Apparently The Cars knew about Droid back in 1987 and seems like their version was more fun that Google's smartphone version of today 🙂 Yep, that's Ric Ocasek getting ready to unleash the "Pleasure Droid". If only the product and the song were released at the same time. Google and Motorola could have used this — Continue reading »
Oracle Collects on Sun
📆 August 13, 2010
Back when Oracle acquired Sun, you really didn't think that it was going to continue with the free open source model, did you? Of course not. This is Oracle, and Oracle is all about business. It has expensive products and even more expensive support and maintenance terms. And if someone like SAP starts to offer — Continue reading »
Google Down, Apple Up, BP Plugs
📆 July 15, 2010
After missing the expected earnings and profits numbers, Google's shares are down 4% in after-hours trading. Apple's shares however are up by 1% in reverse sympathy. Google Android is beginning to look like a real contender for Apple's ubiquitous iPhone, so the companies are now regarded as serious rivals. Bad news for one parlays into — Continue reading »
Sunrise and Sunset per Google
📆 June 30, 2010
Google has added a new feature to their search page allowing users to get the next Sunrise and Sunset times for any location. This is great for people who schedule their activities based on daylight or night hours, for example running schedules, prayer times, or planning to watch the Sun rise or set on a — Continue reading »
Google Voice Transcription
📆 May 31, 2010
One of the features of Google Voice that I really like is the transcription service. Anytime a message is left on my number an email with the transcript of the message is shot out to me. That lets me quickly determine the nature of the message and take action. As good as the service's speech — Continue reading »
Apple Passes Microsoft
📆 May 27, 2010
It's hard to believe, but today Apple's market cap of $222B is larger than that of Microsoft which finished at $219B. That makes Apple the biggest Tech company on the block today. Microsoft will probably reclaim the top spot tomorrow, but Steve Jobs must be happy to have surpassed its old nemesis. And Google? Today — Continue reading »
Google Secure Search
📆 May 23, 2010
Google has begun experimenting with securing its search site using TLS/SSL. This is the https scheme used by many ecommerce sites to encrypt web traffic between browsers and servers and keep the data safe from eavesdroppers. Not only is the data encrypted, but clicking on any results will not send the referrer information to the — Continue reading »
Pac-Man on Google
📆 May 21, 2010
This shows how often I actually Visit Google's homepage, as often as never. In honor of the 30th anniversary of the popular video game, Pac-Man, Google had a fully functioning game running on its homepage. And I had no idea about this until late tonight when I saw the news on a tech site. With — Continue reading »
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