In its unyielding quest to control every miniscule tidbit of information that could ever possibly be produced by or for the human mind, Google – through its philanthropic arm, Google.org – has stepped into predicting the future. Yes, your future. More specifically, Google Flu Trends plans to tell you when you’re going to get the [...]
NYTimes.com’s Wordtrain is taking user-submitted feelings and putting them into a time-wasting extravaganza that’s nearly impossible to look away from.
In the grand history of e-mail no one has ever sent a drunken message and remained proud of said message the morning after. What’s a horned or angry drunk to do? You can’t pull back the e-mail, but you can certainly make it harder than hell to send it! Insert Google’s latest proof that they [...]
AllFacebook.com’s Nick O’Neil reports the great fall of the Facebook App. His app, a countdown clock to President Bush’s exit, had its heyday with 50,000 users, he said. After the Sept. 11 launch of Facebook’s redesign, he saw traffic cut off practically overnight. Exhibit A: The chart below showing the traffic drop by day. (Click [...]