iGoogle: no, I’m not kidding
I a Google, You a Google, We a…. WHUT?
Google has launched iGoogle, furthering the personalization you can get in your Google-metaverse experience. From a CNN story:
Officials told reporters at Google’s Silicon Valley headquarters on Monday of moves to allow users to share their own writings, photos, lists and other creative efforts, as well as to give consumers personalized views of the Web through use of their geographical location and search history.
The world’s top provider of Web search services is bringing together the more idiosyncratic approach to finding information on the Internet under the umbrella term "iGoogle," the new name for its enhanced personalized home page services.
Ah yes, iGoogle–yet another way for our data to be harvested by a for-profit company, and even worse–with our permission because we don’t read Terms of Service. Nice.
May 4th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
I ur in yr Googelz, reedin’ ur deetails.
May 5th, 2007 at 9:07 am
*I* really like iGoogle. I can check Google Reader and gmail right from my my homepage, look at photos of my cat or husband, play free cell or poker, see the headlines, and keep an eye on my to do list.
No one forces you to use it, and my personal data has been up there before (signing on to almost anything)k, so big deal.
Try it, you might like it.