I thought I noticed some changes with YouTube the past few weeks but I just assumed I must have missed some announcement and it was old news. Fortunately, I'm neither losing my mind or missing things. The YouTube blog summarized some recent updates to the site yesterday. They discuss 6 different updates, some more noticeable than others. … [Read more...]
Google revamps Presentations in its Google Docs
Google announced today that the presentation component of its Google Docs suite is getting an overhaul, like the documents, spreadsheets, and drawing components received long ago. The updated Presentations is getting faster collaboration and more features. Creating presentations together is easy because you can: See exactly what others are working on with colorful presence … [Read more...]
Sesame Street’s YouTube Account Hacked, Explicit Videos Uploaded, Now Disabled
Sesame Street is the latest to join the crowd of having their social network presence hacked. Unfortunately for the normally kid-friendly programming, whoever hacked their YouTube channel was malicious at heart and uploaded a few adult videos. The Sesame Street YouTube channel had 148,046 subscribers and over 454 million views. … [Read more...]
Zombies Show Up On Retail Websites Just In Time For Halloween
Westlake Ace Hardware The Westlake Ace Hardware site for Lenexa, Kansas has provided a zombie-themed website for both humans and zombies. Humans in the post-zombie world are concerned about carpet stain removal, rewiring electricity, window and screen repair, patching walls, removing smells, and regrowing plants. Zombies can head to this hardware store to keep their bodies in … [Read more...]
A Googler’s Rant Accidentally Goes Public About Platforms and Google+
"The best article I've ever read about architecture and the management of IT." A rant by Googler Steve Yegge was accidentally shared publicly on Google+ last night. He eventually decided to delete the post and he explains those reasons in a separate post this morning. … [Read more...]