Pastor Terry Jones: Digitally Infamous
In Gainesville, Florida, lives a pastor of a small church of 50 people who is obviously a religious fanatic.
His hatred for the nation of Islam has compelled him to claim he will be having a Koran burning this Saturday, September 11, as a memorial for the Word Trade Center attacks 9 years ago.
Seemingly overnight he became world renowned, with many main stream political figures trying to convince him not to burn the Koran, including President Obama, The Pope, Hillary Clinton, the main General for the Afghanistan war, as well as many religious groups and so on.
The… Continue reading
3 Ways to Use Google Instant Search
Google’s new Instant Search feature has gotten a lot of attention in the past day or so, but what can it do for you?
Whether you are a busy SEO professional or a stay-at-home dad, you have probably noticed that Google has upgraded their search engine to provide instant results as you type. If you haven’t heard of this yet, according to statistics, you will experience it soon enough.
When you visit the search engine Google.com, you will be greeted by the same simple home page. The difference will be obvious once you begin to type. As soon as… Continue reading
Search Gets Even Faster with ‘Google Instant’
The mystery behind this week’s changing Google logo was revealed today as the company released its new searching platform, ‘Google Instant.’
In a San Francisco seminar this morning, Google announced it would be launching “Google Instant,” a faster, more interactive way to search the web.
When you search on Google today, your results will appear instantly. Instead of clicking the search button or pushing enter to see your results, the results of your search will appear as you type.
Not only can you see your search results as you type your query, but Google Instant will predict what… Continue reading
Google Voice Challenges Skype
Gmail got a little more competitive on Wednesday as Google unveiled its Google Voice phone service designed to allow its users to make free phone calls directly from their email inbox.
In a major move to challenge the success of Skype, Google is basically offering every Gmail user a way talk on the phone for free, at least in 2010, to landlines and cell phones in the United States and Canada. Not only can Gmail users call any phone numbers, but they will also be assigned their own Gmail phone numbers. That way, phone users can call Gmail Voice users… Continue reading
Government Can Track Your Car With GPS
A little later than predicted, 2010 is shedding light on a situation all too similar to Orwell’s 1984, where “Big Brother” is always watching.
According to an article by TIME magazine, featured on Yahoo! News, government agents can sneak onto your property in the middle of the night and plant a GPS tracker on your vehicle, making it possible for them to keep surveillance on your car’s every move.
Eight states including California now are implementing this rule in which the government does not require a search warrant to put a GPS tracker on your vehicle whenever they… Continue reading
