It was in 2000 that Yahoo handed over its search keys to a scrappy startup that said it had a method for more effective online searches. From there, we got Google stepping out onto its own in 2003 by sending people to its website and popularizing the phrase “Google it.” We got Google Maps (remember life without it?), Gmail (free email without being tied to our internet provider), Google Translate, Google Photos and so many other features that I don’t think we could live without today.
That’s the good side.
There’s also Google tracking our every move to put personalized ads in front of us everywhere we go and saying goodbye to our privacy. Google will claim that much of the privacy invasion is “opt-in” and that we agreed to it when we signed up for services. But who remembers doing that?
internet. but it does connect to this. so does my phone, and i can e-mail this right away in a second. it s got different hd and aspect issues. so does my phone. audio can be manipulated. so does my phone. it can be used as a still cam. so does my phone. so what are we saying? what do you think? no, maybe it s time i wouldn t dare say anything bad about this flip cam, but i love my phone. my executive producer and i debating another gadget headed for the technology grave yard, maybe. cisco announced the end of the flip video, the inexpensive pocket camcorder. i m joined by scott, ceo of tech savvy global. you heard about the demise of flip video for rolling stone. scott, this was the hottest thing just a few years ago. what happened here? you know, time passes at light speed in the technology world. and what happened was the cardinal sin, or the mortal sin, i should say, of not having
police working to track down a suspected serial killer say remains found yesterday on long island, new york, have been identified as human. police also confirmed a skull found in a different location is human. no word on whether either discovery is linked to eight other sets of remains found in the area. the collision shown on this amateur video is under investigation. an air france airbus 380, the world s largest passenger jet, clipped a smaller plane while taxiing to a runway at new york s jfk international airport. fortunately, no one was hurt. a new study says some wildlife is recovering a year after the massive bp oil spill in the gulf of mexico. but other species need help, including sea turtles and atlantic bluefin tuna. the national wildlife foundation issued that report. and cisco systems is nixing its flip video unit two years after buying the startup that created the ground-breaking camera. growing sales of smartphones like this one right here have cut into the sales.
zapped into a world where you sort of get to play through and interact with more than 80 years of disney characters and long lost favorites including the lucky rabbit. not a lot of people know about disney history there. theme park rides and story lines. you get to control how the game plays out. you have paint brush and paint thinner it either add to the world or remove from it in order to accomplish the many goals. it s great for our kids and kids at hard under 50 bucks. this is sort of like a flip. the flip video. what is that? this is kodak play touch. we call these collectively flip cams or pocket cams. this is an hd camcorder for under 200. it s got a touch screen. you can even do editing right on the device itself. this is something my 8-year-old daughter shot by the way. real easy to use. it does have a flip out to a
they may not be able to do so but they would appreciate being thought of this time of year. shannon: i know as somebody who has experience with this, you talk about the issue of expectations both for the soldier serving and the family back home. how do you manage and make plans for how you communicate and not putting too much of a burden on either side of the equation? military has an expression which is always flexible that is something to bear in mind that emotions and plans can change. you may decide that skype is the way to go one week. the next week you decide it is too stress stressful and it makes the kids too sad you switch to e-mail and flip video instead. needs are going to schiff. shannon: you mentioned children. we know adults and children