So a dress worn by Jennifer Lopez is the inspiration behind Google Images? Apparently so according to this story out today. Who knew JLo could inspire a product that didn’t involve a shimmy, a bass line or a melody?
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So a dress worn by Jennifer Lopez is the inspiration behind Google Images? Apparently so according to this story out today. Who knew JLo could inspire a product that didn’t involve a shimmy, a bass line or a melody?
While it is hard to imagine online commenting on specific websites will totally go away, ever, it is easy to buy the argument that allowing people to comment on your content via your social media outlets is a more current way of doing business. And that is exactly why Re/code
Bring up the N.S.A. in any conversation and suddenly the room buzzes with opinions right and left on how much of our privacy the government should be allowed to intrude on. In the same conversation bring up Google, Bing, Apple or Amazon and the conversation will probably shift to how
So Google lost a ruling in Europe that deals with links to embarrassing material about an individuals past and will have to begin removing those links in their index. But is the argument of free speech versus online privacy what really is in play here? It will be interesting to see
Yes, Google has gotten into the delivery service. No, it should not be a surprise to anyone that they have. Google has shown time and again over the years they are much more than a search engine company and to that end they have been testing same day delivery of
Yahoo Mail does not allow for an image to be placed in the signature box (custom signature). Well that is not entirely true, here is a workaround that seems to work most of the time. Upload your image to a web server (Flickr or something similar will do) Put your
We’re big fans of the Walking Dead television series and both Andy and I are old enough to say we saw the original Dawn of the Dead in a theater. So in honor of the end of the world and the beginning of the Zombie apocalypse, enjoy this video.
I used to love playing the game Operation. I’m sure my memory is deceiving me as I seem to remember being pretty good at it but if you put the game in front of me today I suspect I would tap out fairly quickly. That being said I may have
In an apparent move to by-pass the Egyptian government’s lock down of the internet, Google announced a workaround for the people of Egypt that allows them to call a phone number and leave a message that is then translated to message on Twitter. Brilliant!
In their never ending mission to provide the most comprehensive information on all things, Google has launched The Google Election Center. At a basic level a user can submit their address and find their polling center. For programmers an api is available for building custom apps. The Google Election Center