Editing 1361: Google Announcement
Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
The edit can be undone.
Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then save the changes below to finish undoing the edit.
Latest revision | Your text | ||
Line 8: | Line 8: | ||
==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|I'm sure there's more to the DNS thing.}} | |
− | Google has | + | Recently Vic Gundotra left Google. Being the head of Google+, this has caused many people, including [http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/24/google-is-walking-dead/ TechCrunch], to theorize that Google+ is going to be shutdown, despite the continuing comments from Google that it will remain active and updated. |
− | The comic extrapolates this to an announcement that Google would be closing | + | The comic extrapolates this to an announcement that Google would be closing *all* its popular services, up to and including its e-mail service Gmail and even the core business of the company, its Internet search engine, to wholly concentrate on a relatively recent addition to its product lineup. According to Google, its Public DNS servers, better known by their IPv4 addresses 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4, are supposed to be a faster (because of caching effects due to a large user base) alternative to using one's ISP's DNS servers, as well as less susceptible to censorship. When Turkey started blocking access to Twitter and YouTube recently, Turkish ISPs first did this on the DNS level by manipulating the results from their name servers. The most popular workaround was using Google's DNS server instead. |
The joke may also be related to the fact that 8.8.8.8 is an IP address heavily used by network administrators to perform connectivity tests (''ping'') because it is easy to remember and fast to type. Google would want to concentrate on this feature to build a business model using that fact. | The joke may also be related to the fact that 8.8.8.8 is an IP address heavily used by network administrators to perform connectivity tests (''ping'') because it is easy to remember and fast to type. Google would want to concentrate on this feature to build a business model using that fact. | ||
Line 21: | Line 21: | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | : | + | :Cueball is standing at a podium marked Google. |
− | :Cueball: The rumors are true. Google will be shutting down | + | |
− | :Cueball: Along with Hangouts, Photos, Voice, Docs, Drive, Maps, Gmail, Chrome, Android, and | + | :Cueball: The rumors are true. Google will be shutting down Plus- |
+ | |||
+ | :Cueball: Along with Hangouts, Photos, Voice, Docs, Drive, Maps, Gmail, Chrome, Android, and Search- | ||
+ | |||
:Cueball: To focus on our core project: | :Cueball: To focus on our core project: | ||
+ | |||
:Cueball: The 8.8.8.8 DNS Server. | :Cueball: The 8.8.8.8 DNS Server. | ||
− | |||
− | |||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− |