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POPSGoogle's death grip on Microsoft Not necessarily anything we didn't already know, but this is clipped from an article that clearly articulates the stranglehold Google has over Microsoft as a result of their core philosophies. Management at Microsoft are certainly aware of this - will be very interesting to see how they try to counter it over the next several years.
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POPSWhat could kill Google? Clipped from an interesting article that illustrates the one vulnerability of Google - that people may some day not need it to find what they're looking for. I myself rarely use Google to find things. Between social media sites, RSS readers, news aggregators and ecommerce sites, it's rare that i need Google to help me find what i'm looking for. Honestly find it surprising that their stats are still so strong...but i suppose it would not shock me if someday we look back on search and think of it as being so web 1.0. That said, even if Google Search ultimately slows down, they are well positioned to be the advertising partner for whoever/whatever takes their place.
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POPSGoogle Reader adds commenting Quite honestly, surprised it took this long. The battle to be "the feed" is on and it's currently a battle between Google and Facebook - with Twitter making a major push.
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POPSWhat if everyone had only 1 phone number? With the introduction of Google Voice, it seems that we could all have 1 master phone number that we give out...and then that phone number will be used to ring all our numbers when it's called. I'm too tired to think of the negatives of this, but seems like it could be very helpful.
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POPSClipmarks named worthy replacement for Google Notebook Love the last sentence..."Where Clipmarks trumps Google Notebook is with its sharing, by letting you publish your clipping for the entire Clipmarks community to see and comment on." That's a tip of the hat to all you clippers out there!!! Oh, and if they think Clipmarks is a worthy replacement for Google Notebook, just wait until they get a load of what we've been working on - coming soon!
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POPSYahoo turns to Google. Microsoft cries foul. Very interesting move by Yahoo! They may be able to significantly increasing their earnings by integrating Google's search ads on their own site. Talk about a potential blow to microsoft. To think that they're left crying foul about this being anti-competitive after all these years is beyond ironic.
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POPSHow important are "accidental clicks" to Google? This is an interesting little excerpt from Google's recent filing regarding the impact that accidental clicks have on their revenue growth. If i had to guess, i'd say i've accidentally clicked on 40 google ads in the past year.
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POPSGoogle still kicking Yahoo and Microsoft's ass! The part I actually find most surprising is that over 40% of the U.S. search market doesn't use Google. But considering how hard Microsoft and Yahoo are trying to catch them, it's amazing that they haven't been able to make any progress.
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POPSA perspective on Google's value I'm really not interested in weighing in on whether this makes sense or not, as i'm no wall street expert. But i can say that i needed to do a double take after reading this paragraph. WOW!!
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POPSGoogle solar panel project Awesome to see how much energy google is producing using solar panels. you can even see the energy output just like you would a stock price in google finance. There's been quite a few developments in the past year which should help up the output on future installations like this if they come to market. It'd be great to see google get their net energy use down near 0.
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POPSBrazil Indians, Google to fight logging Eventually, Chief Almir Narayamoga Surui envisions many of the 1,200 members of his Surui tribe using computers with satellite Internet connections and high-resolution images from Google Earth to police all corners of their 618,000-acre reservation. They could then offer proof to authorities that the destruction is occurring and demand action, or possibly spook the loggers and miners away because they would know they are being monitored, said Surui, who uses his tribes' name as his last, like many Brazilian Indians.
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POPSGoogle to buy the Pacific Ocean This is from a blog post i wrote in September of 2005. Felt like digging it up and clipping it in honor of Google's latest multi-billion dollar acquisition. This time it's DoubleClick. Man, it seems like it's not if, just when, they will be bigger than Microsoft.
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POPSVery strong words about Google's decision to censor search results in China This is crazy. I'm sure that being a publicly traded company worth over $100bn played into this decision...and i can't necessarily say that they made the wrong decision...but i sure think it stinks. The only way to bring about change is have the balls to do it. Sure would have been cool to see Google say FU to China's demand.
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POPSGoogle and Yahoo focusing on TV 1 Company per continent by 2012. If so, my predictions are: - Google - Microsoft - General Electric - Energy Conversion Devices (alternative energy) - Clipmarks :) - one that hasn't started yet - can't decide on the others.