I mentioned before that I'm trying the exercise of removing Google from my life. I also mentioned that Google Voice is one of those sticky wickets for this whole process. I've been doing some research, and here's what I've found.
Before I present my research I'd like to highlight what …
read moreA while back on The Fediverse (using the Mastodon Client / Server software) I posted about a thought experiment wherein I wondered out-loud what it would take to completely remove Google from my life. I was reminded of this with a recent story about how Google is cutting back on laptops …
read moreThis year Google will stop supporting and remove Google Hangouts. Google Hangouts, if you're not aware, was Google's replacement for their chat program Google Talk. Google Talk was a XMPP-based chat client that was available for all users of Google services. Google Hangouts was rolled out around the same time …
read moreI'd like to thank Google for making me afraid to do a search on something that I'm mildly curious about.
"Hey, we noticed you looked up SNK games. HERE'S 1500 NEWS ITEMS ABOUT UPCOMING PLAYMORE SNK RELEASES BECAUSE YOU HAVE SHOWN INTEREST! ARE YOU NOT PLEASED?"
"Hey we noticed you …
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