Privacy is dead
On 2012/02/20
Why do many app creators—large companies, startups and individuals—think it is okay to take all the contact information in our digital address books without asking our permission? I would argue that those permissions aren’t even ours to give since it is not our information, by and large, but other people’s. Why should they have access [...]
Google Calendar meeting length enhancement
On 2011/06/02
Google has updated the settings in Google Calendar to allow the user to set a default meeting length rather than use the standard half hour. Previously, we had to change each event if we wanted something different. Now we have choices.
Google also added a Speedy meetings option checkbox.
Speedy meetings let us [...]
Be the first to get a Chromebook.
On 2011/06/01
I just received an offer to buy a Samsung Google Chromebook before it goes on sale to the general public. The cost is $499.
No thank you Google. I could buy an iPad 2 for that price (without the free sleeve) or an Asus Eee Pad Transformer for $50 less!
Why I am abandoning Windows and you will too
On 2011/03/16
Microsoft recently released the final version of Window 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1). Thus far, my experience in updating 8 machines is: 2 succeeded, 5 failed, and one “succeeded” by force. This last one is my main Windows machine. It failed to install SP1 using Windows Update. SP1 installed when I used the [...]
Look what Google ebooks sent me
On 2011/03/16
Android phone sales triple this year
On 2010/07/26
Sales of Android phones have risen by more than 300% this year, new figures show
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