Google just announced a new computing platform called “Chromebook” that looks very promising. Working with partners Samsung and Acer, the new computers will optimize the computing experience for the web, taking advantage of Google’s Android operating system, the Google … Continue reading
Google’s Project 10 to the 10th gathered 150,000 ideas and filtered them to five great ideas listed below. Each will receive huge funding from Google: Idea: Make educational content available online for free The Khan Academy is a non-profit educational … Continue reading
After a large number of complaints Google pulled the daily Google logo – an Olympic Luge logo – from the home page and now features a very similar snowboarding logo instead. I think this was appropriate, but it’s … Continue reading
Google labs is testing a very interesting new feature within the Google search results which lists and ranks content from people that have connections to your own social networks, websites, blogs, etc. It’s called Google Social Circle and I … Continue reading
I’m firing up an Adwords campaign to support our CES 2010 Coverage over at Technology Report and … ummm… I am NOT enjoying revisiting the frustration of working with the world’s most sophisticated advertising monopoly. I really would NOT complain … Continue reading
Update: A Googley View of the matter: Google speaketh o Copyrights Often the weekend brings the best internet philosophy discussions and one is brewing today about whether Google is the good or bad guy in the content equation. The … Continue reading
Silicon Alley Insider is discussing an interesting analysis suggesting that Facebook could be a “Google Killer” thanks to Facebook’s greater rate of growth and the suggestion that Facebook now accounts for 19% of incoming Google unique user traffic, up from … Continue reading
One is always torn between 1) complementing Google for their cleverness, generally good internet stewardship and 2) pointing out how they always manage to find Google gold in the “internet virtue” equation. Now, I’m all for internet advertising and … Continue reading
The following fun item came up today from Aaron, who managed to sue Google in small claims court over a Google Adwords / Adsense dispute and actually ….. won the case. Here’s the story. Adsense expert Jennifer Slegg suggests Aaron … Continue reading
Today’s tech blogOsphere buzz is about Google’s new wiki search feature that allows users to rank their own results. This appears to me to be a splendid idea although I agree with some who say it won’t get … Continue reading
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