Google Cooler Than Ducati?
On a new “coolest brands” list, Google didn’t manage to come in first, second, or third. Gasp! The search giant didn’t rank fourth, either. But Google did get fifth place, and, considering some of the other companies on the list, there’s absolutely no shame in that.
Google Funds Race To The Moon
Google and the X Prize Foundation announced today the Google Lunar X Prize, a contest for private companies to land a privately funded robotic rover on the moon.
Porn Picks Bone With Torrents
It’s hard to have sympathy for a dirty, exploitative medium when the producers of it cry foul over piracy – after all dirty is as dirty does, and karma can be your friend or your enemy. But at the same time, copyrights are copyrights and are intended to protect the truly artful from thieves as much as they protect the scummy.
Google Puts $10M Towards Sustainable Transport
If these products come to your local car dealerships, they’ll need to have a better name than “sustainable transportation solutions.” But by issuing a $10 million request for proposals (RFP), Google intends to give the products an improved chance of making it that far.
Mechanical Turk Officially Closed Outside of the US
Being outside the US I wasn’t able to use Amazon’s Mechanical Turk program so far – they required me to provide a US bank account to start developing with their API. At least that was the case in the beginning; perhaps there were ways to still get into the system outside the US as Requester before.
Brands are Conversations
Ok, it’s been a while since I’ve disagreed with CNET’s Elinor Mills–something that rarely happens, as she’s a fantastic journalist–but here goes.
Google’s Big Plane, Using NASA’s Big Runway…
Wow, I go away on vacation for one week and the media goes gaga over Google – what’s new, right?
Fair use racks up trillions in revenue
Politicos inside the Capitol Beltway will be assailed with the latest report from the lobbyists at the Computer & Communications Industry Association.
On Wikipedia, Bush More Popular Than Jesus
You may have heard already that Wikipedia hit a milestone recently with its two-millionth English article, which was, ironically, about a Spanish TV show called El Hormiguero. As interesting as that is, it’s also interesting to note that George W. Bush is officially more popular than Jesus.
Google: “Get Your Cricket Scores Here”
It’s quite rare that Google makes a post in its UK “Press Centre,” and today, the company once again failed to write something. I’m especially disappointed, however, because an announcement about a cricket OneBox seemed so well-suited to the site.