iGoogle

[d_24]

What's going on with Google? My homepage has an "i" on the front of it like it's some Apple product.

http://www.google.co.uk

[img]http://img141.imagevenue.com/aAfkjfp01fo1i-603/loc534/10787_goog_122_534lo.JPG[/img]

[Notorious]

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,1000 ... 909,00.htm

Quoting d_24 from 10:13, 1st May 2007
What's going on with Google? My homepage has an "i" on the front of it like it's some Apple product.

http://www.google.co.uk

[img]http://img141.imagevenue.com/aAfkjfp01fo1i-603/loc534/10787_goog_122_534lo.JPG[/img]

[novium]

it's a month too late for april fools...what are they thinking? really? igoogle? urgh
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tamen ira procul absit, cum qua nihil recte fieri, nihil considerate potest.

[Fawksie]

Regard: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/

"Google Personalised Homepage" was too simple and unambiguous to leave alone, you see.

[inshaala]

is the whole "i" infront of a word apple?

because i saw something interesting the other day... this graphics software called iClone (not made by apple) after a year of being on the market has made a massive amount of sales and is already on V2.0. Now i think this is partly due to the i infront of it and peoples (mis)conceptions that anything which starts with a lowercase "i" must be made by apple, and thus must be a quality product. Am i wrong?

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Ich will dass ihr mich versteht

[DrAlex]

See Cisco vs Apple 2007. Apple does not own the i[blank] trademark (and I doubt you could ever own such a mark).

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The Sinner: Where no one ever learned "if you haven't got any thing nice to say, don't say anything at all."

[oddly familiar]

Quoting DrAlex from 11:38, 1st May 2007
See Cisco vs Apple 2007. Apple does not own the i[blank] trademark (and I doubt you could ever own such a mark).

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The Sinner: Where no one ever learned "if you haven't got any thing nice to say, don't say anything at all."

Hence the release by Packard bell of the iPaq right after the release of the iMac...

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saru mo ki kara ochiru

[Eagon]

Hence the release by Packard bell of the iPaq right after the release of the iMac...

That would be Compaq

[exnihilo]

Compaq even. Though now made by Hewlett-Packard who have nothing to do with Packard-Bell.

[beeny]

So 21st century pirates are free to wear iPatches?

Quoting DrAlex from 11:38, 1st May 2007
See Cisco vs Apple 2007. Apple does not own the i[blank] trademark (and I doubt you could ever own such a mark).

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The Sinner: Where no one ever learned "if you haven't got any thing nice to say, don't say anything at all."

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'But what do I know? I'm a bear; I suck the heads off fish.'

[n01]

Quoting inshaala from 11:34, 1st May 2007
made by apple, and thus must be a quality product. Am i wrong?

yes.

[papercutheart]

USApple invaded iRaq for using it's trademark.

[DrAlex]

iRan is looking to be next, after being placed on the Axis of eVil.

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The Sinner: Where no one ever learned "if you haven't got any thing nice to say, don't say anything at all."

[Frank George]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=AGHty_S0TU0

[inshaala]

Quoting n01 from 13:57, 1st May 2007

Quoting inshaala from 11:34, 1st May 2007
made by apple, and thus must be a quality product. Am i wrong?

yes.

a severe case of pedantic misquoting... the key word in that sentence was "(mis)conceptions".

And if that wasnt a dig at whether Apple do make quality products or not, but saying that my assumption of what people chose based on such conceptions was wrong, please enlighten me as to why...

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Ich will dass ihr mich versteht

[DrAlex]

Quoting Frank George from 17:19, 1st May 2007
http://youtube.com/watch?v=AGHty_S0TU0

A funny MadTV sketch? I didn't know such a thing was possible?

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The Sinner: Where no one ever learned "if you haven't got any thing nice to say, don't say anything at all."

[MacMan]

Back on topic, here is the explanation: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6611571.stm

On an aside, Apple and Google announced a mutual partnership at the MacWorld Expo last winter which is probably why the "i" is being used.

[Mehmsy]

www.google.com/ig has been around for ages. The 'i' bit is new, but they haven't really changed much else otherwise.

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http://standrews.facebook.com/profile.php?id=37106593

[n01]

Quoting inshaala from 17:27, 1st May 2007

Quoting n01 from 13:57, 1st May 2007

Quoting inshaala from 11:34, 1st May 2007
made by apple, and thus must be a quality product. Am i wrong?

yes.

a severe case of pedantic misquoting... the key word in that sentence was "(mis)conceptions".

And if that wasnt a dig at whether Apple do make quality products or not, but saying that my assumption of what people chose based on such conceptions was wrong, please enlighten me as to why...

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Ich will dass ihr mich versteht

I have no idea what you are asking, but Apple's support are shit.

I have had so many things go wrong with Apple products and they simply do not give a shit. I bought an expensive MacBook and it died within 3 weeks. Found out one of the of the boards was bad. If I'm paying close to 1000 pounds for a product - it shouldn't die within the first month. They also made me pay shipping as that is their policy.

iPods were even worse. When they first came out mine had to be replaced twice in the first year, and then it died soon after that - but I wasn't going to pay to have it fixed again. Why should I have to buy the extended warranty? Nevermind the fact that I've had three friends with the same issues.

Just ranting really...

[To clarify: Yes, in the quote I was saying that apple products are not quality.]