Google and Facebook URL shorteners

Tired of typing out the entire URL to share with your friends and family. Well look no further than goo.gl and fb.me.

goo.gl is a URL shortener that:
"takes long URLs and squeezes them into fewer characters to make a link that is easier to share, tweet, or email to friends. The core goals of this service are:

• Stability – ensuring that the service has very good uptime
• Security – protecting users from malware and phishing pages
• Speed – fast resolution of short URLs

Google URL Shortener is currently available for Google products and not for broader consumer use."

Since the growth of twitter where you only have 140 characters to share the entire message to all your followers, services such as bit.ly have thrived. Seeing as Google is taking over the social media front by planning to integrate wave into all your online needs, goo.gl is only another step in the internet giants path to domination.

fb.me is another way that facebook is shortening its URL length, after users were allowed to change their profile from a number to a unique string. fb.me is an easy way to access the facebook homepage and also by adding the custom URL facebook has to the end of fb.me, you can access that persons page with ease and as little typing as possible.

This is only another way that technology has made the user more lazy than they have been in the past

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