Google was cool. Ten years ago.

Look at what it's now. You walk on a street, it takes a picture of you without your consent and puts it in the web. To have your picture removed from there, they ask you to send them a clear copy of your id and a letter stating your association with the building in front of which you were when they took that photo ( Read more... )

I liked google before. But I can't stand gmail .. I want to delete the emails that I don't need. And this makes me like google even less. Google desktop search. (LR article) - GDS here. W Echelon ..

Ever wondered what are the sickest or weirdest google searches? I think these are pretty close to that.

The Unlimited email competition keeps going.. Google was the first to announce their 1 GB email, spymac announced their 1 GB free email 50 days ago, and .. having tried it, it is terrible. More on that experience. Read that before relying on the spymac email. 80 % of the emails I should be getting don't arrive there. The last time I checked the ( Read more... )

Edward Kasner invented the word 'googol' 50 years ago - actually his 9 years old niece (or just child?) did. Now the grand-nephews or grandkids of Kasner want to own a piece of Google.

This is what I'd call 'americanata'. First, you can't own a word. Words are public property. Public domain. Words are used for communication. Not for your family ( Read more... )