People are starting to rise up against the ‘smuggery’ of Silicon Valley — even Valley insiders are taking shots on the web and on TV at those who created Google Glass.
Maybe you saw the ‘Google Nose’ April Fool's prank, where users clicked on 'wet dog' and sniffed their laptops to find out what it smells like. Well new smell technology is not a joke — or not only a joke.
New research has found a link between Google search terms and the stock market. In other words, check out what people are searching for and then buy or sell.
Every purchase, online web search and even cellphone call generates data that companies hope to use to boost sales. But storing all that data is becoming a big expense, and it has spawned a multibillion-dollar industry.