the software, it shouldn’t be too long before we see this being implemented in phones, tablets, and anything else Android.
Video of the action after jump.
A new Android app offers a brilliant feature for business users.
A fire at a Seattle data center, nicknamed “The Googtopia” has affected over 42,000 servers, bringing down search engine results pages across the globe.
This month was very large for Facebook. Extra awesome saucemly, large. It gets more traffic than Google. BigCommerce released their bad-ass social shopping application, Social Shop, via Facebook. And Facebook wants to release a like button and be an aggregate of as much content as it can. So much to talk about! Facebook Overtakes Google [...]
Last week, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued a very broad patent on motion-based smartphone control, one that could have significant implications for the industry.
Just a few minutes ago as I was surfing between Facebook and Twitter – I saw a simple post “8.2 Quake in Venezuela” WTF?! Yeah. I had the same reaction . . . This article about how Chile’s earthquake knocked Mother Earth three inches off her axis quickly came to mind – swiftly followed by [...]
First, there was Google Wave, which was ushered in with a torrent of breathless hype. The day of the release, Twitter was filled with tweets reading “Does anyone have a spare Wave invite?”, only to be replaced a week later with “Does anyone want a spare Wave invite?” Then, there was Google Buzz, which managed [...]
Google is slowing catching up to Apple in the smartphone market.
By the end of 2012, smartphones will outnumber computers 491.9 million to 443.1 million.
In case you needed more proof that we can’t spell good.
Today Google annouced it was replacing the SearchWiki feature with Stars. With stars, you can simply click the star marker on any search result or map and the next time you perform a search, that item will appear in a special list right at the top of your results when relevant. That means if you [...]
Gizmodo recently posted an article about the upcoming Flash 10.1 (currently in Beta 3 form) and Adobe’s determination that only a few current Android phones (see Nexus One only), and upcoming handsets with the proper muscle, will actually be able to run Flash properly. “There are two factors that’ll determine whether or not your phone is [...]
Google threatens to pull more services out of China. Italy convicts three Google employees for being in the same world as people who beat up autistic kids. Google Politics now in Beta.
Internet stalking is so easy to do these days. I have to admit, I truly enjoy researching people and finding out pieces of information before I meet them face to face. I feel that I get to understand them a little better ahead of time and then I can use that information while we meet. [...]
Last week, Compete.com announced that their data showed Facebook had beaten Yahoo! in number of unique visitors in January 2010. Why is this such a big deal? What I want to know is: Why hasn’t Facebook had more visitors than Yahoo! already? And the numbers are really close too! This is Compete’s graph: Now how [...]
