Last week (so I could get the accumulated bonuses from winning “Words with Friends” games) I updated my iPad, and finally encountered that Identity for…
Category: Google
Now, in 2020, not having a mobile-friendly website is practically unthinkable, especially since more than half of site visitors are looking at the web via their cell phones. But Google is taking things to their inevitably conclusion: its webcrawlers are now indexing by mobile-first.
OPLIN 4Cast #616: Surprising no one, Google+ to be discontinued in 2019
Posted in 4cast, Google, and social network websites
Last week, Google revealed that a security flaw in the social network had exposed the personal data of half a million users. Although there is…
Like many households (but not Laura’s), mine got a surveillance device smart speaker over the holidays. I like using it to play my audiobooks, which…
The Pixel 2 XL is Google’s latest phone, and it’s been all over our news feeds for the past couple of weeks, with new developments…
Early this year, the Wall Street Journal decided they were losing money by letting users access content behind their subscription paywall through Google’s “First Click…
While Google started out as a search company, it’s no secret that it has branched out into all sorts of other tech, including driverless cars,…
OPLIN 4Cast #102: Aggregation, Library of Congress Goes Tech, Online Searching, Blogging Help
Posted in 4cast, blogs, Cinematic Internet, Facebook, Google, Library of Congress, LinkedIn, social network websites, Web 2.0, web browsers, and Wikipedia
1. Are you aggregated? Several major companies have launched new data portability sites recently, all in the hopes that you will use them as your…
4Cast #90: Google Health, Blu-Ray, Gaming, E-Books
Posted in 4cast, Add new tag, Amazon, eBooks, games, Google, Google News, and Reference Extract
This week’s 4cast: 1. Â A Google A Day Keeps the Doctor Away. Google will begin its final phase of global domination, er, I mean personal…
4Cast #89: E-Books, Librarian Tools, Customer Service, More Green
Posted in 4cast, Amazon, blogs, desktop applications, eBooks, Firefox, Google, Internet, Library 2.0, Library vs. Internet, Photo Tagger, Playlist.io, productivity, screencasting, Second Life, Sitemap Generator, Social Networks, Tweetmeme, Web 2.0, and Xoopit
This week’s 4cast: 1.  E-Books: Point, Counterpoint With recent advancements from Google Books Library Project, Amazon’s Kindle, and others, some are contemplating the future of…