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Google this is ridiculous

Google this is ridiculous

Google you’re doing it wrong. Very wrong. This is utterly ridiculous. It’s a screenshot with a standard Firefox browser, in the standard screen resolution (1280×800), on a Ubuntu machine with only the OS top panel showing (the bottom is hidden, to reproduce more or less the screen estate you’d have on a Mac). Hell, I’ve even hidden the bookmark bar and status bar and – STILL – the content area is tall not more than …

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Google Plus keeps your data as much as Facebook does

Google Plus keeps your data as much as Facebook does

When you delete an account from Google+, Google promises you to delete all the data associated with your G+ profile. Well, I deleted mine some time ago, but while trying out the new Youtube homepage the first thing I saw was this: My circles are still saved, my real name is showing and the same is probably true for the people in my circles. Yet another reminder: don’t believe the big guys, data deletion doesn’t …

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Google starts playing seriously with ipv6

Google starts playing seriously with ipv6

Just a little secret shared between you, me, and a few hundred readers of my blog. It’s a while Google has ipv6 services (if you’re an ipv6 enabled user, you can access google search at ipv6.google.com for example). The news here is that Google has sent private invites to beta test their Ipv6 services, to the users of SIXXS.net. Dear Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx, As you may know I work for Google in Zurich. Google has launched …

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Google Reader wants me to learn more. But I do *not* want to learn. Anything.

Google Reader wants me to learn more. But I do *not* want to learn. Anything.

Seems like Google is desperate about getting me to make new google friends. Of course the info bubble does not have a close button. Does not disappear even if I: click in the white space of the rest of the page refresh the page with F5. perform logout and login (yes, afterwards you’ll find it there). Google reader is very nice but I really: don’t want any google friend don’t want to learn more just …

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