Google hosted a special event today and announced an innovation to their primary product, web search, by making it instant. The new feature is called unsurprisingly, Google Instant. It takes the place of auto-completing your search query and now instantly gives you instant results predicted based on what you're typing. Autocomplete is still there to assist but below the … [Read more...]
When Is a Free WordPress Theme Not Free?
Every so often I'll stumble upon a collection of free WordPress themes and I'll go through the list because sometimes you can find some really cool ones or find ideas of how to improve the theme you're currently using. A while ago, I was going through just such a list and found a theme I liked, so I grabbed it and uploaded it to my server to hold onto it. The other day, I was … [Read more...]
Google Updates Privacy Policy, Takes Effect October 3rd.
I've criticized the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service before but now the privacy policy is being updated and Google is doing the right thing and notifying users of its different services. With a month as advance notice, the policy goes into effect October 3rd, 2010. Google states the changes are to make the policies "more transparent and understandable". A significant … [Read more...]
AVG Reports Risks of Web Browsing by Country
AVG, a popular antivirus vendor, released a report showing the risk of web browsing in different countries. There are a number of stats that AVG pulls from the data, which is generated from its customers around the world. That might also leave it open for discussion why the imaginary borders matter and how they change statistical tracking. Different cultures might be more … [Read more...]
Review of Samsung Epic 4G Official Accessories
I picked up the Samsung Epic 4G yesterday and I'm enjoying making the upgrade from the Palm Pre. There have been plenty of reviews of the phone by those that are lucky enough to get review units but not much discussion of the accessories available. Here's my opinion on the official accessories like the holsters, screen protectors, cases, and others. Leather Belt Clip … [Read more...]