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Symptom of the Disease: Google, the White House and a $1.8 million fundraiser

By Steve McGough / October 28, 2010 /

Do you have an issue with Google driving around the world capturing personal information? While many countries are holding Google to a high standard and taking them to court, claiming private information was stolen, Google management raised $1.8 million for Democrats at one dinner … and four days later…

Google releases GMail video and audio chat

By Steve McGough / November 12, 2008 / Comments Off on Google releases GMail video and audio chat

For those of you with a video camera on your Mac or a stand alone webcam, Google just released GMail Video Chat.

Leaning GOP? Leaning Dem? Google interactive map poll monitoring

By Steve McGough / October 8, 2010 /

The interactive map – coded by Google using their maps API – displays data from multiple polling outfits and allows users to quickly dig down to specific races and check out current status. As an example, you can find out if your district is Safe Dem, Likely Dem, Leans Dem, Toss Up, Leans GOP, Likely…

Iran’s “punch” heard round the world – emergency UN meetings scheduled (Update)

By Steve McGough / February 11, 2010 /

On the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, the countries leaders have announced a huge blow to the west. The stunning “punch” leaves western leaders unbalanced as they make plans to meet in emergency session at the United Nations. Iran turned off GMAIL!

Content item properties prove damn important – United Airlines looses $1 billion

By Steve McGough / September 12, 2008 / Comments Off on Content item properties prove damn important – United Airlines looses $1 billion

Let this be a lesson for all of the Web content mangers out there. Back in 2002, when a story was published to a Web site, there little thought about properties associated with news items. In this case, the five-year-old story didn’t have a publish date. When an old story gets pulled out of a…

Mr. Blumenthal, you are a Senator now

By SoundOffSister / December 18, 2010 /

Even though Richard Blumenthal is now Senator-elect for Connecticut, he is apparently continuing his “job creation through litigation” program.  Here are the facts behind his newest venture. For quite some time, Google has been collecting data that it has used to create its on-line mapping service.  Earlier this year, however, it was revealed that Google…

Google fu – Islam search type-ahead feature censored

By Steve McGough / January 5, 2010 /

Google seems to be messing with the way their type-ahead pre-fill service works on their Web site’s search engine. Typing ‘Christianity is’ (no quotes) into the search engine yields interesting suggested searches but the experience is quite different when typing ‘Islam is’.

California Prop 8 donor maps showing up

By Steve McGough / January 16, 2009 /

With campaign finance regulation, comes a great amounts of data. You had to know that this was coming. Does this map freak you out? Maybe just a little? Many events tend to raise suspicion amongst the population. Take for instance, a person walking the street carrying a pistol in a holster openly; not concealed. Some…

Google Maps: No Roads in Israel?

By Steve McGough / January 25, 2008 / Comments Off on Google Maps: No Roads in Israel?

I’ve been reading some information concerning the fence that was destroyed between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. I wanted to look at a map for an overview. Where are the roads in Israel? How about the West Bank or Gaza? Go ahead, zoom in, pan around. Nothing is there. View Larger Map I understand that…