The discussions about the ethics of facebook are old and everyone knows my oppinion on their ethics. But now I discovered a youtube video shared by a Google Product Manager on Google plus that Facebook will filter out your invitations to Googleplus from your friends facebook news stream. It is not new that facebook is …
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Will Google plus be the Facebook Killer? What do you think?
Hey everyone! Last week I sent out over 100 invitations to Google Plus. I know some of you are still waiting to be allowed to join. But for those who have seen G+ I would love to hear your oppinion on Google Plus. Do you think it will become a serious major social networking site? …
Why Google Plus and social networking is so important to Google
Finally Google made the big step to enter the social networking market. (Here my first thoughts and impressions on Google+. ) There were quite a lot of rumors about it and of course everyone saw it coming. In the actual discussions, there seems to be a lot of confusion about why social networking is actually …
First Impressions of Google+ Usability Reminding of Apple
Yesterday I was finally able to receive an invitation to Google+ (thanks to Lisa!). After seeing it from the inside, I am convinced that this is the killer application that will stop Facebook. Google+ feels totally comfortable. It also allows you to make your communication much more effective. When you login to Google+, Google already …
My opinion on the antitrust investigation by Federal Trade Commission against Google
In the last days, there was a lot of media coverage on the the antitrust investigation by the FTC against Google. In my opinion, this investigation is ridiculous. Let me explain why: The Facts From an FTC Point of view Google is the leading search engine on the net. Companies and the FTC seem to …
First privacy impressions of my new android phone
My new cellphone finally arrived today. Being a fan of Google products, I was excited to test Android and get a feeling for everything. I wasn’t sure whether I would really need a smartphone or whether it was rather a time wasting but cool toy. After a bit of testing and playing around, I have …
Phishing Warning – Your Gmail Account Verification!!!
I just received an email that said I should verify my gmail account. It was sent from an emailadress of dataconfmation.accnt@gmail.com with username: Gmaildata@googlemail.com This email seems to be a phishing attack – they ask for your gmail password! Do not reply to it!. It looks like this: This verification updates is mandatory for all our …
Business Model of Metaweb with freebase
Today I want to talk about one of my favourite Internet start ups. It is called Metaweb. Metaweb was founded in 2005. To my knowledge it had two rounds of investment (all together about 60 Million US Dollar) and it was bought by Google in June 2010. So why do I love metaweb? Well they …
Google, Facebook & co. are not free!
Besides ecommerce one really big Internet business model obviously is the trade or monetarization of data. This Blogpost reminded to write an article about this topic. I think the author points out the most important facts! Services like Facebook / gmail / Youtube and so on are not free. Moneywise they are free of charge but …
The secrete behind Googles success revealed by Eric Schmidt
Today Eric Schmidt was a trending topic on Twitter. The reason seems that at AllThingsD9l Walt Mossberg was interviewing Eric Schmidt the former Google CEO. Please listen to this man. He has an amazing viewpoint! This could also fill into privacy or collective intelligence but the topic is much deeper. While most people discuss on …