My good friend Dr. Thomas Ho made me aware of a development from Google this evening that I think will be pretty interesting if executed well. And let’s be honest, most of what Google does is done fairly well.

It appears that Google will be adding some social search functionality to their toolbox. Currently in development in the Google Labs, we’re told it should be coming publicly available soon.
The idea is that when you search, there will be results offered from those in your social networks as well. So, if you’re searching for images, you can bet that your friends images …read more

I came across this post where it talks about computer computer and discuss that a lot of users might not be getting sunlight but instead spending time in front of the computer tweeting their way throughout the day. What social network sites are you spending time on? Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, Twitter, Digg, StumbleUpon, Friendster, Tumblr, Xanga?

The post goes on to argue that people who spend time on Facebook has lower GPAs than their classmates who are not members of Facebook.
The post suggest ways to combat the time wasted on social networks like Tracking your time online, remembering the the …read more

I have written previously that Bing is Microsoft’s last stand and their ability to get bigger market share and become a real player in the search engine wars largely depend on the performance of Bing in the coming months and years. Initially, when Bing launched, traffic spiked which was normal but was no indication about a long term usage and growth.

For the month of June, Bing is looking great by becoming the 13th most visited site in the U.S. with 49.57 million. This puts Bing ahead of Digg, Twitter, and CNN. While their ultimate goal is far from happening, …read more

I came across an amazing link at Digg.com and was going to post it up but there were two problems. 1) The site was already down (Error 500, what?), and 2) There was a comment posted part way down the page that takes the cake when it comes to fixing PCs:
No, I will not fix your computer. Why?
a) It’s a Mac so I don’t ***** know how.
b) Jobs said it wouldn’t break.
        -From: krystalo, a Digg user
Once I finished laughing out loud, I realized something — this is very true! People bring their devices into the IT shop all …read more