Archives for 2009

December 16, 2009

Mozilla exec: Bing is not popular enough for Firefox

“Bing is a new contender in the search space and while I personally think it’s making solid progress, our users are not asking for it in great numbers yet. But we reevaluate our search providers regularly and we are not precluded by any arrangements with other search providers from adding anything we believe our users want.”

Translation: we don’t want another search option because it will eat away at revenues generated from our partnership with Google.

Dragon Dictate for iPhone

I’ve heard that this app is excellent – it’s a shame that it’s only available in the US App Store.

December 15, 2009

This decade’s best commercials

As chosen by AdWeekMedia.

Two versions of the Nexus One

One to be sold unlocked via the Google website, the other with a T-Mobile contract. The reported release date of January 5 took me by surprise.

goo.gl

Google’s URL shortener.

Google URL Shortener is currently available for Google products and not for broader consumer use.

fb.me

Apparently, Facebook is rolling out its own URL shortener. Smart move.