What’s going on over at Google? I’m serious. Has Google lost its way? Are Google products less “Googley” than ever before? We take a look at some of the recent Google design problems.
Klout recently announced that it raised a new round of funding led by Kleiner Perkins as the company prepares to make a big splash in 2012, but does your Klout score matter? I look at the future of Klout and the impact it may (or may not) have on the individual.
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Like many people I couldn’t help but watch the CNBC interview with the Winklevoss twins where I was surprised to learn that they were becoming venture capitalists. I always figured they would simply take the Facebook settlement money and run — probably to never be seen or heard from again. But no, that is not going to be the case at all. In fact, they are looking to use that settlement money to invest in early stage technology companies.
By now I have read (and I’m sure you have too) quitea fewarticles poking fun at this reality. While I was surprised by the twins VC plans, I was even more surprised that so many tech-focused blogs are being so quick to dismiss the Winklevii.
May 7th, 2003 – it was a Wednesday. I remember because it was a day that changed my life. That day I created a list of reasons why I wanted to build a website. Reasons that I knew had to be persuasive enough to convince my parents to let me (a 13 year old) use their credit card to buy a domain name and build a website that anyone on the Internet could visit.
After much thought, I came up with three main reasons why I should be allowed to build a website. The first reason was that I recognized websites were becoming an essential part of the Internet and wanted to be able to learn more about how websites worked to capitalize on the expansion of communities on the Internet. And really, what better way is there to learn than to do it yourself? The second reason was that I wanted a create something that was my own. And lastly (but perhaps most importantly), I wanted to create a forum to share information and knowledge about technology with the goal of helping people.
Needless to say, I must have been very persuasive because that afternoon that I registered my first domain name – BestTechie.net.
Google Drive: Finally coming this April: According to Om Malik, the rumored GDrive or Google Drive, the Google online storage service, might be released in early April.
According to Om’s source, if it does happen, the big day is sometime during the first week of April 2012 which as anyone with a calendar would know is next week! Very exciting.
GDrive has been rumored to be coming since 2006 so I’m not holding my breath this time but it would be awesome if it is in fact true.
Tim Tebow is a social media phenom. Since the rumors of his trade (and subsequently the actual trade) to the Jets made it into the public, the New York Jets Facebook page has essentially seen a hockey stick increase in “Likes” most likely from Tebow fans and followers who wouldn’t have otherwise cared about the Jets one bit.
Don’t believe me? Take a look. The chart below shows that as of March 20th the New York Jets Facebook page was hitting it’s lowest number of “Likes” per day and the amount of people talking about the Jets had also appeared to be tapering off. Never fear though, queue the Tim Tebow trade rumors and the Jets Facebook page “Likes” per day started to climb higher while the amount of people talking about the Jets has soared.
The ability for enterprises to have employees get behind company firewalls through their Android devices has been a desire for businesses for some time now. With the introduction of Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest version of the Google-made smartphone operating system, that’s now looking possible. Cisco recently released a preview version of its Anyconnect Android app back in late February, which is currently available on the Android Marketplace. While the app may not be as advanced as a virtual private network, it is still pretty advanced.
But while every smartphone app “preview” is sure to be a little buggy, it’s safe to say that as far as telecommunications related releases in recent memory are concerned, the Anyconnect app for Android Ice Cream Sandwich takes the cake. While it shows promise for usability at some point, it doesn’t appear to be in the new future, and especially not in time for when they surely plan on releasing the final version.
Pre-orders start online and in stores this Friday, March 30th, and both colors announced back at CES — black and bright cyan will be available at launch, meanwhile, a glossy white version of the Lumia 900 will be released on April 22nd.
We all know that there are many brilliant people working at Google. The company is extremely well known for its amazing search and advertising technology, both of which use complex algorithms to come to decisions. It has even been said that Google also uses algorithms to (help?) make executive decisions. While Google’s success has been phenomenal, the company’s recent ventures into social haven’t been a huge hit despite what Larry Page is saying about Google+ user numbers.
The problem isn’t design and it isn’t lack of demand — it’s lack of interest. But why? Why aren’t people finding Google+ interesting and/or worth using?
Google hasn’t provided useful innovation. Don’t listen to what Google employees are saying about the so called “innovation” they have come up with in Google+.
RAM And CPU Clock Speed Confirmed For New iPad, But The Spec Is Still Dead: Early benchmarks of the new iPad show that the clock speed of the A5X processor is set at 1GHz, which is the same speed as the iPad 2. However, the new model does sport 1GB of RAM, which should make for an overall better experience.
Also, let’s not forget, as Apple stated in the announcement keynote, the A5X rocks a quad-chip graphics core for better graphic performance.
Jolie O’Dell over at VentureBeat wrote an op-ed article the other day regarding the launch of the “new iPad,” claiming that it was sloppy and very un-Steve Jobs. She writes:
While today’s Apple event unveiled a couple new improvements to an expected lineup of products, it also revealed a certain sloppiness that was absent from former, Steve Jobs-led launches.
[…] I think today’s Apple event shows that perfectionism fraying a bit around the edges. The bad pun, the goofy logo, the weird product name — all of it pointed to a leadership that either didn’t understand or didn’t care about consistency in iconography.
