dan tynan on Aug 10 2009 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Google, Infoworld
After years of peaceful co-existence, the two Silicon Valley titans are suddenly at each other’s throats. But how much of this is real, and how is just for show?
dan tynan on Dec 13 2008 | Filed under: Computerworld, Culture Crash, Da Web, Google, Web 2.0
Google Chrome is officially out of beta. But is it any betta? Tynan doesn’t think Chrome’s ready for prime time just yet. He tries to break the news to her as gently as he can.
Dear Chrome:
First, this harassment has got to stop. The constant emails and IMs. Parking outside my house. Calling me at [...]
dan tynan on Nov 25 2008 | Filed under: Computerworld, Culture Crash, Geekishness, Google, Web 2.0
Part Deux of my ‘letters to inanimate software series’ continues with this missive to Gmail, responding to the dozens of commenters on Digg and Culture Crash beat me up over this.
Dear Gmail:
I know, I know. You’re totally cheesed off about me calling you a "train wreck" the other day. I admit that was [...]
dan tynan on Nov 23 2008 | Filed under: Computerworld, Culture Crash, Da Web, Geekishness, Google, Web 2.0
She was the new girl in town for a while, but Google Chrome has lost her shine. Sorry Chrome: You’ve been swell, but I’m going back to my old flame, Firefox.
Dear Firefox:
When we met three years ago, I thought: This is it, the browser I’ve been waiting for. I’ve found my life partner. So [...]
dan tynan on Sep 08 2008 | Filed under: Cringley, Google, Infoworld
It hardly seems possible that Google is now a tween. But it’s true: ten years ago, on September 7, 1998, Google Inc. was born.
Back then there were a dozen ways to search the Web — Excite, Lycos, Alta Vista, Hotwire, Yahoo, etc. — none of them particularly good. I would go from one to [...]
