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Google going in Circles?

Stephen DaleMarch 15, 2011October 10, 2020

More intrigue about Google’s supposedly new social networking service “Circles”. There was previous speculation that they were working on a ‘Facebook killer’ social networking service called “Google Me”. The same thing? I would imagine they’ll wan…

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Mozilla launches ‘open’ app store.

Stephen DaleMarch 8, 2011October 10, 2020

Web applications are simply Web sites with an accompanying configuration file. This file contains extra information necessary to install the Web app, which in some instances may make it available when there’s no network connection. Google’s We…

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Is something wrong with Google?

Stephen DaleFebruary 18, 2011October 10, 2020

URL: http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/02/17/is-something-wro…I think the last two paras say it all for me: “The risk with Google’s steady stream of new features is that most will not click with enough consumers. But it’s just as likely that peop…

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The Biggest Tech Surprises and Disappointments in 2010 – DailyFinance

Stephen DaleJanuary 3, 2011October 10, 2020

URL: http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/the-biggest-tech-surp…No major suprises here – Facebook continues on its mission for world domination; the iPad hits the mark for big boys’ toys; video game developers are realising that substance trumps pr…

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How Google can thrive in the age of Facebook

Stephen DaleDecember 8, 2010October 10, 2020

Some good points here about the dangers of adopting a ‘me too’ strategy as opposed to amplifying your own strengths. Maybe Google should stop trying to be a social network and look to providing better integration between its myriad products (vidoe…

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Facebook ‘threatens’ web future

Stephen DaleNovember 21, 2010October 10, 2020

Some interesting and pertinent points made by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, regarding the ‘coralling’ and siloing of information on the web. He cites Facebook as a particular example of how they capture user-generated information and hold it hostage. I als…

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Google bars data from Facebook as rivalry heats up

Stephen DaleNovember 6, 2010October 10, 2020

So, it seems a walled garden is being erected around Google services (it’s always been there for Facebook). I can’t really see this hurting Facebook very much. The loser is (once again) the user who will no longer have the facility to easily join …

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Google sues US govt for Microsoft-only policy

Stephen DaleNovember 3, 2010October 10, 2020

I have every sympathy with Google. Hopefully a lesson here also for the UK public sector – there are other (and better and cheaper) products than MS Oulook, MS Sharepoint and Internet Explorer 6. Whatever happened to that level playing field?Ampli…

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Flickr embraces OpenID

Stephen DaleNovember 1, 2010October 10, 2020

Great news for anyone who supports open standards and quite a brave move for Yahoo (parent company) who have recognised that having a proprietary login process (you need a Yahho ID in order to sign-up for Flickr) may be a disincentive to setting u…

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Google’s Social Networking Weapons

Stephen DaleSeptember 22, 2010October 11, 2020

Having missed the target with a few of its recent products (Wave not even a ripple; Buzz not buzzing), it sounds like Google is looking at how to better integrate it’s various products and apps into a more cohesive social networking offer. Somethi…

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