dan tynan on Dec 01 2009 | Filed under: Cringley, Google, Infoworld, Web 2.0
Dan Lyons, perhaps better known to residents of Cringeville as the evil genius behind the Fake Steve Jobs blog, has a curious piece in the current issue of Newsweek talking about the rivalry between Google and Microsoft.
It’s curious, because Lyons — who usually seems like a pretty sharp guy — doesn’t seem to [...]
dan tynan on Nov 19 2009 | Filed under: Cringley, Google, Infoworld, Web 2.0
I’ve come to the conclusion that the end of civilization as we know it is indeed upon us. And I blame Google.
Though all search engines are at fault, Google in particular is contributing the most to the dumbing down of the Web, which in turn leads to the dumbing down of everything else. Eventually [...]
dan tynan on Nov 10 2009 | Filed under: Cringley, Faux News, Google, Infoworld
Rupert Murdoch says he may make his sites invisible to Google and other news aggregators. Good luck with that, Sir Rupe.
dan tynan on Mar 23 2009 | Filed under: Computerworld, Culture Crash, Google
Behold the power and majesty of the almighty Google algorithm. See how it glows even in the brightest sunlight and disappears when you try to touch it. Just don’t ask how it works, cuz it’s a big secret.
Stop me if you’ve heard this one.
Big publishers are complaining that Google gives short shrift to the originators [...]
