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Convergence is a tired concept, you here it all the time, there's convergence of this and convergence of that, but sadly, it's…

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Search Engines: Who Owns What

Google's list of subsidiaries drew some attention after that company's 10-K annual report filing took place; that sparked interest in what other companies have under their voluminous corporate structures.

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News Flash: Google’s Not Doing Anything

Oh how lost we are when there's little or no Google news! Mondays are bad anyway, but this is just silly: Google headlines centering on Google not buying anybody, how things are staying the same at the Googleplex and about how Eric Schmidt said Apple and Google were working together on some things he won't talk about. Let's review: nothing; nothing; and nondescript something. That's…

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Snap Preview Available On Xanga

Snap.com has made the Snap Preview Anywhere, a Web site service that delivers site previews, available to all members of the Xanga.com weblog community. Snap Preview Anywhere allows visitors to a Xanga weblog to have access to previews of linked sites. “Our users have really embraced Snap Previews," said Bob Hiler, VP of Advertising at Xanga.com. "The response has been tremendous - less than 0.1%…

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Ask Documents Earthquake, Death Of Google Pen

Ask.com is based in Oakland, California, and as many people know, the region experienced a minor earthquake late last week. For Ask, this was an opportunity to plug its Earthquake Search. The Ask.com team also took a moment to note one casualty: a Google pen.

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