Here's everything I've done tagged with Google
It seems like Google’s in a merging mood these days. The Android app store, Google Music and Google eBookstore just became one big cloud based service today—Google Play Store.
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On March 1, 2012 Google’s new and improved privacy policy comes into effect. All of your browsing habits and info will get dumped into a file labelled “all about you”. You can’t stop it, but you can impale it. Delete your browsing history. Now.
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We’ve all pocket-dialed someone at least once in our lives. Maybe been guilty of pocket-deleting an app or two. It’s no big deal, you just reinstall it. But what if it wasn’t you who deleted it? What if it was Google, Apple or Microsoft—using the “kill switch”?
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When is a breach of privacy not a bad thing? When it’s to serve you better of course—and when Google is the one doing it! No, that’s not a good enough reason? Well Google seems to think so. Where does the line get drawn between offering better services and invading your privacy?
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With companies like Dropbox, iCloud and Skydrive snatching up cloud-based storage market share, I was wondering how long Google was going to sit idly by. Looks like they’re finally revving up to launch Google Drive soon. It’s about time!
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Just because a multi-billion dollar company has a “don’t be evil” philosophy, doesn’t mean it has your best intentions in mind. Yesterday Google announced the company’s new privacy policy. If you thought Facebook liked to ignore your privacy, Google just +1ed them.
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In a perfect world, when it comes to browsers, safety should be your first concern above all else. Of course the world is not perfect and many of us choose our browser for a number of other reasons, sacrificing safety. Silly people. Google understands this though. Yesterday they released their 7 security goals for making Chrome safe while giving you all of the goodies you want. Now you can have your cake and eat it too.
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We’ve all been told to not judge a book by its cover. But what if you only buy the book for the cover? If the book is a tablet and the story is Windows 8, Forrester says many people don’t care anymore.
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The mobile market really is heating up, and it looks like another Big Bad wants to get in on the action. Mashable reports Facebook is creating its own smartphone, and integrating the social network far deeper than on any other phone before. How far? Further than any hellmouth—this phone is code named “Buffy”.
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Android has been making headlines a lot lately. Have you noticed? Some of the news has been good—Android phones were the top selling mobile devices last quarter. But you can’t have fame without some costs. In Android’s case the bad news is that it also tops the charts for mobile malware.
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Gartner said that mobile would be big in 2012. The 440.5 million mobile devices sold in the third quarter of this year proves it. Who do we owe that to? It’s not Apple. It’s Google’s Android software.
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Change seems to happen when you least expect it. No matter how hard you try to plan things out there’s always something that pops up out of left field and throws your world into chaos. You have to expect the unexpected—that’s life.
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