Google have released a new video that has their brower, Chrome, squaring off against potatoes, sound and lightning.

There has been some criticism in the Twitisphere about the legitimacy of the clip. If you look closely, Google are clicking the forward button, not search, meaning these could be sites saved to the hard drive. Either way, I’m still impressed.

Continue Reading…

While the iPhone is still up in sales but dying in hype, Apple has finally come to the conclusion that they need to branch out further. Only one problem, where can they plant their next seed and legitimately convince the world that it doesn’t just want a new device, but that they need this new product in order to live a more productive and efficient life, within and outside of the everyday work environment.

With the world still in awe and amazement at the Amazon Kindle, it left people wondering what was next and sent the blogosphere into a frenzy, curious of when Apple was going to final throw their hate into the ring. Because for a long time, it was always lingering out there that Apple was working on a Tablet, which would make day to day computing easier for the average user.

Also from what we know and what is rumored, the Tablet is said to be a hybrid between the iMac and iPhone, with all the user-friendly applications that any techno geek could ever ask for. And within the last year the rumors have been building to the point that even stockbrokers are sleeping with one eye open and a firm grip on their blackberry, awaiting today’s Apple announcement.

It almost makes you question whether or not this was all Steve Jobs doing in order to keep people on their toes and all eyes on Apple.

Wander Tech: Today’s guest post once again from Clark, a fellow lover of all things tech and a prolific Twitterer. If you enjoyed reading his post, be sure to follow his tweets, I’m sure you will not be let down.

Wander Tech: Today’s guest post comes from Clark, a fellow lover of all things tech and a prolific Twitterer. If you enjoyed reading his post, be sure to follow his tweets, I’m sure you will not be let down.

We all know that television no matter where you’re located in the world is changing, but is it changing for the better or the worse.

As scripted shows go down in flames and reality shows like The Real World and Jersey Shore are thriving and taking over broadcast airtime, production companies are finding themselves in a situation where they have to beg for financial backing from networks, like scavengers over a dead carcass. Even after jumping through all the hoops, if a show doesn’t meet the expectations of the network, it is then placed on the shelf where it will never get the chance to see the light of day again.

In addition to the new difficulties to gather funds and build an audience under massive amounts of pressure and lack of support, producers are finding it hard to develop a quality series in this new era of television.

Unlike the days of I Love Lucy, Seinfeld, and Cheers, this new era of television doesn’t allow for shows to be promoted to the best of their abilities, given enough time to build a viewership or time to find their voice. And because of it many production companies are starting to rethink the web, what it has to offer and what it could evolve into.

With the success of video sharing sites like YouTube, Funny Or Die, and College Humor, many are taking a big leap of faith in their product and jumping over to online broadcasting as their outlet and doing away with all the conventional methods of developing a series.

Also many of these new outlets are showing to be successful tools for finding out what viewers really want and in the end helping to bridge the gap between production teams and their viewing audience.

It’s no secret that Google is a powerhouse in the digital world. Their search engine and applications are used by millions of users the world over every day and the new “Nexus One” smart phone is being touted as a potential iPhone killer. Success of this magnitude should mean that Google has one of the best business strategies around, so what happened with China (google.cn)?

Since being labelled an emerging super market, China quickly found itself square in the targets of North American super companies looking to replicate their current success. This is nothing new, businesses such as McDonalds and Subway have inserted their operating models in to foreign markets without much consideration to local culture/sutlties in the past, generally with a high rate of adoption. Unfortunately for Google, China is a whole new beast.

As Google’s blog points out, they have been plagued by attacks originating in China on their gmail service. The email accounts being hacked allegedly belong to human rights supporters residing in China. Google responded by demanding the government grant them the right to provide un-censored search results-

“These attacks and the surveillance they have uncovered–combined with the attempts over the past year to further limit free speech on the web–have led us to conclude that we should review the feasibility of our business operations in China. We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn, and so over the next few weeks we will be discussing with the Chinese government the basis on which we could operate an unfiltered search engine within the law, if at all.”

At present, all Chinese internet is censored and it doesn’t look like something that will change. Google have gone for their last throw of the dice and are throwing their weight but this looks like a battle Google will most definitely lose.

Googles failure serves as a warning to anyone looking to penetrate the Chinese market: Play by their rules or go home.