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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
