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The Evilometer

Posted Wednesday, September 24, 2008 4:27 AM by stevecla01
[image Getty] I’m not claiming MSFT are Saints but this made me laugh in Wired this month - Hooking Google to the Evil Meter Wired has some of the ratings too from philanthropic to censorship. Read More...
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Google has plants in New York

Posted Monday, September 15, 2008 3:35 AM by stevecla01
I saw them with my own eyes…on 9th Ave. Read More...
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Building Google's second-largest business

Posted Friday, September 12, 2008 7:40 PM by stevecla01
Many observers agree that Google is really in one business and whether we call it advertising or search they’re one and the same from a revenue perspective. By contrast, Steve Ballmer has talked recently about Microsoft’s success at building several multibillion Read More...
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Will changes to Google's food perks impact productivity?

Posted Tuesday, August 26, 2008 2:17 PM by stevecla01
  I read the ValleyWag post regarding Google's food perks on the chopping block last week and was surprised one obvious angle didn’t come up – as the workforce has less reason to stay and work late, does productivity go down? Same goes for Microsoft Read More...
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Lastminute.com goes mobile with Google Gears

Posted Friday, August 22, 2008 12:52 PM by stevecla01
I’ve got to take my hat off to Google and Lastminute for the use of Gears and location awareness to make m.lastminute.com a fantastically useful site. I just tested on my HTC S620 (which doesn’t have GPS) and it located me in Chiswick through cell ID Read More...
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The Fall of Google, the Rebirth of Microsoft and the Changing Face of Apple and Linux

Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 11:55 PM by stevecla01
I usually try to re-title my posts from the originator but on this occasion I felt the title of a recent post had to stay. There is a whole load of commentary in Rob’s post that is of course music to my ears, and on Apple in particular he was joined this Read More...
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Did Google just make me look like an idiot?

Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 1:37 PM by stevecla01
A quote from a Google Apps customer in the Infoworld post last week on Gmail leaves Google Apps admins nervous . I talked about this in a post myself earlier in the week that highlights the perils of a SaaS solution when you have to rely on connectivity Read More...
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Swapping Google for Microsoft

Posted Thursday, August 14, 2008 11:01 AM by stevecla01
Google has been making some noise of late with wins for their Google Apps solution – notably at The Telegraph newspaper and Sanmina-SCI . With this weeks GMail outages though I wonder if those customers are considering their decision? I doubt it, but Read More...
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Find, Replace, Google, Yahoo

Posted Tuesday, July 15, 2008 5:04 PM by stevecla01
Hugh, we need an edit of this with Yahoo replacing Google. Guaranteed coverage in large media outlets will ensue :) Read More...
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In Google We Trust

Posted Sunday, May 25, 2008 10:35 PM by stevecla01
digg_url = 'http://blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/archive/2008/05/25/in-google-we-trust.aspx'; I don’t normally discuss Google stuff on this blog but after reading The Sunday Times today and some comments made my Larry Page I couldnt’t resist. This is the Read More...
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Getting to the top of Google

Posted Monday, May 05, 2008 9:01 PM by stevecla01
digg_url = 'http://blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/archive/2008/05/05/getting-to-the-top-of-google.aspx'; I read Searching to get to the top of Google   in The Sunday Times yesterday and enjoyed it so much I thought I would share here two interesting facts Read More...
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Google goes Software plus Services

Posted Thursday, April 03, 2008 1:29 AM by stevecla01
[image from CW] I double checked before I posted this given the article was dated April 1st but it’s validated on Google’s own blog in Bringing the cloud with you . So now Google is part of the Software plus Services world we’ve been Read More...
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Scoble gambling on Google

Posted Friday, March 28, 2008 5:34 AM by stevecla01
Dennis Howlett has laid a $500 bet at Scoble’s door following Robert’s “ Google is making a run for the enterprise ” post this week. I read the post and almost replied but Dennis did a way better job than I could have. No question Read More...
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Why Is GMail Still in Beta?

Posted Monday, March 03, 2008 11:04 AM by stevecla01
Sidebar by Eric Gillin Not the kind of thing I expected to see covered in Esquire but it started a fun conversation between Darren Strange, myself and a PR chap we know about what beta means these days. I have my own views but would love to hear yours...does Read More...
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Microsoft predicts rise of the datacentre

Posted Tuesday, February 26, 2008 11:58 AM by stevecla01
image credit - New York Times   The headline is form the Financial Times yesterday - this topic is going to be a big one this year. Steve Ballmer predicted that "a new super-group of tech companies would dominate the cloud computing market, Read More...
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