Firefox Must Have Extentions Update I'm not upgrading to Firefox 3 today but I did update my post, Must Have Firefox Extentions. Added today: No Squint: Zooms and remembers text size selection for each web... Read More | 0 Comments | 0 Trackbacks
May 07, 2008
Yahoo Sponsored Search Button I've received the strangest thing in the mail today from Yahoo! Sponsored Search. Watch the video to see what it was and find out more. This episode of live.usrbingeek.com is... Read More | 2 Comments | 0 Trackbacks
December 15, 2007
It's So Close To Being A Digg Killer, I Can Taste It Google Reader is another step closer to being a Digg Killer with Google's announcement, "Reader and Talk are Friends!" So, we've linked up Reader with Google Talk (also known as... Read More | 1 Comments | 0 Trackbacks
September 17, 2007
Best New Rules Yet No one is safe from Bill Maher and that's why I love him. Watch Bill live on HBO on Friday nights or at least one of the replays during the... Read More | 0 Comments | 0 Trackbacks
The Search Company Finally Adds Search Well, at least Google Reader finally has search. Wasn't it odd that a company known for search didn't have a search feature in their RSS reader? Hard to believe it... Read More | 0 Comments | 0 Trackbacks
July 01, 2007
Do web sites need Standardized URLs? Alex Iskold has an interesting post on Read/Write Web that is proposing a standardized URL schema and directory structure for web sites. The basic idea behind standard URLs is simple... Read More | 0 Comments | 0 Trackbacks
June 30, 2007
There Is A Good GTD Web App (How To Stay Organized) A few days ago I asked why isn't GTD an AJAXy web app? Before writing that post I looked at some of the web app Getting Things Done (GTD)/todo lists... Read More | 0 Comments | 0 Trackbacks
June 25, 2007
Getting Things Done, Why Isn't It A Web App? I've always been obsessive about being organized and completing things. Since the release of the first PalmPilot I was using the Palm PDAs (owned 4 Palm PDAs) and the Palm... Read More | 0 Comments | 0 Trackbacks
June 21, 2007
Google and Apple Together At Last? Don't Bet On it. With the iPhone's launch date nearing it's not that surprising that buyout rumors are becoming more prevalent. Some of these rumors might sound plausible but they just don't work financially.... Read More | 0 Comments | 0 Trackbacks
June 01, 2007
Google Reader Updates, Still not a Digg Killer Google Reader got quite an update but it's still not where it should be. If only the Reader team would take this app a little further and add the Digg... Read More | 0 Comments | 0 Trackbacks
May 27, 2007
My Love Hate Relationship With Skype Since switching to Mac I've developed a love hate relationship with Skype. When on Windows I dumped Skype completely in favor of Google Talk, but, since there is still no... Read More | 0 Comments | 0 Trackbacks
May 26, 2007
Google forbids children to use it?! Roger Browne is questioning a passage from Google's Terms of Service that reads: "Your use of Google’s ... web sites ... is subject to the terms of a legal agreement... Read More | 0 Comments | 0 Trackbacks
May 23, 2007
Google Increases Attachment Size Limits Gmail has raised the maximum attachment size from 10MB to 20MB but be forewarned that many other email providers don't allow you to send or receive messages with attachments this... Read More | 0 Comments | 0 Trackbacks
May 21, 2007
Dumb Design Rules Should Be Broken Wired laments that Google's New Homepage Breaks Basic Web Design Rule since it requires JavaScript to access some of Google's featured searches and related sites. The Image, Video, News, and... Read More | 0 Comments | 0 Trackbacks
May 04, 2007
Google should buy Starbucks?! Sheldon Liber is once again at it saying that Google should buy Starbucks. Yes, he means the Coffee Retailer! So this is why I still think Google should buy Starbucks... Read More | 0 Comments | 0 Trackbacks
April 28, 2007
AOL Completely Lost It's Direction AOL is completely lost without Jason Calacanis and Jon Miller. So much so, that AOL has resorted to copying Yahoo. I mean, if you're going to copy someone, at... Read More | 0 Comments | 0 Trackbacks
March 23, 2007
Google Reader: Digg Killer, Revisted Back in December when I posted Google Reader could be a Digg killer I never thought that that short post and idea would still be actively debated four months later.... Read More | 0 Comments | 0 Trackbacks
March 05, 2007
Google and Apple working Together? At Morgan Stanley's Technology Conference in San Francisco Eric Schmidt, Google's Chief Executive Officer, said that Google and Apple are working together on "many more" new projects. In response to... Read More | 0 Comments | 0 Trackbacks
February 16, 2007
Google Ads Probably Coming to Games RedHerring is reporting that Google has Agreed to Buy Adscape Media. Adscape brings their AdverPlay solution to the table which allows game developers to place dynamic ads inside game environments.... Read More | 0 Comments | 0 Trackbacks
February 10, 2007
Google Reader's Missing Feature For the love god I need a fracking way to filter out any article containing specific phrases. For example phrases like: "Anna Nicole""Anna-Nicole""Howard K. Stern""Howard K Stern""Howard Stern""Larry Birkhead""Prince Frederick... Read More | 0 Comments | 0 Trackbacks
