Google Search Privacy, I offer an alternative.
Steve offered an alternative to using Google’s search engine, falling into Google’s trap of gathering information about us. Using an alternative like DuckDuckGo is OK, but lets face it, there really isn’t a “great” alternative to Google. We have all grown used to using the search engine and have our little tips and tricks for [...]
What’s the alternative…
OK, Steve posted on Spirit of 9 that Google is getting creepy with all it’s data gathering. My question is what do we have in the way of alternatives to searching the web? Sure there’s Bing, but I have to believe that Microsoft is doing the same thing. Yahoo is also powered by Bing. Is [...]
Google Search Alternatives
Following is a link to the top 100 Google search alternatives.
Fever – Take It or Leave It?
So, I’m reading Tumblr today when I stumbled across this post based on this post based on this post. (I think I got all the credits right on that one.) I’ve been running Shaun Inman’s Fever newsreader for almost a year now and I love it. I agree with most of the sentiments regarding using [...]
Jailbreaking is Legal
According to the EFF (and just about every other tech blog in the known universe), the Library of Congress and the Copyright Office have ruled jailbreaking is legal. When one jailbreaks a smartphone in order to make the operating system on that phone interoperable with an independently created application that has not been approved by [...]
Google Voice is Open to Everyone in the U.S.
TidBITS has reported that Google Voice is Open to Everyone in the U.S., which leads me to wonder whether Apple will ever get around to completing their review of the Google Voice app.
Woman sues Google over walking directions
The AP wire has a story about a women in Utah that was using Google Maps to get walking directions, then proceeded to follow them. So far nothing out of the ordinary. So, she started on the route which took her to a four-lane boulevard without sidewalks. Now this is where things get interesting. She [...]
Safari 5 Extensions
So now that Apple has created an Extension API to Safari, there are tons of extensions being created by very talented folks out there in the Internets. From what I have heard/read, Apple wants to create a curated store/collection of these extensions. Hopefully, this doesn’t mean an App Store like approval process since that could [...]
Preview.fm
It’s no secret that I’m a huge Marco fan, but I’ve got to say, he’s done it again. This time, it’s a free web interface to the iTunes store, Preview.fm.
New version of Safari available for download
So along with all the announcements of the new iPhone 4 and iOS 4, Apple snuck in an update to Safari. Safari 5 has some impressive speed improvements and has added a new Reader function that looks like it could use some improvements, but it’s not a bad first try. For me personally, there has [...]
