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Google Maps Gives Users Street View
Never mind trying to spot your house with Google Earth - residents in a few American cities can now try to spot…
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Googlers Break Away, Build Ooyala
There are probably no more than 500 words on the entire site, but the first sentence of ooyala’s “About Us” section sure gets one point across: “The company was started by former Google engineers and product managers.” That was originally written in bold, by the way.
New Google Image Search Categories
Last week a Google engineer told us “The next big thing for image search would be the ability to search based on visual concepts, such as a picture of a house on a mountain with a river in front of it.” And now, Google Images allows you to restrict your search to a specific category – albeit in an “unofficial” mode only – and one…
Schmidt Pleased With Chinese Chief’s Performance
How’s this for a job: run the foreign arm of a gigantic corporation, and don’t worry about making any money for, oh, four or so years. That’s apparently what Google’s Kai-Fu Lee has been told to do in China. Yet Lee has other responsibilities, and CEO Eric Schmidt claims to be more than satisfied with the man’s performance.
‘Brazen Careerist’ Brushes Back Job Myths
The job hopping we see throughout the tech industry mirrors the youthful demographic entering all kinds of career fields; author Penelope Trunk has seen a growing shift in job seeking take place.
U.S. Broadband To Reach 86 Million Households
Around 86 million U.S. households will have broadband Internet access by 2012 according to a new report from JupiterResearch.
