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LadyGaga as a Service: Bringing Apple and Google to Commerce 2.0
To do this, she creates a join between Google's YouTube , Apple's iTunes , Twitter , and Facebook . This world is connected by the best ad engines of Google. They do it by being close to both eyeballs (Google) and library (Apple), and bringing out the thing they know, the pop. With Lady Gaga, along with her record company, is evolving the album in the form of software as a service. Considering the content of her hit new video, Telephone , it is fitting that she would use software to tackle the hard problem of getting paid by amazing fans.
ReadWriteWeb - Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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Uh Oh. Not Another “Don’t Be Evil” Company
Long ago Google unofficially abandoned the Don’t Be Evil mantra and replaced it with, no kidding, an “evil scale.” What I’d like best is if Twitter just focuses on keeping the lights on, and adds competitive features that keep Google, Facebook and others on their toes. Tags: Uncategorized google Twitte 8221; Sometimes you have to chose between the lesser of two weevils, as Patrick O’Brian would say . And frankly, just staying this side of decent is enough for most companies.
TechCrunch - Monday, March 15, 2010
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Google Predicts Mobile Ad Rates Will Top PC Ad Rates, Will Make Bank Either Way
In a briefing, Google Engineering Vice President Vic Gundotra sounded off on the importance of mobile to Google's future success, saying "Google has bet big on mobile." And when Google bets big, you can bet advertisements are somehow involved. But mobile ad rates are skyrocketing, thanks to dramatically increased popularity and capability of mobile devices: Apple 's iPhone, Ad rates for mobiles are still far less per click than on a full PC, and the total revenues of these different ad streams backs that up ( check out our infographic for an overview of ad revenues ).
Fast Company - Monday, March 15, 2010
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  • Must-Have Google Search Tricks
    The next time you hit up the Google search box, keep these tricks in mind. To search within a single site with Google use the site: operator. Google's results will only show pages from this site. Check out Google's own search operator cheat sheet , which is formatted for printing and putting near your computer monitor. Finding the needle you need in the Internet haystack isn't easy, but a few search techniques can save you time and frustration. Find exact phrases with quotations.
    HarvardBusiness.org - Tuesday, July 7, 2009
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  • The Twitter Gold Mine & Beating Google to the Semantic Web
    Twitter, potentially, has the ability to deliver unbelievably smart advertising; advertising that I actually want to see , and they have the ability to deliver search results far superior and more accurate to Google, putting Twitter in the running to beat Google in the latent quest to the semantic web. Tags: advertising google twitter web2 There's always been jabs at Twitter for not having a viable business model and the chatter has increased in the current economic climate. In a recent interview Evan Williams, Twitter CEO, said "We had planned to focus on revenue in 2010
    OReilly Radar - Monday, December 8, 2008
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  • Google Buzz re-invents Gmail
    When I first heard about Google Buzz, I was worried that I might be seeing the birth of another "me too" product. But with the release of Buzz today, you can see how Google has taken the social media lessons of Twitter and applied them to their own core products. I'm Google has also done a neat hack on the Twitter @name syntax, allowing you to prefix @ to an email address to have a message show up for sure in that user's Gmail Inbox. After all, everyone wants a piece of the Twitter halo. I'm especially fond of Gmail Buzz, which adds the power of asymmetric following
    OReilly Radar - Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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  • Make Google Real-Time With Twitter Search Add-on
    Some people say that "the real-time web" could be the next generation of post-Google search . Google backers say that Google is already capable of indexing anything online mere moments after it's been published - but the user experience in search doesn't really feel "real-time" right now. Movable Type consultant Mark Carey came up with a simple solution this weekend that could change your use of Google more than anything else has in a while. Social media tools have greatly increased not just the number of people posting content online but also the speed with which they are able to do so.
    ReadWriteWeb - Monday, March 2, 2009
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  • Run YourOrganization.com with Free Google Apps
    The good news is you can get all the benefits of the leading web-based email service out there -- Google's Gmail -- with a yourname@yourdomain.com address for free. With a Google Apps account, you can look like you've got a full IT team behind your small organization but get the simple setup and access that web-based applications offer. Google Apps (formerly named "Google Apps for Your Domain") includes Free web-based email makes you think of dead-giveaway addresses like ninja-girl9378@hotmail.com, which are unsuitable for putting on a business card or resume.
    HarvardBusiness.org - Friday, March 13, 2009
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  • Google Releases API for Website Optimizer: A/B & Multivariate Testing for All
    Google Website Optimizer , a powerful tool that allows website owners to split traffic and test the effectiveness and conversion rates for an array of variables, has traditionally required a lot of back-and-forth between any given site and the Website Optimizer interface. With the release of a new API , announced today, Google is allowing site owners to conduct multivariate and A/B testing from their own platforms. Part of Google Analytics, Google Website Optimizer (GWO) is a free tool that "handles splitting a website's traffic, serving different variations and crunching the numbers to find statistical significance."
    ReadWriteWeb - Tuesday, October 20, 2009
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  • Google Launches Internet Stat Center
    Without any fanfare, Google has launched a new resource called " Google Internet Stats " which brings together industry facts and insights from across five different industries. Of course, because it's Google, this resource is a search tool. B2Bonline.com, BARB, BusinessWeek, Coke, Commission of the European Communities, Comscore, Core Metrics, Datamonitor, Deloitte, The Economist, eMarketer, Using a number of third party vendor as sources, the stats tool parses through online data to reveal Twitter-sized snippets and factoids like: "Over 90% of online merchants are planning to add rich media and social networking functions in 2009 -Internet Retailing" or "Runners have collectively logged over 93 million miles on nikeplus.com - BusinessWeek." While the stat center is an excellent new resource, there is one odd thing about it - it's hosted on the google.co.uk
    ReadWriteWeb - Thursday, September 10, 2009
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  • Google Engineering Explains Microformat Support in Searches
    Today, Google is releasing support for parsing and display of microformat data in their search results. While the initial launch will be limited to a specific set of partners (including LinkedIn, Yelp and CNet reviews), the intent is that very quickly, anyone who marks their pages up with the appropriate microformat data will be able to make their information understandable by Google. We talked this morning with Othar Hansson and RV Guha, two of the Google engineers responsible This technology would allow you to explicitly search, for example, for only printers that had an average customer review of 3 stars or higher.
    OReilly Radar - Tuesday, May 12, 2009
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  • Google's Sneaky Launch of Latitude's Location-Sharing API
    Google has extended their location sharing service Latitude ( Radar post ) with the first set of Latitude Apps . These are just the first signs of Google's Latitude API. am hoping that in a future version Google adds OAuth and let's you turn on/off access to different apps. One of them is a blog badge for sharing your location publicly on a website. The other updates your GTalk status for sharing your location to your IM network.
    OReilly Radar - Wednesday, May 6, 2009
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  • How to Challenge Google (And Win)
    Is Google just a market-dominating , innovation-stifiling Microsoft in a cuter logo? Will culture survive the cult of Google? Upsetting Google is easy — it's just a matter of out-Googling Google, by applying the new principles of Capitalism 2.0 How to challenge Google — and win? Everyone's afraid of the new monopolist on the block. Here's a suggestion.
    HarvardBusiness.org - Wednesday, May 13, 2009
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