Google has presented “Project Glass” last week, a project to build augmented reality glasses “that helps you explore and share your world, putting you back into the moment.” When I heard about this first, I felt strangely reminded of the dystopian books written by Charles Stross.
I’ve recently started to “play” Foursquare – and I’m equally fascinated, amazed, confused and slightly worried by the paradox it presents to me. For those who have never heard of it, Foursquare is a web service that asks you to broadcast where you currently are – via Twitter if you want to – and leave comments about the places you visit. You can also track your friends locations and comments. In addition, you can get badges for certain activities and if[...]
Google Web History is a service that stores your Google searches and the results you clicked on. This can be helpful if you can’t find a site anymore which you found useful earlier. What Google Web History is not supposed to do is to continue to log searches from a computer that you haven’t been using in months! Spying with Google Web History Here is what happened: About six weeks ago I logged into Web History when I noticed some strange entries.[...]
