ComPost: Google


Posted at 05:18 PM ET, 04/12/2013

Is there Google after death?
By Alexandra Petri
With the tactfully named Inactive Account Manager, you are forced to contemplate not just your regular mortality -- but your digital mortality.

By Alexandra Petri  |  05:18 PM ET, 04/12/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  google; facebook

Posted at 07:08 PM ET, 04/09/2013

Ashley Judd, the 47 percent and the death of context
By Alexandra Petri
Just wait until Google Glass and other similar technologies come along.

By Alexandra Petri  |  07:08 PM ET, 04/09/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  ashley judd, google glass, mitch mcconnell, technology

Posted at 05:17 PM ET, 02/20/2013

Through a Google Glass, darkly
By Alexandra Petri
Darkly, or, Alex's Adventures in Wonderland.

By Alexandra Petri  |  05:17 PM ET, 02/20/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Google

Posted at 01:08 PM ET, 12/13/2012

Google Maps is back on the iPhone and will fix everything that is wrong with your life
By Alexandra Petri
I have no idea where I am, but I'll never be lost again!

By Alexandra Petri  |  01:08 PM ET, 12/13/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Apple, Google

Posted at 04:55 PM ET, 03/01/2012

Our Google histories, ourselves
By Alexandra Petri
Curiosity led to the cat’s getting some weirdly targeted advertising.

By Alexandra Petri  |  04:55 PM ET, 03/01/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Google

Posted at 01:27 PM ET, 02/22/2012

Google’s cyborg glasses

By Alexandra Petri
We are becoming indistinguishable from a society of crazy people.

By Alexandra Petri  |  01:27 PM ET, 02/22/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Google

Posted at 11:57 AM ET, 01/25/2012

Google’s no-opt-out privacy changes and the end of the anonymous Internet
By Alexandra Petri
Welcome to the end of the anonymous Internet.

By Alexandra Petri  |  11:57 AM ET, 01/25/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Google, oy

Posted at 01:38 PM ET, 01/13/2012

Google’s new search ruins everything
By Alexandra Petri
Stop the personal search, I want to get off.

By Alexandra Petri  |  01:38 PM ET, 01/13/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Google, oy, why

Posted at 02:03 PM ET, 11/30/2011

Mark Twain, American classic
By Alexandra Petri
A brief tribute to the man we praise and don’t read

By Alexandra Petri  |  02:03 PM ET, 11/30/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Mark Twain, books, Google

Posted at 07:32 AM ET, 11/24/2011

What your Thanksgiving chef is Googling right now
By Alexandra Petri
It’s terrifying!

By Alexandra Petri  |  07:32 AM ET, 11/24/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Google, Thanksgiving

Posted at 06:44 PM ET, 10/21/2011

MC Hammer’s great idea — WireDoo, the new Google
By Alexandra Petri
It’s like Google, but — different.

By Alexandra Petri  |  06:44 PM ET, 10/21/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  MC Hammer, Google, ah, the 90s

Posted at 04:14 PM ET, 09/20/2011

Google+ is open to everyone — but is it already too late for the anti-Facebook?
By Alexandra Petri
But is it already too late?

By Alexandra Petri  |  04:14 PM ET, 09/20/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Facebook, Google, Social Wars

Posted at 02:11 PM ET, 08/24/2011

Is Facebook already turning into Google+?
By Alexandra Petri
Thanks, I think?

By Alexandra Petri  |  02:11 PM ET, 08/24/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Facebook, Google+, social network wars

Posted at 01:48 PM ET, 08/15/2011

Google acquires Motorola Mobility in a totally non-evil, self-defense move
By Alexandra Petri
These aren’t the Droids we’re looking for.

By Alexandra Petri  |  01:48 PM ET, 08/15/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Google, Apple, technology

Posted at 04:36 PM ET, 08/05/2011

Why Facebook, Google+: the green-eyed monster gains another eye
By Alexandra Petri
The envy economy

By Alexandra Petri  |  04:36 PM ET, 08/05/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Google, Facebook

Posted at 01:24 PM ET, 08/05/2011

Google Plus — some literary circles

By Alexandra Petri
Some literary circles.

