Welcome to a new segment on Random Ramblings, which will be at least a monthly feature, possibly more depending on how fast the Dark Lord Google makes its moves.
Logo rejected as “too obvious”
One thing that is becoming more and more obvious to people is that Google owns a little bit of everything. Some people, like myself, have embraced that. Some of those people, like myself, have realized that they are kind of Google-whores.
Yes, even Random Ramblings is under the gaze of the Dark Lord Google. After all, until I have the money (and re-learn the skills) to buy my own web-space and build my own website completely, this site is hosted by a company (Blogger) owned by Google. I also use (and love) Google Chrome, have Google Analytics keeping track of the site, and… well, I don’t need to continue for you to realize the extent. You could say that I’m something of an “inside man”, fighting the good fight from inside It’s lair.
That being said, I have some news to report to you, on recent moves that were made. Join me, for the first in this series!
The Dark Lord buys Flickr’s photo editor
Flickr’s default photo editing service, Picnik, was bought by the Dark Lord, which Picnik announced on March 1st. It is a powerful cloud-based photo editor, and integrated directly into Flickr. With Google’s purchase (and likely plans to integrate it into Google’s own photo-sharing product Picasa, it is likely Flickr will discontinue their use of Picnik.
An Execution: SearchWiki put “out of its misery”, replaced with “cute stars”
In what we here at Random Ramblings are sure comes as a surprise to SearchWiki’s family and friends, the Dark Lord put SearchWiki to death earlier this month. The search suggestion tool, considered unpopular by a number of tech blogs, has been replaced with “cute stars”, which you can click if you feel their suggestions are relevant. SearchWiki’s family is holding a private service to commemorate it’s passing.
Invading the real world: Google gains a foothold in the heart of the USA
Due to recent announcements from the Dark Lord about plans to sell one gigabit-per-second fiber optic broadband internet, the mayor of Topeka, Kansas has declared that for the month of March, “Topeka” is now to be known as “Google”. While it is not a legal change, it is an attempt to garnish It’s favor, and be the first place where Google’s 1Gb/sec internet (in exchange for their eternal souls). Random Ramblings will be keeping it’s eye on Google, Kansas. Just in case.
And that’s all we have for this first segment! Depending on how things go, you may see it back sooner, but look for updates again around the end of the month!
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