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Mark Cuban Underscores Need for Google Anonymous Support Group
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2010-12-13
So I've had this nagging feeling in the back of my head, like a snake licking the base of my skull. From the inside.
I haven't been able to put my finger on it, but then I read Mark Cuban's column from December that asks "Am I Living the
Google Places Shunned by TripAdvisor, Underscoring Groupon Miss
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2010-12-10
So Google missed out on getting local deal provider Groupon one week ago today. I submitted that this was a good thing because of the price tag, but things can change. This week word came from Tnooz that TripAdvisor was blocking its reviews from appearing on Google Places,
Google's Mayer Touts Contextual Discovery Search at Le Web
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2010-12-09
Autonomous search. Serendipity engine.
Call it what you will, but that's not what Google is calling it anymore. Google's future plans to make its search engine more
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Google + 1 Share Button Exposed, Looks Silly
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2010-12-08
This goes out to all of you who think I'm an unabashed Google non-basher. There's been a lot of talk in the last two weeks about the Google Me social network layer cake Google refuses to confirm but everyone knows is coming in 2011. I've steered clear
Andy Rubin Shows Motorola Tablet Running Android Honeycomb
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2010-12-07
Google Android chief Andy Rubin graced the stage at Dive: Dive into Mobile Dec. 6, talking all things mobile with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher. Rubin, whose team launched the Samsung Nexus S earlier in the day, said 172 phones are now running Android, an amazing number of
Google Groupon Failure Follows Yelp as Second Local Miss
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2010-12-06
Ding dong, the Google Groupon deal is dead, the wicked Google Groupon deal is dead. La la la, la, la, la. Google has purchased 42 companies in 2010, including Phonetic Arts and Widevine Friday, but for the second year in a row Google whiffed on locking up a
Groupon No Lock for Google Amid Antitrust Fears
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2010-12-03
I appreciate good Google acquisition stories as much as the next fellow, but the search engine really need to tread lightly with this Groupon stuff.
In case you haven't been following the wickedly spinning rumor mill, Google has been in talks all week to buy local shopping Website Groupon,
U.S. Senator Kohl Urges DOJ Review of Google ITA Bid
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2010-12-02
It's getting harder and harder for Google to do a big deal in the wake of its $750 million consummation of mobile ad maker AdMob. Against the backdrop of concerns that Google could buy Groupon for $5 billion or so, a U.S. Senator is asking the Justice Department
Europe's Antitrust Hunt of Google Smells Like Microsoft
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2010-12-01
Search engine experts are exasperated by the European Commission's pending witchhunt of Google for alleged anticompetitive behavior.
While these folks may question the
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Google's Groupon Bid Believed as High as $6 Billion
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2010-11-30
My how the rumor mill is churning around the alleged Google-Groupon acquisition. Just yesterday I noted how Vator News pegged Google's offer for the local deals and social shopping Website was $2.5 billion.
Now AllThings Digital and The New York Times say the deal has a stunning
Google Gamed by Cyber-Bullies, Needs Sentiment Analysis
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2010-11-29
The New York Times has a great exposé on how Vitaly Borker and his online DecorMyEyes eyeglass business uses negativity to bolster his PageRank and profits.
Search Engine Land's Danny Sullivan is consulted in the piece and blogged about it, summing it up thusly: Any publicity, even negative
Google to Pair Recommendations with the Internet of Things
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2010-11-26
When we watch movies on Netflix, the service serves up suggestions about movies related to those you liked.
When we make purchases on Amazon.com, we get recommendations of
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Google, Facebook Feast on Startup Guppies Who Seek Payday
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2010-11-24
Royal Pingdom Nov. 19 published an interesting post about how our resident Web giants are sucking the soul out of the startup industry. Don't like the hyperbole? Try Pingdom's phraseology: The problem is, no matter how brilliant your software or service may be, there's always a cloud
Google Chrome Ads Now in Print Newspapers
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2010-11-23
One week ago, Google CEO Eric Schmidt surprised we media folk at the Web 2.0 Summit with the news that Chrome Operating System was a "few months away." Try as I might, I never did get a good reason why. Now it seems Google, after months of hyping
Google Getting Its Groupon Would Make a Merry Christmas
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2010-11-22
Boomtown last week set the blogging world ablaze with the rumor that Google is working up the nerve to buy a local deal-making phenomenon, a startup several experts at the Web 2.0 Summit said was worth billions of dollars. Groupon, which Boomtown said Google would shell out $3
