Google Image Search

Sometime over the summer, and apparently without enough fanfare for it to ping my sonar, Google announced a new “search by image” service. The idea is that you can either upload an image file, or post a link to an online image, an Google will go out and search either for matches to that image, [...]

Posted by Tom on September 28th, 2011 | 2 Comments Posted in Internet, Photography

The Perils of Cloud Computing

Yahoo is in trouble. That’s not news as it’s been going on for several years now, but it seems to be spiraling out of control even more. This week they announced a 4% reduction in their global workforce. Along with that they have announced the elimination of several popular services, including the social bookmarking site, [...]

Posted by Tom on December 17th, 2010 | 5 Comments Posted in Internet

Google Books Explored

Yesterday Google rocked the eBook world by announcing its entry into the market. Their approach is to host everything in the cloud, and all access would be remote. The upside would be that your books are available on any device. The downside would be that you would have to be constantly connected to read them. [...]

Posted by Tom on December 8th, 2010 | No Comments Posted in Internet

Bring Your Own Bandwidth

While in Washington State last week I didn’t have good Internet access. Laura’s mom still uses AOL dial-up. Neighbor Duff offered access to his WiFi, but we were just out of range. So this was the perfect chance to try tethering my laptop to my HTC Android phone. It worked brilliantly! I had explored several [...]

Posted by Tom on August 11th, 2010 | 2 Comments Posted in EdTech, Gear, General Technology

Google Squared

Google has released two cool new products this week. First, there is a major update to the user interface for Street View.  The transitions between scenes are much smoother, and it reminds me of Microsoft’s Photosynth technology.  One gets the feeling of looking around corners, and actually being immersed in the environment.  For a good [...]

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Posted by Tom on June 5th, 2009 | 2 Comments Posted in EdTech, General Technology, Internet
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