Google I/O Will Double as Big Data Experiment
Google I/O Will Double as Big Data Experiment (via slashdot) When the Google I/O 2013 conference kicks off May 15, the crowds of developers and Google-philes swarming San Francisco’s Moscone Center will find themselves involved in a massive Big Data experiment, courtesy of the Google Cloud Platform Developer Relations team. “Since we love open source hardware… continue…
Google Continues to Show Kansas That Google Fiber Love
Google Continues to Show Kansas That Google Fiber Love (via slashdot) Google hearts Kansas. The search-engine giant announced May 2 that Shawnee, Kansas will become the next city to receive Google Fiber. Google already has plans to install the high-speed broadband network in nearby Kansas City and Olathe, Kansas. “We’ve also been impressed by Shawnee’s vision to…
Google Glass Kernel Code Hits the Web
Google Glass Kernel Code Hits the Web (via slashdot) The kernel code for Google Glass, Google’s augmented-reality eyewear, is now available for download in a convenient 65.7MB file. “Currently there is a tarball of the kernel source in downloads,” read a short note on code.google.com. “This is unlikely to be the permanent home for the kernel… continue…
Was Google’s Motorola Mobility Acquisition a Mistake?
Was Google’s Motorola Mobility Acquisition a Mistake? (via slashdot) Did Google make a mistake when it purchased Motorola Mobility? When Google first announced that acquisition in August 2011, some analysts saw it as a spectacular coup. In exchange for $12.5 billion, the search-engine giant gained a hardware division and a boatload of patents. Those patents, in turn… continue…
WikiLeaks Posts Transcript of Assange, Google Chair
WikiLeaks Publishes Transcript of Julian Assange, Google Chairman Talk (via slashdot) WikiLeaks has produced a transcript of a “secret” meeting between Google CEO Eric Schmidt and WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange, who at the time was under house arrest in the United Kingdom. Schmidt and Jared Cohen, a former advisor to Hillary Clinton, were researching a book, “The New Digital… continue…
Google’s BigQuery vs. Hadoop: A Matchup
Google’s BigQuery vs. Hadoop: A Matchup (via slashdot) Ready to “Analyze terabytes of data with just a click of a button”? That’s the claim Google makes with its BigQuery platform. The accompanying BigQuery Webpage offers two case studies; one of them features a gaming company that found Hadoop too slow and costly for crunching massive amounts of… continue…
Google Glass and Surveillance Culture
Google Glass and Surveillance Culture (via slashdot) Google’s April Fool spoofs have never been particularly funny, but it was only this year that they became slightly sinister: Google Nose, a satirically imagined search service for smells, reminded us that the company has graduated beyond the intellect and is now moving in on the senses. Consumer… continue…
Google’s Schmidt Says Android, Chrome OS Will Remain Separate
Google’s Schmidt Says Android, Chrome OS Will Remain Separate (via slashdot) Google’s Chrome OS and Android will remain separate platforms, according to executive chairman Eric Schmidt. Reuters also paraphrased Schmidt as saying that, despite the separation, there could still be some feature overlap between the two products. Earlier this month, longtime Android division head… continue…
Four Google Reader Alternatives
Four Google Reader Alternatives (via slashdot) Google Reader: officially pronounced doomed. Google is whacking Google Reader, claiming the RSS reader’s user base has been steadily declining over the past few years. “There are two simple reasons for this: usage of Google Reader has declined, and as a company we’re pouring all of our energy… continue…
Finding and Fixing Ajax’s Elusive Bugs
Let’s start with some background. Google was an early pioneer of the Web development technique called “Ajax.” Ironically, when you Google the phrase “What is Ajax?” the search engine comes back with A Greek hero of the Trojan war, son of Telamon, king of Salamis. He was proverbial for his size and strength. In Web development, however, AJAX is an acronym for Asynchronous JavaScript And XML. It’s a technique for refreshing only part of a Web page — rather than… continue…
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