Grassroots Innovation

Google Opens Writely, Forgets To Tell Somebody

Google nearly sneaked this one in us. Late Thursday, Google quietly made Writely, the online word processor the company acquired in March, available to the online populace again. As 4PM EDT Friday, there's still no mention of at the Press Center.

Boeing Grounds Connexion

The Connexion By Boeing in-flight broadband Internet service will come to an end, as the satellite-based system never really took off with airline carriers.

YouTube Receives Minor Revisions

YouTube went down again thursday night, but this time, it was a planned "outage." Now the site is up and running again, with "some maintenance and . . . a few new features" under its belt.