Posts Tagged ‘Google’

CEQA chases awesome Google project to Missouri, Texas
Saturday, April 13th, 2013
google-fiber

April 13, 2013 By Chris Reed A really cool project conceived of and developed by Google in Silicon Valley isn't going to do Californians any good in the short term. It is Google Fiber — the search giant's experimental Internet infrastructure that can go 100 times the speed of regular broadba...

L.A. Times intolerant toward ‘intolerant’ conservatives over Google on Easter Sunday
Monday, April 1st, 2013
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April 1, 2013 By John Seiler The Los Angeles Times writer Robin Abcarian informs us: "There’s no intolerance like good conservative intolerance. "On Easter Sunday, Google incurred the wrath of the conservative Twittersphere when it chose to feature on its home page a portrait of Californi...

So why is Google worth so much?
Monday, April 1st, 2013
Google logo

April 1, 2013 By John Seiler I kept hoping it was an April Fool's Day joke. But the new Gmail from Google isn't. It makes me wonder how they got to be worth so many billions. The new format opens a new  screen on the right side of my monitor. Google says this is so I can keep an eye on my ...

Down with Gmail!
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
Angry kid

April 17, 2012 By John Seiler I've used Gmail for years; including its address book. Now it's not working. Just when I needed the call-in number for Martha Montelongo's great show. I get: We’re sorry, but your Gmail account is temporarily unavailable. We apologize for the inconvenienc...

Internet Shoots Down Censorship
Friday, January 20th, 2012
Red Tails poster

John Seiler: Sometimes you win one. This week, the Good Guys won a Big One. Hollywood's attempt to censor the Internet went down in flames like a Luftwaffe jet fighter shot down by the American "Red Tails" in the new movie of that name. Hollywood lobbyists pushed cash and legislation on Con...

Silicon Valley Should Buy Hollywood
Thursday, January 19th, 2012
imtenet-censorship

Commentary: JAN. 19, 2012 By JOHN SEILER The Hollywood movie and recording companies are trying to censor the Internet. They're pushing SOPA and PIPA: the Stop Online Piracy Act in the House and the Protect Intellectual Property Act in the Senate. Given the garbage movies and records produc...