January 03, 2007
Google Reader Trends; Another Step Toward Digg? digg_url = 'http://www.digg.com/tech_news/Google_Reader_Trends_Another_Step_Toward_Digg'; Things are starting to get very interesting and cool at Google Reader. If I were at Digg, I'd be watching this closely and maybe getting a... Read More | 0 Comments | 0 Trackbacks
January 01, 2007
Goodbye 2006, Hello 2007! This will be brief... Predictions: Digg will falter.TiVo will be purchased by Google, Yahoo, or Apple.Google will purchase a company that will surprise everyone.Nikon will introduce a replacement for the... Read More | 0 Comments | 0 Trackbacks
December 27, 2006
Google Reader as a Digg Killer? Update Two weeks ago I had a passing thought and I wrote Google Reader could be a Digg killer!?!???? and I since forgot about it. That was until last night when... Read More | 0 Comments | 0 Trackbacks
December 26, 2006
Google Toolbar Custom Buttons I love the Google Toolbar. I feel like I have one hand tied behind my back when I have to use a browser that doesn't have it installed. A... Read More | 0 Comments | 0 Trackbacks
December 13, 2006
Google Reader could be a Digg killer!?!???? digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Google_Reader_could_be_a_Digg_killer'; Since posting about My Shared Items, the following occurred to me. If Google Reader aggregated and displayed how many people Shared each post and then calculated... Read More | 7 Comments | 0 Trackbacks
My Shared Items Back in September, Google Reader updated with a completely new look and feel featuring folder navigation, unread item counts and the ability to mark items as read or unread. It... Read More | 0 Comments | 0 Trackbacks
October 24, 2006
Photographer's Search Engine Google Co-Op Custom Search is rock solid and amazingly cool. I've quickly updated all the AdSense Search boxes on BowlingFans.com to use it. Major improvement! Not only are the... Read More | 1 Comments | 0 Trackbacks
June 08, 2006
My Most Wished For Firefox Extension Finally Comes To Be Google Browser Sync is a Firefox extension that continuously synchronizes your browser settings – including bookmarks, history, persistent cookies, and saved passwords – across all your computers. It also allows... Read More | 0 Comments | 0 Trackbacks
December 15, 2005
Firefox Must Have Extentions Update I've updated my list of Must Have Firefox Extentions to include Viamatic foXpose and the Google Safe Browsing Extentions. With the Viamatic FoXpose extension, you can click on the icon... Read More | 0 Comments | 0 Trackbacks
December 03, 2005
Firefox 1.5 Released and Must Have Extensions Update The best web browser just got much better. Version 1.5 of the Firefox Web Browser has finally been released from months of beta testing and development. The first thing you'll... Read More | 0 Comments | 0 Trackbacks
September 20, 2005
Secure Google Wifi Across the US? At the time of this posting I could access https://wifi.google.com/download.html and https://wifi.google.com/faq.html and even download the application. Screen shots: Apparently Google is test launching a WiFi service in San Francisco... Read More | 0 Comments | 0 Trackbacks
August 24, 2005
Google Talk Now Available and Easter Egg Uncovered! After much speculation and rumor, Google has just launched its IM/Voice Chat product, Google Talk. Rumors flew throughout the day until the application was officially announced in a cryptic message... Read More | 1 Comments | 0 Trackbacks
April 19, 2005
AdSenseLog - Check and analyze your Adsense ads stats I came across an interesting shareware program to analyze Google Adsense ads data (content, search and even your ad channels). It analyzes your Adsense data and produces extensive statistical reports... Read More | 0 Comments | 0 Trackbacks
April 13, 2005
Google launches Video Upload Program Google launched the Google Video Search not to long ago and now they're offering to host your videos with the new Google Video Upload Program now in beta. Submitted videos... Read More | 0 Comments | 0 Trackbacks
New Google Tricks Google once again adds some cool new features to the service. (I only wish they would also work on fixing the rankings and putting a stop to Google Bombing). Wireless... Read More | 3 Comments | 0 Trackbacks
December 18, 2003
More New Google Features Google quietly introduced a few new features this month. I think the most useful of these is the Search By Numbers feature. With it you can enter a UPS or... Read More | 0 Comments | 0 Trackbacks
November 09, 2003
Google Deskbar, a must have! Google has released a toolbar for Windows, the Google Deskbar. It allows you to search Google (and other sites, more on that later) from any application without lifting your fingers... Read More | 1 Comments | 0 Trackbacks
August 19, 2003
New Google Tricks Google has quietly introduced a few (very cool) new features that most people are not aware of. Calculator Google has added a calculator and converter to its standard search... Read More | 1 Comments | 3 Trackbacks
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