If you had to guess what the future of the web might be, I think you can look no further than the past week of major web properties creating their own shortened URL’s. We had Google and Facebook last week launch their own shortened URL’s with “goo.gl and fb.me” respectively. And also last week, YouTube […]
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This 80 year old grandmother has found a way to communicate with her family via Twitter, Facebook, and email. And no, she doesn’t have a computer or an iPhone. In fact, she doesn’t even type out her tweets – she simply writes them out on a piece of paper and sends them via fax! This […]
There’s a video that making it’s way across the web of someone who claims to be an “ex” employee of Microsoft who was fired for not enthusiastically yelling “Bing” at a meetings. The person in the video claims that Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, was on a rampage yelling about Google, and trying to get employees […]
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If YouTube Charges, Will You Pay?
There are several reports out today insinuating that Google may be considering charging for premium content. The Guardian UK had indepth coverage on the possibility of YouTube charging for premium content. And according to the article, Eric Schmidt, Google’s CEO, said that “YouTube making money is a top priority”. The only question is this – […]
Gmail has launched 5 separate videos called “5 Ways Gmail Makes Your Life Easier“. These 5 videos show the most popular features of Gmail, and are a great introduction to the Gmail platform. However, these 5 videos do not have links back to each other, so a normal viewer on YouTube wouldn’t get the full […]
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Walk Along The Surface Of Mars
Mars in Google Earth The Google Lat Long Blog announced yesterday new imagery and terrain for Mars in Google Earth! If you have the Google Earth plugin installed, you can view the updated areas highlighted in red (imagery) and white (terrain) below. Alternatively, you can download this KML, for viewing while using Mars in Google Earth. Here’s A […]
The heavily anticipated movie Avatar premiered in London yesterday. And reviews of the movie are just starting to hit the web. From everything I’ve read so far, the movie is the best thing to ever hit the big screens! Here’s more from ChicagoNow: – KTLA’s Sam Rubin had his eyeballs, well, molested by Cameron’s work. It’s […]