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Google Circles Is Latest Social Unicorn

A frustrating news teaser bubbled out of the blogosphere today, starting with ReadWriteWeb's report that Google would announce Google Circles, a super social product,...

Google Site Aggregates Help for Japanese Earthquake, Tsunami

Google whipped up one of its customary crisis-response Websites to provide support information for those affected by the 8.8 magnitude earthquake that roiled the...

Gmail Gets Click-to-Call Phone Numbers

It's a small technological gesture that means a whole lot.Google March 10 began letting users click to call numbers that friends, colleagues and other...

Blekko is Antispam Search Engine Google Can Learn From

I'm always interested in seeing how search startups try to position themselves once they enter the market.Launching is the easy part. You get trendy...

Google Instant Previews Frees Users from Tedious Mobile Search

I spent 15 minutes using Google's Instant Previews for mobile search tool on my Droid X last night.I came away convinced that the tool...

Google Maps Navigation Routes Users Around at Rush Hour

Google March 7 introduced a potentially great time-saving feature for motorists, adding the ability to route users around traffic congestion with the Google Maps...

Google Profiles Coming to Local Businesses

Google rarely overtly tips its hand on coming products, preferring to operate under the practice that it doesn't preannounce new software services, but if...

Kayak CTO Cool on Claims that Google ITA Tie Will Harm Kayak

When portraying yourself as an underdog in an online travel industry where you're claiming Google will have the prohibitive edge if it is allowed...

iPad 2 Pricing Puts Screws to Motorola Xoom

While most folks who attended or followed Apple's iPad 2 event March 2 were hungrily lapping up Apple CEO Steve Jobs' highlight reel of...

Google Weathers Yelp’s Whining Over Local Search Placement

You're going to have to excuse me on this post because it underscores how much I feel the little guys who suck from the...