For those that rather watch or listen to the interview here is the link. Disconnected: My year without the Internet
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Has Google Finally Grown Too Large and Evil? Could Google’s Greed Be the Beginning of the End for Their Mighty Empire?
Note: This is possibly my most controversial, yet gutsy, post as of yet: Google. The very name evokes the word search, and has been used as a substitute in sentences, such as “I Googled this” and “I Googled that.” Nothing can take that away from them – they earned their success for the most part. However, [...]
Google Apps for Business No Longer Free – This Cruel, Mean Outrage “Puts a Wrench” in Small Businesses
This post comes from the heart.
I recently checked my email which is currently hosted on the now-former Google Apps for Business Free account. I received an email from a Google address with a message that I initially thought to be a prank. It read:
“Hello from Google,
Here’s some important news about Google Apps—but don’t worry, there’s no need for you to take any action. We just want you to know that we’re making a change to the packages we offer.
Starting today, we’re no longer accepting new sign-ups for the free version of Google Apps (the version you’re currently using). Because you’re already a customer, this change has no impact on your service, and you can continue to use Google Apps for free.
Should you ever want to upgrade to Google Apps for Business, you’ll enjoy benefits such as 24/7 customer support, a 25 GB inbox, business controls, our 99.9% uptime guarantee, unlimited users and more for just $5 per user, per month.
You can learn more about this change in our Help Center or on the Enterprise Blog.
Thank you for using Google Apps.
Clay Bavor
Director, Google Apps”
“But don’t worry, there’s no need for you to take any action. We just want you to know that we’re making a change to the packages we offer.” Yeah, right. Nice way to put the wrench in new small businesses with practically no prior notice!
Infographic: Engineering the Internet
This is an infographic on how the Internet works (Thanks to http://open-site.org/):
Lifesaver: How to modify a URL to get a Google cached version of page?
Recently somebody wrote a frantic email complaining that her website was hacked with certain content replaced. What I needed to do was find the most recent cached version to replace the hacked text with the original. This was how I found how to do it (Courtesy: http://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/15633/how-to-modify-a-url-to-get-a-google-cached-version-of-page): “I want to look at a Google cached version [...]
Why YouTube Doesn’t Have SEO Friendly URLs, Lighttpd (Lighty) and What Google Has Done
Google is the well-known Search Engine giant out there. The company provides relevant search engine results to those seeking info. An SEO knows that to be placed on Google’s search results pages they need to optimize their web-pages for Google. One of the most crucial elements is in having an SEO-friendly URL. Enter YouTube. YouTube: [...]
Marissa Mayer, Former Google Exec, Becomes CEO of Yahoo! While Expecting a Baby – Some Thoughts
Marissa Mayer, former Google executive and project manager of some of Google’s most well-known products, became CEO of Yahoo! on July 16th, effective the following day, while expecting a baby due in October.
Google Adwords Client Accounts Are Down Today???
Since this morning we discovered that Google Adwords’ user interface was down and has not gone back up yet. This is very surprising considering Google’s relatively optimal uptime. This is not like Google. Hopefully Adwords will be up shortly. ***UPDATE*** For some reason, Adwords will only work when you restart your computer. The tweet: “@rafihecht I [...]
Reality 101 Rantings
Some universities and colleges will hire someone in the working world that “made it” to give a lecture in the “real world.” From my personal experience, I didn’t find those too helpful from the ones I attended.
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