O'Reilly

APRIL 23, 2024

Why is it that Google, a company once known for its distinctive “Do no evil” guideline, is now facing the same charges of “surveillance capitalism” as Facebook, a company that never made such claims? That’s exactly what Google, Amazon, and Meta are doing today. They start to collect robber baron rents.

Social Media 110

Social Media Google Internet Internet 110

O'Reilly

MARCH 26, 2024

In “ How Photos of Your Kids Are Powering Surveillance Technology ,” The New York Times reported that One day in 2005, a mother in Evanston, Ill., To zoom out again, we live in a society where mainstream journalism has been carved out and gutted by the internet, search, and social media. It’s called Google News Showcase.

Artificial Intelligence 111

Artificial Intelligence Social Media Google Internet 111

Rigor

JANUARY 13, 2020

Take, for example, The Web Almanac , the golden collection of Big Data combined with the collective intelligence from most of the authors listed below, brilliantly spearheaded by Google’s @rick_viscomi. Master the many facets of delivering high performance images on the internet—without adversely affecting site performance.

Performance 75

Performance Social Media Website Website Performance 75

The Agile Manager

MAY 7, 2010

Google contacts? A contract from 2005 between one firm and another is a binding legal document in the context of that relationship. And how much of that has changed since you last edited your profile in each of those systems? Or, think about contact information. Corporate directory? Personal e-mail box?

Storage 40

Storage Internet Internet Mobile 40

Smashing Magazine

MAY 17, 2021

Last year, Google started emphasizing the importance of Core Web Vitals and how they reflect a person’s real experience when visiting sites around the web. Our fast computers and fiber internet masked the experience real people have on our site. This is a screenshot from our mobile Core Web Vitals report in Google Search Console.

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Google Analytics Serverless Metrics 96

MachMetrics

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

If you asked the average internet user how slow a website would need to load before they gave up and left, they might say something like 8 or 10 seconds. Obviously, you don’t need to make your website look like it’s from 2005. Unfortunately, visitors actually give up on websites much faster. Source: ThinkWithGoogle.

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Website Speed Google Cache 57