I didn't plan to pick a fight with Steve Jobs last night. It just sort of happened: An iPad advertisement ticked me off; I sent the Apple CEO an angry email; he told me about "freedom from porn."(Via Gizmodo).
And now the heavy weight champions of the world...
(Via Idea Champions.)
VS.
(Via zoliblog.)
ROUND 1! FIGHT!Google to Create iTunes Rival
The war between Google and Apple continues to heat up: The Wall Street Journal reports that Google will launch a music service tied to its search engine later this year and that it will follow this with a subscription music service in 2011. Details are vague, and Google has not yet announced deals with any record labels, but the Journal says the first step will be an online store that will show up when users search Google for a song or artist. The long-term goal is a cloud-based subscription service that will work with Google’s Android mobile phones; such a service would allow users to play music on their phones without storing it there.(Via The Daily Beast).
(Via DATENSKLAVEN.)
(Via ezrichproject.)
(Via Tech Rave.)
...To be fair this is a free Google blog and I use Gmail...and I found most of these images using Google Image Search...and I use Google Wave...and have used/at least looked at a Google Calendar and Google Notebook...and my brother has an Android-based phone...and I want one...and I have an iGoogle page...and my cousin uses Google Voice...not to mention Google Chrome (browser; see below) and Google Chrome (the forthcoming operating system), among other things...
Cool Chrome Brower ad. . .
"Google Chrome Speed Tests."
Oh, have you heard about Google's illegal Wi-Fi snooping?
Google's misadventures in Wi-Fi data collection continue, as attorneys general from about 30 states are weighing a large-scale investigation of the company over their use of Street View cars to illicitly gather Wi-Fi network information. This could get ugly.(Via Kotaku.)
Have you heard about Google Internet-tizing printed books? (Click here for Google's side/forum) and
as for Rupert Murdoch's (I have to admit things like this make me take a shining to Google; he's pissed about Google aggregating news - power to the people?) side:
"We are seeking justice and fair compensation for visual artists whose work appears in the twelve million books and other publications Google has illegally scanned to date," ASMP General Counsel Victor Perlman said in a statement. "In doing so, we are giving voice to thousands of disenfranchised creators of visual artworks whose rights we hope to enforce through this class action."(Via FOXBusines.com).
Oh, yeah, FOX News . . .
"OUTFOXED: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism (Trailer)" (Click here for OUTFOXED: Clips & Trailer).
Turns out everything you know is wrong, huh, man?
Hell, despite it's indiscretions -which I no way condone, justify or excuse- Google might be the only corporation I don't hate on. Hell, I mean they even took on the Commies for U.S. ...
Google China has been in the news due to its rocky relationship with China for some time, and today those issues have culminated into a major move.(Via The Huffington Post.)
You might also be interested in checking out China's censored search engine, "Goojje" -
The way the name works is this: Jie Jie (Goojje) is mandarin for sister, while "ge ge" (Google) means big brother (er, shouldn't that be the other way round?) The Web Monster (ie, the real one) is being exhorted to stay by its sino-doppelganger, with a message on Goojje that reads, "Sister was very happy when brother gave up the thought of leaving and stayed for sister."(Via Gizmodo.)
And they have a sense of humor, as well as a nerdy and an intellectual side as well, too...
(Via Google Doodles.)
+ Pac-Man is so named because "pac pac pac" is the Japanese onomatopoeia for eating.
+ "All that I know about my life, it seems, I have learned in books." - Jean-Paul Sartre (Too bad my French isn't good enough to be really highbrow/uppity and quote it in the original.)
So, what am I forgetting to mention? Google Earth? Google Moon? Google Mars (and Easter Eggs?!?!) . . . Google Maps? What else?
[UPDATE] Google Translation (here).
More culture-jamming - oh, and Free Tibet! (Click here to take action.)
(Via SUBVERTISING Via The Billboard Liberation Front.)
And so as not to be accused of only hating on Apple (though I do actively dislike their Hipper-Than-Thou marketing/aura/aesthetic), I'll re-up on my Hatorade and send some negative vibes Microsoft's way as well (click here to check out a mad nice Microsoft subvertising/busted ad graphic).
Damn, almost forgot about Google TV . . .
"Introducing Google TV" (Via Google).
And, yes, I put their shoes up here, but let's be real about it. . .
(Via Most Contagious Via AdBusters.org.)
And all of that without even taking the time to go into the whole Google Fiber deal/fiasco. . .
(Via Google.)
You can check out some of the crazy shit that individuals/communities are doing (like changing the name of "Topeka," Kansas to "Google" - see below) here.
(Via CNN Tech.)
Oh, and whatchu know about texting 466-453?
[Re-Post] I'm pretty damn sure I posted these somewhere else, but I just can't locate the post right now.
And, finally . . .
(Via Gizmodo.)
The End?
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