Comments on: Google Shills for Droid on Homepage http://michaelzimmer.org/2009/11/06/google-shills-for-droid-on-homepage/ information ethics : privacy : new media : values in design : 2.0 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:56:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eli http://michaelzimmer.org/2009/11/06/google-shills-for-droid-on-homepage/comment-page-1/#comment-160353 Eli Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:13:14 +0000 http://michaelzimmer.org/?p=1587#comment-160353 Considering the Droid is a majorly hyped release of hardware based on Google's Android OS, I am somewhat less than shocked. And according to TechCrunch, via WaPo, it's not the first time Google has allowed ads for "partners" on the homepage: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/06/google-pushes-droid-with-rare-ad-on-homepage/. Combining that with Bert & Ernie, though ... ergh ... Considering the Droid is a majorly hyped release of hardware based on Google’s Android OS, I am somewhat less than shocked. And according to TechCrunch, via WaPo, it’s not the first time Google has allowed ads for “partners” on the homepage: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/06/google-pushes-droid-with-rare-ad-on-homepage/.

Combining that with Bert & Ernie, though … ergh …

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