Tag: google
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Tech behemoths battle to wall off podcasting
Aside from the news up in Minnesota other things are happening in the world and what happened today that has implications for free speech. Apple announced Apple Podcast Subscriptions. The purpose is to compete with Spotify and some of the latest upstarts in the podcast space. This has free speech implications because Apple controls the…
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What trick does Google have up its sleeve?
The headline reads, “Google to Stop Selling Ads Based on Your Specific Web Browsing”. Do you believe that? I don’t. I believe that they have reached such ad space dominance that they’ve found a way to crush competitors. Their only concern is squeezing more dollars from connecting users to advertisers. The only reason for them…
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Survey on podcasts
Do you listen to podcasts? If you do I’m interested to know how you consume this content. Please take this short survey. Thanks! Loading…
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What’s the deal with Android tablets?
Why on God’s green Earth is there such a dearth of Android based tablets? I need a new one. One that has a decent processor and runs the latest version of Android. The problem I’m facing is that they don’t exist and I want to know why? Can it be that I’m the only one…
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Election interference is real… and it seems to be Google
I have never clicked on the vote reminders from Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Prior to the election all those services annoyed me to no end with prompts about the election. Turns out maybe I should have checked this out because Google, at the very least, has been subtly steering people towards liberal candidates. In…
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Google antitrust suit… does it matter?
I use DuckDuckGo for search most of the time, Dropbox for my cloud storage, and I’ve recently moved to Microsoft Edge for my web browser. There are choices out there if you’re willing to look and switch. I also use Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Photos, Google Maps, and an Android phone. But I use them…