Over the past month, we haven’t been hiding under a rock. There just hasn’t been much to write. Sure, we could have announced updates to the list or talked about when we made news. But, we didn’t see either as…
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Save iGoogle Days Begin November 2! Google Blackout Days Cancelled!
Unlike Google, we take your input seriously! A Stop SOPA style monthly gadget blackout sounded like a good idea at the time, but will just add to user angst like that caused by Labpixies (a Google company) premature termination of…
Bing It On, Hooray For Mozilla & GeekDad’s Dream App
A little more catchy than “In Case You Missed It #5?” We hope so! Anyway… Bing It On In case you need more motivation to check out alternatives to the “new” evil (Google) empire. The “old” evil (Microsoft) empire is…
In Case You Missed It – Top Stories #4
Those looking for an iGoogle replacement have a new developer to watch! Josh Jordan has declared in iGoogle Discontinued – I might recreate it!: …I have started to turn the cogs on this project. I have some really interesting ideas…
The “Save iGoogle Campaign” Begins
SaveiGoogle.org was conceived at a gathering of friends on the night of the iGoogle retirement announcement and put into motion with a simple page of resources on the following day. We were founded as a community effort, attempting to bring…
What’s A Mouse To Do?
When in a position of strength, feign weakness! And bring a lot more mice! Have a great weekend! Stop by Monday morning to learn more and help with an act of defiance! Many thanks to Adrian Bruce for the free…
Why Save iGoogle? – Media Scout And Useful On More Platforms Than An Olympic Diver
While the uses for iGoogle may be limitless, here are a couple more published examples for how people use iGoogle: Janet Temos discussed its use as media monitoring service (press clipping agency), and Randy Metcalfe commented on its cross-browser, operating…
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In Case You Missed It – Top Stories #3
One month in and we’re still seeing new third-party stories about iGoogle’s retirement..two good ones last week… This week’s gold goes to iGoogle Retiring by Alderin. Anyone want to encourage Alderin to cobble together 1,000 lines of code? Makes me…
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iGoogle Mobile Is Dead! Developer Signals Google To Foff!
In case anyone is still hoping it’s a bad joke, What’s happening to iGoogle? is being delivered. “Phase one” of iGoogle’s retirement is moving forward, albeit slowly. At 9:16pm MDT last night we took the screenshot to the left. iGoogle…
In Case You Missed It – Top Stories #2
There were three more notable “Save iGoogle” stories last week. While none ranked with the wit of Alex Zaharov-Reutt on July 7, we think a gold should be awarded for one based on resolve, along with a silver and a…
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