Information Overload!

by Pam Maloney @pmaloney I was recently out at lunch with a favorite client, (Hi Frank!) and we were having a friendly discussion about information overload. You know: 500+ email in your inbox. (or worse the mailbox is over it’s size limit) 1000’s of unread posts in your RSS reader The voicemail light is always [...]

Woo-hoo! Google Backgrounds

You can change your background on Google. Nuff said. Now go play whilst I prepare a better blog post.

Someone’s Brilliant Idea!

If you haven’t heard there are some brilliant people out there. Blippy users’ credit card numbers were exposed and all over Google. If you might not believe me but here it is. Who in a right state of mind sits behind a computer and says to him self “I believe I will give you my [...]

Top Google Pranks This April Fools 2010

1. Google Changes It’s Name to Topeka In response to the City of Topeka’s announcement that it is changing its name to Google for the month of April, Google has in return decided to change it’s name to Topeka. Not quite sure this is true? Just Topeka it. 2. Where Am I? Pluto. Smartphone users [...]

Google Wave Invites

I’ve got some Google Wave invites left – – is anyone interested?

the coveted google wave invite

I finally got my Google wave invite! For some reason, my husband is on the list to try out all of Google coolest newest stuff and I’ve been after him for weeks to invite me to Google wave. I guess he was bored today. I will play and update you all soon!

Oh Google, you’ve done it again!

When it comes to online money making opportunities, Google tends to be the first with its hand in the cookie jar. Leading the way as a search engine icon, Google has just announced its newest endeavourer—tapping in to the music industry and launching an online music search service. As in-store sales continue to plunge and [...]

i spy with my little search engine

or big search engines… Monitoring the online conversation just got easier as both Bing and Google have penned deals with Twitter allowing the search giants to mine Tweets for their search results. What does this mean for you?  Real time twitter results for Google and Bing search queries are on the horizon. Vanity searches are [...]

Sorry Google Fans…5 Reasons to Switch to Bing!

Scoops and Devil’s Advocate Here. For the sake of neutrality and fairness. I will have to put my love for Google aside and discuss the reasons why many are taking the plunge with Bing. This is not all too surprising see that  Nielsen reports shows that it currently holds 10.7% of the search market (to [...]

Google Buys Web Video Software Firm

Google, on Wednesday, anounced that it has agreed to buy On2 Technologies, which sells video compression software, in a stock deal valued at about $106 million. The per-share price was 57 percent above On2’s closing stock price on Tuesday, and On2’s shares soared on the news. Similar to Google’s 2006 acquisition of YouTube at a [...]