By Alexandra Petri  |  01:24 PM ET, 08/05/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Google Plus, graphics

Posted at 04:04 PM ET, 08/04/2011

What’s worse than Santorum’s Google problem — his Savage problem
By Alexandra Petri
If Rick Santorum falls in a forest ...

By Alexandra Petri  |  04:04 PM ET, 08/04/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Santorum, Savage, Google

Posted at 12:45 PM ET, 07/18/2011

Facebook? Google+? Twitter? Which social network are you?
By Alexandra Petri
Google+? Facebook? A handy flow chart.

By Alexandra Petri  |  12:45 PM ET, 07/18/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  social media, Facebook, Google, handy charts

Posted at 02:00 PM ET, 07/15/2011

Google and our delegated brains
By Alexandra Petri
We depend on strangers for our facts

By Alexandra Petri  |  02:00 PM ET, 07/15/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Google, kids these days, memory

Posted at 12:40 PM ET, 06/29/2011

Grow up! Google Plus isn’t the new Facebook. It’s the anti-Facebook.
By Alexandra Petri
What do you mean, everyone doesn’t want to hear from me all the time?

By Alexandra Petri  |  12:40 PM ET, 06/29/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Google, Facebook, Kids These Days

Posted at 06:21 PM ET, 06/07/2011

Tim Pawlenty’s failing Google Test
By Alexandra Petri
Do you know what’s on Google? Everything!

By Alexandra Petri  |  06:21 PM ET, 06/07/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Google, Google Test, Pawlenty

Posted at 04:28 PM ET, 05/10/2011

Google Music, Microsoft Skype-Net and futuristic disappointments
By Alexandra Petri
And other futuristic disappointments.

By Alexandra Petri  |  04:28 PM ET, 05/10/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Google, Microsoft, technology, kids these days

Posted at 01:43 PM ET, 03/31/2011

Antisocial search: Why I’m -1 on Google +1
By Alexandra Petri
Bring back antisocial search!

By Alexandra Petri  |  01:43 PM ET, 03/31/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Google, Only on the Internet

Posted at 04:06 PM ET, 03/08/2011

Happy Fat Tuesday! What I’m giving up for Lent
By Alexandra Petri
After Fat Tuesday, no more self-googling!

By Alexandra Petri  |  04:06 PM ET, 03/08/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Lent, Google

Posted at 07:48 PM ET, 02/01/2011

Google vs. Bing: Finders vs. Keepers?
By Alexandra Petri
Google has accused Bing of copying its search results. This fight exploded over the course of the day, with increasingly official allegations and denials. Honestly, the only people using Bing were probably the Google researchers trying to see if it...

By Alexandra Petri  |  07:48 PM ET, 02/01/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Petri, Petri | Tags:  Google, bing, oops

Posted at 01:29 PM ET, 02/01/2011

Brilliant, Google Art Project! The only bad thing about museums is museums!
By Alexandra Petri
Google has just launched something called the Google Art Project, an online museum- going tool. True to form, Google has figured out the truth about us regular museum- going tools: The only thing we don't like about visiting museums...

By Alexandra Petri  |  01:29 PM ET, 02/01/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Big Deals, Big Deals, Big Deals | Tags:  Google, art, awareness

Posted at 06:10 PM ET, 01/13/2011

Wikipedia and the demise of the dilettante
By Alexandra Petri
Wikipedia, light of my life, fire of my loins. Five syllables, trippingly off the tongue. Wee. Kee. Pedia. Thursday was Wikipedia's tenth birthday. According to the About Wikipedia page, it contains 3,528,071 articles and 22,902,598 pages in total. "There...

By Alexandra Petri  |  06:10 PM ET, 01/13/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Worst Things Ever, Worst Things Ever, Worst Things Ever | Tags:  Google, kids these days, the power of myth, wikipedia