Gmail in Google Search
When I opened up Google search page this morning I noticed that on the right hand side of the screen are the words Gmail results. I had signed up for this when it was offered back in the beginning of…
Have You Noticed Google’s New “I’m Feeling Lucky” Button?
Perhaps Google’s most famous button, and there aren’t many on their stark homepage, is the “I’m feeling lucky” option. The option has been with the search engine since pretty much the beginning of their existence, way back at Stanford in the 1990’s.…
Google and the Yucatec Language
Last week 20 native speakers of the Yucatec language met. They gather to try to add the language to the Google language base, MozillaWiki, WikiMedia and some crowdsourced project. Yucatec is the largest language belonging to the Mayan tongue. It…
Google New Search Policy Punishes Copyright Infringing Sites
Starting soon if your site is hit by numerous DMCA takedown notices it may affect your listing in google search. Google stated in their post “Starting next week, we will begin taking into account a new signal in our ranking:…
Protecting Your Digital Assets
Mat Honan’s story (as covered by Todd in the latest podcast) showed me that the strongest password in the world is worth nothing if it can be reset by a straightforward social engineering-based attack. I’m sure Apple and Amazon will…
Mobile iGoogle Goes Away, Google Listen to Follow
Not long ago I wrote about Google’s plans to kill iGoogle in 2013 and it was met with howls of protest. What I didn’t know at the time was that the mobile version was scheduled to go away much sooner…
Motorola ICS Tweet Fail
Regular readers of GNC will recall that I posted recently regarding Motorola’s inability to get Android Ice Cream Sandwich onto its devices. Ironically, yesterday Motorola tweeted: Motorola Mobility @Motorola My favorite thing about ICS is _________. Learn all the ICS…