Most all of us use Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google and Twitter on a daily basis. But have you ever wondered exactly how the majority of the US goes about their time online, or who stacks up the most clicks? Check out this cool graphic which breaks it all down.
Google: Facts & Figures
by Ollie Adams on May 20, 2011 in Google, Infograph
Google is the largest search engine and a force to be reckoned with. They’ve got their virtual foot in almost every door. From the coupon game to their recent addition of their cloud music service, they do whatever they want, when they want to. Check out this great graphic from Pingdom which show all the [...]
Demand Media: I Want My News Now
by Ollie Adams on May 12, 2011 in Google, Infograph, World Wide Web
With news happening all around the world and being reported in near real time, it’s become more important than ever to have the ability to aggregate and gather all that information. It’s common place to hear the latest breaking story on Facebook or Twitter…but Google and other search engines would like to be the source [...]
Facebook & Google Vie For Skype
by Ollie Adams on May 5, 2011 in Facebook, Google
As if taking on Groupon and LivingSocial weren’t enough for these big hitters, it looks like they’re next venture might be Skype. A source supposedly in the know recently reported to Routers that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is interested in buying the company for $3 – $4 billion. Another source stated that that Google is [...]
Facebook To Compete With Groupon
by Ollie Adams on April 30, 2011 in Facebook, Google
Facebook will be launching a Groupon competitor called Deals in five cites. The cities set for initial release are San Francisco, Austin, Dallas, Atlanta and San Diego. Facebook told The New York Times that the local offers made to Deals users will be delivered via email and will also appear in users’ news feeds. Examples [...]
Google Is Getting Primed For A Cloud Music Service
by Ollie Adams on April 10, 2011 in Google
Recently there has been quite a stir over a possible music service from Google. While details have been slim, there has been quite a bit of speculation. Amongst all this hubbub, Google has gone and registered the following domain names: GoogleBass.com, GoogleAlto.com, GoogleSoprano and GoogleTenor.com along with GoogleNebula.com, GoogleThunder.com and GoogleLightning.com. Now if those don’t seem [...]
Google Street View Tackles Historic Landmarks
by Ollie Adams on April 1, 2011 in Google
Google is always expanding their offerings and usually it’s something pretty awesome. There most recent addition to Google Street View is some historic landmarks in France and Italy. Some of the places you can now visit via your computer screen are the Imperial Forum and the Coliseum in Rome, Santa Maria del Fiore and Ponte Vecchio in Florence, [...]
Google Launches Online Magazine
by Ollie Adams on March 26, 2011 in Google
Just this week Google has launched a brand new quarterly “magazine”. Of course with Google being Google, it’s purely online and not in print (although I wouldn’t put it past them to go into print media as well). The new magazine is called Think Quarterly, and covers things Google regularly sends business customers “via email [...]
Google Invests $1 Million In Futurama-like Transportation
by Ollie Adams on March 20, 2011 in Google
This is actually a little old news but new to me so I thought I’d share. Google has invested $1 million in a New Zealand company that makes a transportation system called Shweeb. What is it exactly? It’s a mix between a roller coaster and a bicycle. Google Inc. initiated Project 10^100 as a call for ideas [...]
Google Earth & The 2011 NCAA Tournament Venues
by Ollie Adams on March 16, 2011 in Google, Videos
With the 2011 NCAA Basketball Tournament starting this week it’s only fitting that Google release a virtual tour of the venues incorporating Google Earth. It seems they’re bigger basketball fans than even myself. They setup a site just for the sole purpose of keeping track of all the coverage (there’s also a hidden game!) On top [...]
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Hi I'm John Boitnott. Welcome to my blog! Here I talk about how old media is coping with the Web. I write for Soshable.com, build buzz for sites and advise writers on how to make their work more likely to be shared online. I have worked at Venturebeat, Village Voice Media and NBC. Before that I held several positions at various TV newsrooms in the state of California, from 1994 to 2009.