Not sure about Google

[Big Sarge]

Originally Posted by InfiniteIce

They edit people out before they render it to the live server.

They are going to erase Wolf? OMG!!!

[xoxoxoBruce]

No, they just blur faces.

[Lamplighter]

Does anyone care about about regulation of European “internet competition rules” ?

I don’t… A pox on both their houses…

Microsoft, Once an Antitrust Target, Is Now Google’s Regulatory Scold
NY Times - DANNY HAKIM - APRIL 15, 2015

Not long ago, Microsoft was the scourge of European antitrust regulators.
It was fined once, twice, three and four times.
Finally, after Microsoft paid more than $3 billion, Europe left it alone.

Now, Google is firmly in Europe’s cross hairs: Antitrust regulators on Wednesday
formally accused the company of abusing its dominance.

And Microsoft is relishing a second act in Brussels, playing the role of scold instead of victim.

Here are the players …. No, Here is the player...step-twin of the Koch brothers

Microsoft has links, to varying degrees, with the three initial complainants
that sparked the antitrust investigation into Google.
And Microsoft has founded or funded a cottage industry of splinter groups.
[1]
The most prominent, the Initiative for a Competitive Online Marketplace,
or Icomp has waged a relentless public relations campaign promoting grievances against Google.
Icomp hosts webinars, panel discussions and news conferences.
It conducted a study that suggested changes made by Google
to appease regulators were largely window dressing.
[2]
Ciao, a German comparison shopping site, claimed that its agreement to use
Google’s search services restricted its ability to do advertising deals with Google’s rivals.
The site was bought by Microsoft before the company filed its complaint.
[3]
The third complainant, the French search company Ejustice.fr,
has been advised by Jacques Lafitte. Mr. Lafitte, a Brussels lobbyist,
previously served as a top corporate affairs official for Microsoft in Europe.

[glatt]

I'm still bitter at the Germans for banning street view in their country.

I bet they use street view all the time to look at other countries.

[busterb]

twice other night I woke to find my computer running. Next morning I looked and was Google updater running every hour. Reset that task and maybe will stop that shit.

[BigV]

Pretty sure they've given up caring what you think, or what I think. They're much, much more interested in what your grandchildren think. It's a design change intended to appeal to them, not us.

[Gravdigr]

Young minds are easier to warp mold.

[xoxoxoBruce]

But they still do what I want them to do, better than anyone else.
If they make the best burgers, but they do bad pizza, I'll still go to them for burgers.

[Undertoad]

It's slightly better than the previous logo

[xoxoxoBruce]

Google's latest design shrank the logo from 2,145 bytes to only 305.

[Clodfobble]

Today Mr. Clod took my stepdaughter to her counseling appointment, and when he entered the address into his phone Google cheerfully announced (on screen, not actually out loud) that he had been to this same location one year ago, and would he like to store it in his list?

It was also quick to let him know that no one could see this data except him... and presumably any Google employee, and anyone who hacks his phone, and anyone who hacks the right Google server.

But he just sighed and moved on, because none of us are going to stop using smartphones or GPS or Google. We've given up, they can just have all our data.

[sexobon]

You're not sure about Google; but, Google's sure about you.

[BigV]

That's pretty funny, sexobon.


Clod, just curious, why did Mr Clod enter into his phone the address of the office?

[Clodfobble]

Because it's usually my job to take her, and he'd only been there once (a year ago.) Unless he's completely 100% familiar with where he's going, he lets Google Maps tell him how to get there.

[Lamplighter]

Any dwellars familiar with using Chromcast on a Mac (desktop) ?

I've been trying to make it work, and did for the first time.
But now I have forgotten or lost something that is needed.

In any case, in my ramblings thru the Google atmosphere,
I got the following msg, which doesn't conflict with my expectations of Big G,
but nonetheless it does seem a bit explicit and frankly "scary" to me.

Can someone explain this popup msg - where it says "It can now:" ?


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