Google Instant – like an annoying aunt
So, Google went for another almost useless search improvement. “Google Instant” starts giving you results even before you finished typing your query, refreshing whole page on the fly. It’s like talking to an annoying aunt that starts answering before you have completed the sentence. “Wh..” “– What is the average price of Gold?” “What..” “–…
Continue reading…What Google TV should be, but won’t
So, all of the Google TV / Logitech device leaks, videos, demos and all, make me think that new Google TV won’t really make any difference. Not in this form. Primarily because it’s just re-hashing of currently available technologies, with a pinch of on-screen information thrown in. Yes, it’s nice that you can do a…
Continue reading…Google Voice: hold off on upgrading
So, the updated version of Google Voice application for Android (and most likely other version as well, but I haven’t tried the blackberry one) now has a new “faster” dialing. What was happening before, is your phone would call web service, then dial your Google Voice number, and connected you wherever you were trying to…
Continue reading…Google Adwords: robots continue to take over
Another gripe about Google ads. This time purely from the web browsing point of view. I understand that robots are trying to optimize ads system show so that you, site visitor, would click on them with a better probability (and then Google gets paid, and even the site owner maybe will kinda get half a…
Continue reading…Google maps: give me “send to phone” button
Yes, yes, yes, I know Google is controlled by robots that simply don’t understand how humans operate. Heck, I suffer from that sometimes too, as I can’t imagine how non-techie must react in a certain situation. But common sense still has to be there somewhere. So, why on Google Earth we don’t have “send to…
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