Can We Still Trust Google?

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It’s a question many are asking – can we still trust Google? (In fairness, it’s a question you could ask of any social company). I’ve written about my falling out of “like” with Google on here a few times recently, and they still continue to piss me off. For example, I completely deleted my Google+ [...]


Sergey Brin Paints His Kettle Pot Black Over Facebook and Apple

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Over at UK newspaper The Guardian, Google co-founder Sergey Brin shares his views on the future of the Internet, including web freedom and the restrictive practices of Facebook and Apple. Brin makes some great points, particularly about the ongoing battles certain web users of the world have due to the firewall nature of their governments. [...]


Jack of All Trades, Master of… The Problem with Google

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So, it looks like Google is entering the comment system fray. Never mind that it smacks of yet another “let’s copy Facebook” move. Nor that there are already excellent comment systems out there at the minute – the awesome Livefyre (used on this very blog), Disqus and IntenseDebate to name just some of the third-party [...]