Remains of the Day: Google’s Amazing Branching Suggestions Edition [For What It's Worth]
Watch the internet spread throughout the world, see how Google’s suggestions guess what you’re thinking, and learn why one web content editor believes ad blocking is a pretty bad idea for keeping quality content alive.
Mapping the growth of the internet
Really intriguing graphic that shows the world as it catches onto the web, accompanied by neat [...]
Google navigates Latitude for iPhone around background limits
Google has released a web app version of Latitude for the iPhone, enabling users to both share their location with friends and view a live map showing their friends' location.
Google Finally Provides Latitude to iPhone Users — Yeah, it’s a WebApp
Google Latitude — the service that either allows you to keep track of your friends or be stalked by stalking stalker types, depending on your point of view — is finally available for the iPhone and iPod touch. No, it’s not built into Google Maps as part of iPhone 3.1 with push update capability. No, [...]
Google finally adds Latitude to iPhone, but as a toothless web app
Commence geostalking on the iPhone.
Google added Latitude to Apple’s smartphone today, but it’s on the web instead of in the app store. Google said it chose this route because Apple was concerned users would confuse Latitude with Maps. However, Google vice president of engineering Vic Gundotra provocatively declared last week at VentureBeat’s MobileBeat conference that [...]
Google Latitude for iPhone Is a Lame Web App Because Apple Thinks We’re Easily Confused [Google]
Google’s finally released their Latitude location service for iPhone—unfortunately, it’s a lame web app. Originally, it was a real application. But Apple thought we would all be horribly confused. Here’s how it went down with Apple, according to Google: We worked closely with Apple to bring Latitude to the iPhone in a way Apple thought [...]
iPhone 3.0: Location Aware Google Search via Safari
Google Blogs (via Gizmodo) has announced that the long-rumored Geo-Location based services in Mobile Safari are indeed included in iPhone 3.0 and being put to use in “My Location” searches by Google.com on the iPhone.
As of today, when you visit www.google.com from Safari on your iPhone 3.0, you can choose to turn on [...]
Location Now Built-In To Google Maps — In Chrome And Firefox
With many of us using smartphones with GPS now, we’re starting to take for granted applications like Google Maps being able to pinpoint us. But using computer is a different story. Sure, there have been plugins, and things like Google Toolbar, but those are things that most people aren’t going to bother to install. But [...]
WSOP Update: Calacanis Out, Sacks Still In (And Bails On TechCrunch Event)
Update on the tech gurus at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. We were tracking four players: Facebook exec Chamath Palihapitiya, Mahalo CEO Jason Calcanis, Geni/Yammer CEO David Sacks and former Yahoo exec David Goldberg. At least two are now out of the game.
Jason Calacanis and Chamath Palihapitiya busted out on day 2 [...]
