NPR has covered software patents and the topic is in the news daily. Proving that point today, Google wrote about software patents and the current on-going patent wars that are plaguing the Google Android system in When patents attack Android. Google is airing out the dirty laundry and spilling the beans that Microsoft and Apple, after forming a group to outbid Google for … [Read more...]
“Main Street Fairness” Act Heads To The Federal Level and Amazon Supports It
Following several cash-strapped states passing laws dubbed the "Amazon Tax" where online retailers with affiliates in a state are considered a physical nexus and have to collect sales tax, those online retailers terminated thousands of affiliate. This resulted in states gaining no additional sales tax revenue, driving some companies across the border, and reducing the income of … [Read more...]
Chipadmin – A New Episode From TheWebsiteIsDown
The previous episodes from TheWebsiteIsDown were highlighted on 404 Tech Support way back in 2009. Last Friday, as part of SysAdmin Appreciation Day, a new video was produced. You can watch it at wwwTheWebsiteIsDown.com or embedded below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8QjArjcjbQ … [Read more...]
Google Aims To Promote Gmail With Its New Email Intervention Program
Google is in a new round of trying to increase the number of Gmail customers. It's advertising it before you sign into your Gmail and on the side of your inbox. They make it sound like they're helping you switch people to Gmail when it's clearly the other way around. This campaign is headlined as an 'Email Intervention'. You can head over to www.emailintervention.com for all … [Read more...]
Microsoft’s Internal Parody of Gmail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrkAuwaoFGg It's pretty high quality to be an internal parody but they raise a valid point. Is this an Office 365 ad hoping to go viral while Microsoft can deny it? "I'm the Gmail man!" … [Read more...]