RIP Google Stadia (and thoughts on why it failed)
Google has announced that its cloud-based video game platform, Google Stadia, is shutting down in January 2023. I take a look at reasons why Stadia failed.
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Valentine’s Day in cartoons
A look at Valentine’s Day depictions in cartoons, from “Peanuts” and “The Simpsons” to DC Comics’ Hawkman and Hawkgirl.
Google releases its 2021 “year in search” results; Netflix, sports dominate
Google has released its 2021 annual results for its “Year in Search” list. Netflix, “Black Widow,” and sports dominate the results.
Into the metaverse: Facebook to change its parent company’s name to “Meta”
Facebook announced it’s changing its parent company’s name to “Meta,” with plans to focus more on the so-called “metaverse.”
Juneteenth and the Big Five tech companies
A look at how the “Big Five” tech companies are planning to observe the newest US federal holiday, Juneteenth.
Google releases its 2020 “year in search” results
It’s the end of what’s been a very trying year for most of us, but that’s not stopping the usual “year in […]
How to break up the tech giants?
Last week, Congress held a hearing to question the business practices of four of the biggest tech companies, and to see if […]
YouTube Music gains feature parity with Google Play Music, latter to shut down
Two years ago, I wrote about Google’s plan to launch YouTube Music, a replacement for Google Play Music. At the time, it […]
Google releases its 2019 “year in search” results
Google released this week their annual “year in search” results for 2019. As usual, here’s my thoughts on the search results. Top […]
Favorite articles roundup for the week of August 23, 2019
As usual, my thoughts on some noteworthy media and tech stories from the past week. Media Art Spiegelman withdraws his planned Marvel […]