What to do without Google Reader?
Most of you won’t know what I’m talking about, but those of us internet fogeys who use Google Reader have just had a reminder that Google is “ceasing to support” it from 1 July.
It used to be called a blog aggregator, and for a while before Twitter it was the main way in which I [...]
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Tuesday, 7 May 2013 at 6:28 pm
Almost Ungooglable
I was reading Paul Johnson’s Brief Lives (yes, I am so old and revisionist), when a friend said that Johnson’s wife, Marigold, had been a Labour candidate in South Bucks in 1974.
It turned out that this was one of those facts that is just on the edge of Googlable knowledge, from which I derive childish [...]
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Wednesday, 3 April 2013 at 3:11 pm
Privacy challenges ahead 2013
Joe Bloggs wishes to use a pseudonym on Facebook as he does not want his employer and his tutors to know that he has an account. Or, Jane does not wish to have her Google services merged into one account
By Dr Rebecca Wong | Battle of Ideas, Notebook | Monday, 4 March 2013 at 6:51 pm
Interflora suffers SEO setback as Mother’s Day approaches
News last week that Interflora, the popular online florist, had been kicked into the long grass by Google for breaching the search engine’s rules, or Webmaster Guidelines as it calls them, has triggered a fair bit of talk across the search engine optimisation (SEO) and marketing community.
By Yousaf Sekander | Notebook | Friday, 1 March 2013 at 6:43 pm
A closer look at the Google Glass experience
Google has released a video showcasing Google Glass’s initial features, user interface, and the overall experience of using Google Glass in everyday life.
By Alex Masters | Bytesize | Wednesday, 20 February 2013 at 1:30 pm
Watch out Facebook, Google+ is now the world’s second largest social network and it’s growing fast!
Figures from Global Web Index now track Google+ as the second largest social network in the world, with 343 million monthly active users. Can Facebook fend off competition from Google?
By Alex Masters | Bytesize, Digital Digest | Monday, 28 January 2013 at 4:24 pm
Google updates image search with inline previews and faster performance
Google’s desktop image search receives a UI overhaul starting today. The update include faster results, inline previews and a more intuitive design.
By Alex Masters | Bytesize, Digital Digest | Thursday, 24 January 2013 at 1:41 pm
If you think it’s hard being an ethical consumer, try being an ethical trader
If you resent giving money to corporations that avoid their taxes, the alternatives are painfully expensive. Especially in retail. As an experiment in ethics, I tried getting rid of assorted films, clothes, books and games using anyone but eBay, Amazon and Google. It cost me around £300 but, as we shall see, it was all worth it.
By Nick Booth | | Friday, 11 January 2013 at 3:22 pm
Google+ adds pan and zoom feature for photos, as Facebook announces mystery press event for next week
As Facebook announced a mystery press conference for next Tuesday, Google coincidentally rolled out a new feature for Google+, that enables panning and zooming for high resolution images.
By Alex Masters | Digital Digest, Science & Technology | Wednesday, 9 January 2013 at 5:14 pm
EE details 4G expansion plans, DC-HSDPA support and new Android tablet offerings
EE’s 4G LTE rollout will continue at full speed in the first quarter of 2013, as the wireless carrier details plans to expand coverage to 17 additional cities across the UK.
By Alex Masters | Digital Digest | Friday, 14 December 2012 at 1:55 pm
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