Google Foundation Financially Well-To-Do
Compound interest can be an amazing thing – money just sort of grows out of whatever amount a person or company originally deposited. If, for example, an organization started out with $85 million, it could earn a fresh $4 million in a year’s time. And that appears to be exactly what the Google Foundation did.
Quechup’s Spam Produces Disgust
I’ve never tried it, but a combination of spam and ketchup is supposed to taste reasonably all right. Spam having to do with Quechup, on the other hand, has left a metaphorical bad taste in the mouth of the social network’s users.
Veveo Opens vTap, Prepares For Flood Of Users
Well, that was fast. Just two weeks after raising $14 million in a round of financing, Veveo has released vTap, its mobile video search service. The phrase “hotly anticipated” isn’t quite right, but people were indeed looking forward to the launch.
Small Business Online Spending To Top $70 Billion
The total online spending by small businesses is expected to reach $70 billion by the year 2012, up from $47 billion in 2006, according to JupiterResearch’s new report "US Online Small Business Market Category Forecast, 2007 to 2012."
Google Sky Mashup Takes Off
Google offers a lot of products and services, and out of all of them, I might have judged Sky to be least in need of an update. After all, the program’s practically brand new, and furthermore, the night sky seems like a pretty stable thing to a casual observer like me. A fresh mashup will update Sky every 15 minutes, however, and it’s starting to sound like a great idea.
TurnHere Signs New Distribution Partners
Online video solutions platform TurnHere, has announced more than a dozen new distribution partners for its online video channel BookVideos.tv.
Google Ready To Seduce Corporate World
The company’s Google Apps collection of productivity software will be the thin end of the wedge Google hopes to drive between corporations and their long-time love of Microsoft Office.
Publishers Will Become Interactive Media Artists
Books Are Losing Relevancy Google and Amazon are both pushing to sell ebooks directly aggressively. An article in the NYT mentions a new device Amazon will offer for reading ebooks, but I don’t think the problem with books and ebooks is that they need a better reader. Google now allows you to embed book pasages directly in web pages.
When Spies Do Search
The Central Intelligence Agency launched CIA Wire, a service that will help users of the Library of National Intelligence sift through available information from participating agencies.
Hip, Dead, Or Naked, People Will Search For You
Honestly, following search trends is like looking into the Mirror of Erides. You could just sit there and go mad from looking at it. Some things stay the same, and some of those same things disappoint you, but invariably you ask who or what or find a new thing that disappoints you.