Tech Week in Review 11-25-2011
No Flash for Ice Cream Sandwich Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, is launching on the new Galaxy Nexus phone minus one standout feature of most Android devices: Adobe Flash. This has been one of the primary differences between Apple’s iPhone and Android devices. Following Adobe’s announcement that they will no longer support mobile Flash and [...]
Read MoreGoogle Buys Slide for $182 Million, Social Gaming Imminent
Google has agreed to buy Slide for $182 million in a deal that will be announced Friday. According to TechCrunch, this is only one piece of the puzzle in Google making moves to create a “serious social gaming and apps strategy to counter Facebook.” Slide is one of the pioneers of social gaming on sites like [...]
Read MoreLatest Update on Google Wave Spells The End
Google Wave was definitely a crowd pleaser at its launch last year. The hype was absolutely ridiculous. Speculation about whether it was going to kill email, Facebook, Twitter, or cure cancer abounded. Invites were a hot commodity as Wave remained private and you were the man if you had any. Now, according to the Official [...]
Read MoreHype or Hot: Google Buzz Impressions
Okay, so after chomping at the bit for damned near all of Wednesday afternoon waiting to get Google Buzz, I finally saw the multicolored thought bubble underneath my Inbox tab, I was ready. Like Google’s Blog said, it’s pretty much a breeze to use. Once I clicked on the Buzz tab, I was instructed to [...]
Read MoreGoogle Spends $50M on Aardvark
It was recently announced that Google purchased Aardvark for around $50 million dollars. The first question you may have is what is Aardvark? Aardvark (formerly Mechanical Zoo) is a social search engine, founded by a group of former Google employees. Aardvark that lets users ask questions that are distributed to the social graph for a quick and high quality answers.
Read MoreTech Week In Review 10-2-09
Well, a lot of people got invites, but I wasn’t one of them. According to many who actually did get invites, Wave is not all it’s cracked up to be. Sure, it’s an awesome service for collaboration, but it’s not something that’s going to replace Twitter, FriendFeed, or Facebook. Seems like it’s just a little too realtime and comes up a little short in providing the user with tools to manage it effectively. Some think Wave is overhyped while others are begging for invites like the crackhead in Menace to Society. Check out Wayne’s Wave screencast . (Wave details)
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