Google's Privacy Policy and Terms of Service are getting an overhaul to allow information about you pass between products. While the benefits to that are obvious, so is the (justified?) paranoia that the amount of data Google has on you is a little too alarming. … [Read more...]
Gallery of sites protesting SOPA & PIPA today
The protests of SOPA and PIPA are going on today and various websites are participating. Here's a simple gallery of what some of those sites have put in place of their normal content. Google Reddit … [Read more...]
Goodreads keeps track of books you have read and want to read
I don't do as much reading as I would like to, I could come up with plenty of excuses of things getting in the way, but I still like to think that some day I will have more free time and better priorities. For that reason, I keep a list of books that catch my eye or are recommended to me. I have used LibraryThing and the wishlists on Amazon.com to keep track of books I have … [Read more...]
Google Insights for Search reveal the hot Black Friday items
This time last year, I was writing about how Google Trends could tell us what to expect for Thanksgiving dinner because people were searching for things like butterball turkey, deviled eggs, green bean casserole recipe, apple pie, sweet potato casserole, turkey gravy, cranberry orange relish, candied yams, and sweet potato pie. Using Google Insights for Search, we can filter … [Read more...]
Toolz.me – A Neat Way To Share and Find Those Essential Little Web Services
Toolz.me is a simple web service designed to allow you to keep track and share all those little web service tools that you use. You sign up with your Twitter account and choose a profile URL to get started and that's it. You can share your profile URL with anybody so they can see your list of links and find the latest things you're playing with. Once you have your profile … [Read more...]