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Facebook Disabled My Account!
May 1st
Facebook disabled my account! I think the problem is a misunderstanding. I have already contacted Facebook about subject and will inform you on any development. Anyone would like to contact me should feel free to use e-mail as always.
The Bulk of Shopping Still Takes Place in Store
Mar 30th
It’s hard to believe it, but it’s true–less than 5% of retail sales are actually done online! The rest still happen on Main Street, at the mall, and at the big-box retailer down the road. So how does the Internet come in handy? It’s perfect for doing research before you hit the road so you know exactly what you want and where to get it.
Original post at: http://milo.com/blog/the-bulk-of-shopping-still-takes-place-in-store/
YouTube Music Discovery Project and Playlist Creation Tool
Feb 10th
YouTube Disco is YouTube’s new toy, where you can search for a song or artist and start listening right away. Service also includes videos and it’s free.
Google as an ISP?
Feb 10th
Where we have lost the line? Do not get me wrong I’m really a fun of Google’s works and services. I like their business approach and customer satisfaction policy. They are giving best free online mail service with POP3 and IMAP support. Nearly all of their services are free. But they started with a search engine. Then they added social web services. Bought every major company on their way like YouTube. Created a mobile phone product. Working on their own OS, GoogleOS. Started serving public DNS service. Trying to change e-mail system with their own way, Google Wave. Lots of products Google has created could be observed easily very successful and harmless if they are not considered with a wide angle of view. Now Google is preparing to enter ISP business. You got the big picture? Another monopoly firm that takes control of every communication technology. Their policy as now is nothing like that. They do their business and earn money from their advertisement systems and their services. But with this much control power and that much income it will be only a matter of time for them to turn Dark Side. I hope they will continue to extend their portfolio, because they are really good in this business and they give more service to customer much more cheaper. For now on IT sector no other firm is better than Google, even there is much more evil firms trying to earn money by doing nothing.
Only solution for avoiding a company to take control over electronic communication systems is simple, using and forcing open standards. On the wave started with Mozilla Firefox we have been able to come these days; where web is not restricted to one specific browser or OS and free for everyone. Support open standards like Google do and use them. Only this way companies like Google will continue to preserve their quality of service and Internet will be free as in freedom and free as in beer.