It does make me laugh when I get a SSL message from Google (Chrome) about Google SSL. Your connection is not private Attackers might be trying to steal your information from www.google.com (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards). Learn more NET::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID Help improve Safe Browsing by sending some system information and page content to Google. Privacy[Read More]
Australia Call to break up Google
AUSTRALIA’S competition watchdog has been told to recommend Google be broken up. The call is in a submission by News Corp Australia to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s digital platforms inquiry. It is believed to be the first time a major media company anywhere in the world has suggested Google be split into different[Read More]
Google Merchandise
Google merchandise is sold online at: Google Store: store.google.com Google Merchandise Store: googlemerchandisestore.com Facebook: Made by Google Wear OS by Google: wearos.google.com Sadly, it appears Google no longer retails Google Goo Google Store Phones Home & Entertainment Virtual Reality Accessories Google Store: store.google.com</a< Google Merchandise Store Apparel Bags Drinkware Accessories Office googlemerchandisestore.com For many years[Read More]
Chrome: Your connection is not private
The problem with Google Chrome security warnings: it blocks perfectly good websites. I understand it’s early days (May 2018) but it is still presenting warnings on it’s own web sites, so what chance do non-Google websites stand? Here is the offending message when I attempted to visit: https://www.google.com/recaptcha/admin Your connection is not private Attackers might be[Read More]
Google Chrome: Security Warnings
Sorry, but I’ve been banging on about this issue for sometime. Google has decided it wants to be big brother. Through it’s Chrome browser, it is forcing web site owners to add SSL (server-side security certificate) to their web sites. It started warning us in 2014. With each new Chrome update, the criteria has increased[Read More]
Frustration with Google in 2017
As much as I love the way Google goes about it, on the other hand, Google is really starting to piss me off. Keeping in mind, not to bite the hand that feeds you Google giveth and Google taketh away What a good description of how I feel about the monolith that is Google in[Read More]
Doodles | Google Logo
Doodles are the fun, surprising, and sometimes spontaneous changes that are made to the Google logo to celebrate holidays, anniversaries, and the lives of famous artists, pioneers, and scientists. Doodlers (Google employees) are illustrators, engineers, and artists who design Google Doodles. Google has it’s own Doodle web site. Initially, Doodles were simple images, before progressing[Read More]
Google Maps
Alright, hands up: who has used Google Maps? Right yeah, everyone We all have at one time or another, used Google maps. Most of us, have used Street View, only to wonder what some address now looks like so we search for the address to see. From my point of view, Google maps provides me[Read More]