Google, the electric power company
Google uses computers, a lot of computers. They in turn consume huge quantities of electricity. So much electricity that Google has decided to get into the electric power business, with an emphasis on renewable sources of energy. The New York Times reports that Google has applied for approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to [...]
Google Chrome operating system explained
The Google Chrome operating system (OS) has gotten a lot of attention. For those who would like to know more about just what this OS is like, there is a nice tour of it by computing expert Serdar Yegulalp at InformationWeek.
Google Android Nexus One phone
After endless speculation about it, the Google Nexus phone was announced today. The Official Google Blog says:
The first phone we’ll be selling through this new web store is the Nexus One — a convergence point for mobile technology, apps and the Internet. Nexus One is an exemplar of what’s possible on mobile devices through Android [...]
Track Santa with NORAD and Google
If you would like to track the progress of the jolly old gentleman as he and his reindeer fly from the North Pole, go to this link after 2 pm EST today. For some more details see the Official Google Blog.
Follow-up on bad search results
A previous post cited Paul Kedrosky’s frustration with the search results he obtained while looking for a dishwasher. To further quote Kedrosky, he said:
The result, however, is awful. Pages and pages of Google results that are just, for practical purposes, advertisements in the loose guise of articles, original or re-purposed. It hearkens back to the [...]
Language translation sites need a lot of work
A few days ago I received an email written in German. Back in my youth, I had a certain proficiency with the language so I sort of understood the email. But after years of disuse my German is rather limited so I wasn’t sure of some of it. Then I had the bright idea of [...]
Goggles
No, the title isn’t a typo. It’s a new Android smartphone feature from Google. Instead of typing in a search query, you snap a picture of an object and Google does a search. The service is still experimental but the Sunday New York Times business section thought the development worth an article:
THE world, like the [...]
More on bad search results
A few weeks back I posted about how Internet search results are filling up with spam, malware links and irrelevancies. Here’s some more evidence. Paul Kedrosky is in the financial business but he is savvy about technical things and he recently posted in his blog about his frustration with search results that he got when [...]
Google search tips
If you want to read all about Google, Joel May’s page, Everything Google, is a good place to go. However, for a quick tour of different tricks to use for enhanced Google searching, you might try the best Google tricks ever written at Web Talk. The title is a slight exaggeration and there are many [...]
Microsoft vs. Google search
How is Microsoft’s concerted attack on Google in the search front going? Microsoft Bing has received some good commentary and has inched up slightly in market share. Also, the Microsoft-Yahoo deal on search is nearly closed, which will give Bing a big increment in market share. However, Google’s market share hasn’t really been affected and [...]
Real-time search at Google
Google has announced real-time search results from blogs and social sites:
First, we’re introducing new features that bring your search results to life with a dynamic stream of real-time content from across the web. Now, immediately after conducting a search, you can see live updates from people on popular sites like Twitter and FriendFeed, as well [...]
