What was the fasting rising Google search of 2007? iPhone. Google’s 2007 Year-End Zeitgeist was recently released and showcases the “collective consciousness” of our world and the top newsmakers.
It also clues us into the consciousness of the Presidential campaign:
It’s also been an exciting year for celebrity happenings. February was a spike in Britney Spears searches [...]
Not sure if you’ve seen the power of Google Maps’ newish Street View feature. They’ve recently expanded and now feature 360 degree street-level photography in 21 US cities.
I’ve just recently discovered it since they’ve expanded to Boston. I would say that 95% of streets in Boston are covered. Google used special cameras attached to vehicles [...]
I’ve always thought that Gmail users were smarter and more intelligent. Looks like I may be right. According to Mashable, the latest stats show that those who use Gmail tend to earn a heck of a good amount more in income and tend to be younger. So we have the young and hip. Yahoo and [...]
Search was redefined by Google and since then the trend has been to copy the success of Google. As search evolves we discover great new tools to locate the information we need. The power of search now goes beyond strong algorithms. It is put into the hands of people. The social web is what Web [...]
I am a concierge for rich people. My company offers these services to various companies who inturn offer it to their customers and employees. I get scores of calls for various requests from tickets, flowers, and dining, to finding the value of a 1914 Barber Dime, locating an interpreter, or having a coat delivered to [...]
20/20 had a fascinating two hour special on moments caught on tape in 2006. The program focused much on YouTube and its hold on us this past year. Now, about 65,000 videos are uploaded daily to YouTube’s servers with 45+ terabytes of storage. What’s even more mind boggling is that it would take more than [...]
I remember the days of those customizable portals where you could view news, weather, email, a stock ticker, and other things at a glance. They were hot. Excite, Lycos, Infoseek. Now there’s Google’s Personalized Homepage which has hundreds of “Google Gadgets.” I’ve also tried NetVibes which is pretty good. Still, when it comes to news [...]
I’ve recently rediscovered the library. In my efforts to improve life I’ve tried to do some more reading, discover books and films that are of interest to me. My girlfriend works at a library and has been finding me some items of interest. I was searching for David Allen’s Getting Things Done on my library [...]
I posted recently about how mobile content may prevail as text-based content, like Google SMS. I’ve always known text messaging to be huge in the UK. In fact, a recent report put out by The Carphone Warehouse called the Mobile Life Report which shows texting more prevalent than voice calls.
On average, 3.6 text messages are [...]
I remember way back not too long ago when it was difficult to find someone who used mobile SMS text messaging. I don’t know how many 10 cent texts I sent finding out the recipient was not an SMS subscriber. Things have changed, but now there seems to have been a new wave of multimedia [...]
