Archives for February 2012

If you were driving down the road and saw all the billboards ahead of you flipping to advertise you products and services that you had recently been looking at online, writing e-mails about, or shopping for, you would probably be a bit creeped out. Whether you are aware of it or not, there isn't much difference between that analogy and how targeted advertising works … [Read more...]

Under Obama's administration, the White House website got a lot more tech savvy and democratic. One way the White House has allowed people to voice their opinions has been through a new petitioning system on WhiteHouse.gov titled We the People. There have been a number of petitions covering current events and a variety of other topics that reached the required 25,000 signatures … [Read more...]

Google hasn't been getting good press lately but that doesn't mean they have to take it lying down or let Microsoft dog-pile on their woes. Earlier today, we told you about Microsoft's blog post and ad campaign to take advantage of the scrutiny Google is receiving for its Privacy Policy updates. Google has fired back with a blog post of their own titled Busting myths about our … [Read more...]

The illusion of depth can be created as an animated gif between two images that have a slight offset. The New York Public Library has opened access to its archives and created a project called the Stereogranimator. The site allows you to choose an image out of the 700,000 digital images in their repository. You then find the sweet spot and get to enjoy the "glasses-free" 3D … [Read more...]

Google is changing its privacy policies and terms of service, as multiple emails and several pop-ups have alerted me. Unfortunately for Google, this has not gone over well and has drawn a lot of criticism from fans and foes alike, including Congress asking Google for clarification on the changes. Microsoft, never one to miss an opportunity, has taken their own shot at Google as … [Read more...]