Upon looking through Wikipedia last week, doing research for the previous article on Ultrinsic.com, I noticed the site has implemented a change that incorporates article ranking. Rating if an article is "well-sourced", neutral, complete, and readable seems like information the free encyclopedia would like to know but also seems like it could be a move towards social news sites … [Read more...]
Google Buys BlindType
Back in the middle of August, I posted a video from BlindType at Jason Off The Clock showing the madness that is BlindType. The video shows how BlindType adjusts its keyboard to fit what you typed very accurately. Since that posting, they've made another video available that shows BlindType working on an Android phone as well as the … [Read more...]
Google TV Opens Its Doors
The Google Blog (and the Google TV Blog) provided an update today on Google TV's recent progress. For those who haven’t yet heard of it, Google TV is a new way to think about TV: it’s a platform that combines your current TV programming and the open web into a single, seamless entertainment experience. Overall, it seems Google doesn't know where Google TV is headed and doesn't … [Read more...]
In Less Than 24 Hours, Netflix Offends Canadians and Americans Separately; Apologizes
September 22nd was a bad day to be Netflix. In all reality, it should have been a good day because Netflix launched their streaming service in Canada. More customers means more chances for revenue. Instead, Netflix managed to insult Canadians and Americans during this single launch event. They called Americans self-absorbed and tried to persuade Canadians to subscribe by hiring … [Read more...]
Facebook Suffers Worst Outage in Over Four Years Today
Facebook, the social networking site which had just recently surpassed Google as a web destination where people spend more time, suffered an outage today that made it extremely slow or unavailable to people for almost 2.5 hours. Facebook Engineering apologized for the downtime and explained in detail the cause of the problem. The short version: An automated validation of … [Read more...]