(Caching this important piece here for posterity..) Googles Earth By WILLIAM GIBSON I actually think most people dont want Google to answer their questions, said the search giants chief executive, Eric Schmidt, in a recent and controversial interview. They want Google to tell them what they should be doing next. Do we really desire Google […]
Read more "Gibson on Google"from NASA NASA and Google to Bring Space Exploration Down to Earth NASA Ames Research Center and Google have signed a Space Act Agreement that formally establishes a relationship to work together on a variety of challenging technical problems ranging from large-scale data management and massively distributed computing, to human-computer interfaces. As the first in […]
Read more "..NASA and Google to Bring Space Exploration Down to Earth.."from USATODAY.com Fine-tuned ad technologies expected to advance in 2006 BOSTON MobiTV built its business by sending TV broadcasts to cellphones. People willing to stare at the small screen for extended periods can tune in channels such as ESPN and MSNBC. But MobiTV recently began doing more than just relaying the signals. Now the […]
Read more "ads getting ever more personal"from Yahoo! News Time Warner, Microsoft near ad deal NEW YORK (Reuters) – Time Warner Inc is closing in on a deal with Microsoft Corp. to team up on an online advertising service to compete with Google Inc, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the talks. The paper said the […]
Read more "Yahoo!’n’Microsoft vs Google?"via digg: The link is to a screenshot of Google Base. Looks like a clone of Craigslist to me… You decide. read more | digg story the news rumor has already hit BoingBoing as well, who point us over to Battelle’s site: Word is ripping around the web that Google is testing a new subdomain called base.google.com. […]
Read more "all your Base can belong to Google?"showing they’re all about the Long Tail Official Google Blog: The point of Google Print Indeed, some of Google Print’s primary beneficiaries will be publishers and authors themselves. Backlist titles comprise the vast majority of books in print and a large portion of many publishers’ profits, but just a fraction of their marketing budgets. Google […]
Read more "Google CEO in defense of Google Print"Voice phone calls to be free within years: eBay CEO – Yahoo! News SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – In a few short years, users can expect to make telephone calls for free, with no per-minute charges, as part of a package of services through which carriers make money on advertising or transaction fees, eBay’s chief executive […]
Read more "eBay talks about its acquisition of Skype"man, those guys at Google don’t pause for breath, do they? Google confirms Ames plan / Search engine plans offices, partnership with space agency Google Inc. confirmed Wednesday that it will build up to 1 million square feet of offices at NASA Ames Research Center and collaborate with the space agency on research surrounding topics […]
Read more "Google partners with NASA"This is so freaking cool. Google have beaten everyone else to the game and will be releasing their own IP TV. I’m guessing this is what all the secret, 1337 only, meetings have been about lately. Obviously, someone’s talked though: Watch shows through Google TV | This is Money Watch shows through Google TV Mark […]
Read more "Google TV is here"interesting.. (emphasis are mine) from CNET News.com Google builds an empire to rival Microsoft “A lot of people have talked about Google’s core ability to host thousands of applications and being your desktop in the sky,” he said. “They certainly never fail to take advantage of it when launching new products.” Google also has invested […]
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The Committee to Nuke Elysium 