2 years ago I shared about a blogger and follower/friend of mine, Ali Akbar, who purchased the domain, googleappsengine.com (he still owns it) in order to create an AppEngine-related blog (since Google apparently forgot to purchase the domain). Ali received a threatening Cease-and-Desist from Google shortly after asking him to immediately discontinue use of the domain and “Take immediate steps to transfer the Domain Name to Google”. It would appear that Google needs to take a dose of its own medicine though. To my surprise, I’ve realized recently that my articles from StayNAlive.com and other blogs are being shared, in their full text, on Buzz and having my ads stripped from them, without my permission.
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Six months ago Google announced that in phasing out the obsolete internet explorer 6 it will now removing support from Orkut and Youtube and started pushing its user for modern browsers.
Google has now given specific notice to users that now Google is removing its support from youtube users from March 13, 2010 via a page on Google.com titled Solve a Problem: Upgrading your browser:
Support stops on March 13th. Stopped support essentially means that some future features on YouTube will be rolled out that won’t work in older browsers.
YouTube will have an interstitial appear when users on older browser try to watch a video on YouTube. Google says the interstitial will show up indefinitely every two weeks until the user upgrades to the most recent version of their browser. Google deems anything below IE7, Firefox 3.0, Chrome 4.0, and Safari 3.0 as an “older browser.” Users on these browsers will still be able to watch YouTube videos, but additional features that Google plans to roll out may not be supported in these older browsers.
Late month, Google announced it will end old browser support for Google Docs and Google Sites on March 1, 2010 and earlier this month, the company announced it would start to phase out support for these browsers for Google Mail and Google Calendar by year end. Google is pushing both enterprise and consumer users towards newer browsers on all its Web properties.
Google’s stance on IE6 varies from Microsoft’s because the search giant does not need to support Windows XP, the operating system with which IE6 first shipped, as long as Redmond (which will support XP and IE6 until April 8, 2014). Microsoft, on the other hand, which has stated time and time again that it wants to see IE6 disappear as much as anyone else, refuses to force anyone to upgrade (though it’s worth noting that the software giant’s Office Web Apps won’t support IE6 either, just like Google Docs) and says the decision is ultimately up to the user.
Microsoft is trying to push users to upgrade by touting IE8’s many features over IE6, particularly in the area of security. So far, this has worked relatively well, as IE8 is the most popular browser, although IE6 is still used by about 20 percent of surfers worldwide, according to NetApplications.
One more getting down for Internet Explorer 6
Six months ago Google announced that in phasing out the obsolete internet explorer 6 it will now removing support from Orkut and Youtube and started pushing its user for modern browsers.
Google has now given specific notice to users that now Google is removing its support from youtube users from March 13, 2010 via a page on Google.com titled Solve a Problem: Upgrading your browser:
Support stops on March 13th. Stopped support essentially means that some future features on YouTube will be rolled out that won’t work in older browsers.YouTube will have an interstitial appear when users on older browser try to watch a video on YouTube. Google says the interstitial will show up indefinitely every two weeks until the user upgrades to the most recent version of their browser. Google deems anything below IE7, Firefox 3.0, Chrome 4.0, and Safari 3.0 as an “older browser.” Users on these browsers will still be able to watch YouTube videos, but additional features that Google plans to roll out may not be supported in these older browsers.
Late month, Google announced it will end old browser support for Google Docs and Google Sites on March 1, 2010 and earlier this month, the company announced it would start to phase out support for these browsers for Google Mail and Google Calendar by year end. Google is pushing both enterprise and consumer users towards newer browsers on all its Web properties.
Google’s stance on IE6 varies from Microsoft’s because the search giant does not need to support Windows XP, the operating system with which IE6 first shipped, as long as Redmond (which will support XP and IE6 until April 8, 2014). Microsoft, on the other hand, which has stated time and time again that it wants to see IE6 disappear as much as anyone else, refuses to force anyone to upgrade (though it’s worth noting that the software giant’s Office Web Apps won’t support IE6 either, just like Google Docs) and says the decision is ultimately up to the user.
Microsoft is trying to push users to upgrade by touting IE8’s many features over IE6, particularly in the area of security. So far, this has worked relatively well, as IE8 is the most popular browser, although IE6 is still used by about 20 percent of surfers worldwide, according to NetApplications.
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Tags: Browser Support, Browser Users, Consumer Users, Docs, Google, Ie7, Internet Explorer, Mail, March 1, Office Web, Operating System, Orkut, Safari, Six Months, Software Giant, Web Apps, Web Properties, Worth Noting That, Year End, Youtube Videos
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Security guard Jason, 25, of Nottingham, said: “I couldn’t believe it. It’s just like the descriptions of Nessie.”
Researcher Adrian Shine, of the Loch Ness Project, said: “This is really intriguing. It needs further study.”
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Google Labs, the testing ground for the search giant’s experimental products, just released a new project today: Google Listen, an audio search engine that runs as a Google Android app (for now). It allows you to stream or download podcasts, web audio, news shows, and more through your phone.
This is a preview of
Google is now listening as well – Audio Search Engine
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Wikipedia a project of Wikimedia Foundation, the non profit organization has just released its first official iPhone application for Wikipedia. Wikipedia Mobile, which is available for free in the App Store now (iTunes link), gives users access to iPhone-formatted Wikipedia articles. The truth, however, is that this isn’t a very good application and doesn’t really go beyond anything the regular mobile Wikipedia website doesn’t already do. Indeed, the app is basically just a wrapper for the mobile Wikipedia site.
Tags: Advanced Feature, Apps, Iphone, Itunes, Mobile Team, Non Profit Organization, Open Source Application, Search Field, Truth, Wapedia, Wikipedia
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