Google Inc. is the world-wide leader in internet search, and has also taken the online advertising world by storm. Additionally, Google provides various applications for collaborative and personal use such as Google Docs & Spreadsheets, Blogger, Gmail, and Picasa. Recently, Google also acquired viral video giant YouTube.
January 29, 2008
When ads for toothpaste started to appear alongside an email about a gmail users trip to the dentist, alarms started going off about how far Google had gone in its online advertising practice. Was targeted advertising crossing the line of...
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Uncle John's Cabin
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Google and Microsoft Joint Venture code named "GooSoft"
April 1, 2008 12:40 PM
My inside sources at Microsoft have confirmed a new radical change in strategy at Microsoft and Google. The details I have are still vague and sketchy at this point (still only slightly better than "rumor stage") but expect an announcement...
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ChangeWave HotWire Blog
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Smart Phone Wars: Apple vs. RIM vs. ...the Android Operating System?
April 1, 2008 09:38 AM
RSS Feed 1 Comments >> By Paul Carton April 1, 2008 The release of the Apple (AAPL) iPhone rocked the cellular industry last year, and some analysts are now asking if the pending release of Google's (GOOG) Android cellular...
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The Skeptical Capitalist
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Collapse of the WonderLand...
March 16, 2008 10:59 PM
"Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking" Tim McMahon Bear Stearns Cos. reached an agreement to sell itself to J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., as worries grew that failing to find a buyer for the...
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Maybe a Pine Tree
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Ahknaten -- GOOG selling stock? This is not NEWs!
March 5, 2008 09:56 AM
On Oct. 14th I complained about GOOG, on Nov. 3rd I complained about GOOG. Today, I read something in the WSJ this morning that annoyed me. Someone made a short recommendation on GOOG because of the insider selling, but it...
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The Skeptical Capitalist
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Yahoo/MSFT- value destroying proposition?
February 17, 2008 09:52 PM
"Don't think you're on the right road just because it's a well-beaten path" Author Unknown I guess I have neglected to state my opinion on many of the questions of the week at the SLO-2- so here is a short...
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