Google is my brain, let’s get that out there. Gmail, Google Tasks, Calendar, Gmail Contacts, Picasa Web Albums, Reader, you name it, I’m probably using that Google service. The first thing I did when I got my Palm Pre was set it to not use my Palm profile for anything and instead sync everything it could […]
While Techcitement has given a glowing, if quick, review to the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, one feature we only touched on is the operating system. Because I’ve been shopping around for a new operating system ever since HP decided to ditch the phone business, this is a good time to put Android 4.0 a.k.a. Ice Cream […]
If star of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds Tippi Hedren has a mobile device, she must be freaking out right now, because there’s no escaping from Angry Birds! The omnipresent game from Rovio is now even available on the RIM PlayBook, with the original game as well as the Rio and Seasons variations going for $4.99 each. That means […]
Since the launch of Google+, the search giant has been on a mission to unify their major services with a common theme and user interface. The clean white pages with grey toolbars were first introduced to us in the young social network, but it quickly became clear that this was the new face of Google. […]
Facebook. Why? No, seriously, why? Do I even need to discuss it at this point? You’ve logged in by now. You’ve thrown up your hands in disgust. You’ve done a search on Google looking for blog posts to reinforce your view that, indeed, this is a terrible redesign, which is what brings you here. I […]
Google+ has only been a round for a short time (less than three months? really?), but has had quite the impact. Consider how many of Facebook’s recent changes seem to be reactions to Google+ (those lists aren’t a coincidence). The only thing really holding Google+ back was that you had to “know a guy” to […]
Facebook’s List Team announced changes to the website’s friend lists last night. As usual with Facebook, the results are, well, let’s just call them mixed. The Good: Smarter lists are a welcome sign. Rather than having to populate the lists yourself (definitely a first world problem), Facebook automatically does that based on similarities in alma […]
Ever log onto Facebook and find that someone has tagged a photo of you that you’d rather not be in your newsfeed? Or maybe they’ve tagged you to get your attention for some reason? Either way, Facebook now has you covered with a ton of privacy-related updates. While most sites are praising the ability to […]
With the official announcement of games for Google+ right on the heels of EA’s $1.3 billion purchase of PopCap, it seems that a quiet war is slowly brewing between superpowers. A war that seems almost nonexistent on the outside, but has a dark and violent underside. So, exactly like the Cold War. Who are the […]
Google loves their algorithms, and as some of us read last week, likes using automated solutions as much as possible. For those that haven’t read Douglas Edwards’s new book I’m Feeling Lucky: The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59, the author recounts having to convince Google’s founders that yes, they should indeed have someone tasked […]
