Internet leading our next step in evolution?
You have to love the open-minded, scientific genius.
You stay classy, Microsoft
Microsoft is using an ad online featuring a woman projectile vomiting from seeing something in her significant other’s browsing history to market Internet Explorer 8. They’re promoting the new private browsing feature, hosted by TV’s former Superman, Dean Cain. Yep, it’s real. I wish I was kidding: http://mashable.com/2009/07/01/ie-vomiting/ Another example of Microsoft’s horrendously awful marketing lately. Apple uses Justin Long and John Hodgman. Fun and clever. Microsoft uses bullshit laptop buyers in a Best Buy going for cheap instead of quality, and now, projectile vomiting. Ironically, it’s how I feel... Read full article →
Safari 4 supports HTML 5 features and CSS 3
No longer in Beta. http://www.apple.com/safari/what-is.html Nice to see advanced web design/development feature support. It’s nice to see a major computer company pushing innovation on the web. The browser wars wage on. Tweet
AOL to Lay Off 10 Percent of Staff, Cutting 700, Due to Ad Meltdown and a Refocusing on New Structure
I finally waned my mother-in-law off of thinking she needed AOL software on her computer to access the internet and e-mail. They’ve had to reinvent themselves several times since 2000. At this point, I’m surprised it was only 10%. Maybe their plans for mobile web apps will keep the rest of their staff busy.
Google changed their favicon again
A favicon is a small logo that appears in your browser’s address bar or tab, and the bookmarks/favorites drop-down menu. Here’s this year’s new multi-color version: Google blogged about how they came to the new favicon here: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/googles-new-favicon.html Here’s the original (still seen in the Firefox toolbar search box): The first change was last year’s little ‘g’: I still think last year’s change was a nice idea. The font has a fun feel to it, but they didn’t match it with the same blue that’s found in the Google logo,... Read full article →
Pandora and other Internet Radio could be forced to close their virtual doors
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fasterforward/2008/08/music_biz_still_trying_to_kill.html It’s brain-dead what the music industry is doing to itself. They’ve already lost touch with the modern world so much that they’ve marginalized their product to the point where people find no value in owning a copy of it. Making the discovery of, and purchase of, new music less-easy is an ingenious way to flush new-found money down the toilet. The Internet Radio Equality Act needs to be put in place. Terrestrial radio gets their content for free (thanks to the corporate-owned lobbying they have) for the same content... Read full article →