Google has just killed Wave. In the near future I think it will also kill Buzz. However, after today’s reading it seems these decisions are being taken to cut their losses and get their talented teams working on their next big thing, i.e. Google Me. Gina Trapani of LifeHacker fame in reply to “But why …
Google has yesterday announced that they are pulling the plug on Google Wave since the adoption rate wasn’t up to their expectations. Full story is available on the official Google Blog. This is a pity since Wave was very promising and in my opinion it would have revolutionized the way we communicate by consolidating current …
5 months ago I wrote Should I use twitter? in which I said that I used twitter for a while, did not find it useful and deleted my account. I also said I cannot understand how stuff like twitter gets any form of funding. The idea behind twitter is simple, but not in the sense …
I am an avid reader both of traditional books and online content. So anything which would make it possible to read books in electronic format as comfortable as the dead tree version has my attention. Thus, when Amazon launched Kindle I became a fan instantly. One of the main reasons being e-ink technology, which makes …
A couple of days ago Google started rolling out Buzz. The process was more akin to steamrolling over Gmail users with Buzz. Usually, I have positive comments to make about Google’s services apart from the occasional remark on some feature or lack of. This time round however Google made a whole mess with Buzz. In …
Email has been around for quite a while now, and it has served its purpose beyond the call of duty. However, its design, having been thought out for the needs at that time, is showing its limitations ever more. So, Google’s vision of how communication should be carried out in the 21st century is very …
Blog authors, i.e. bloggers, can be divided into many categories. The most common distinction is based on the number of people who read the author’s blog. On the internet there rarely is a middle ground. So we can break up blog authors into those whose blog is read by thousands of readers, and those whose …
The short answer is no but let me explain why. If you need more proof that the internet technology industry is going through yet another bubble phase, look no further than twitter. Twitter is yet more air pumped into the bubble that is the current internet industry. Pushing more air into an over inflated bubble …
Following my “Chrome market share and Matt Cutts” post yesterday I received a tweet from Matt Cutts himself asking me which browser I do use. I replied FF 3.5 and what compelling reason he could give me to use Chrome, since moving from IE to FF was an easy decision since there was a huge …
Corporate speak translator
Corporate speak is what people who haven’t got a clue but want to sound like they do use daily to express their “thoughts” or “plans”. Being able to determine when someone is using corporate speak and understanding what they’re really saying is a fundamental skill to have these days. If you haven’t experienced corporate speak …