While beavering away at some work this afternoon, this made me guffaw. If you can’t read it, it says, “Sorry, an unexpected condition has occurred which is preventing Google Reader from fulfilling the request.” What on earth could the condition be? Does Google Reader have a cold? Enquiring minds want to know!
Google DM
Just spotted this leaderboard on the Sun, which contains a very interesting partnership. It’s brilliant that Google are encouraging small businesses to test direct mail. It’s also quite canny on their part because they know that more often than not, people will use Google to find the website they’re looking for, even when they have [...]
Geek To Geek
This dubious Google Content Network ad popped up when I was browsing through my Slashdot RSS feed. What’s better – Star Trek Fragrances or the copy, ‘A geek you can love is nearby.’? Of course, curiosity got the better of me and I clicked the link. It’s all very sweet, isn’t it? The title bar [...]
Retro Google
Just in time for their 10th anniversary, Google have released a limited edition of their earliest saved index -from January 2001. What was I up to in January 2001? Still using a dial-up internet connection, in my last semester of my bachelor’s degree at McGill, using Napster, Netscape was my main Internet browser and music [...]
Google Chrome’s EULA: Does Not Compute In A Web 2.0 World
Google have just released Chrome, their long awaited browser to rival the likes of Firefox, IE and Mozilla. Yay Google, right? Wrong. Tap The Hive have done some digging on Chrome’s EULA (End User License Agreement) and have pulled up some very curious clauses within it, namely the content section. If you download [...]
