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Google Search Appliance Used By British Builder

It wouldn’t be surprising if, at some point, in some fashion, we see some Google-brand housing.  After all, parts of the Googleplex are already pretty cozy, and a recent development has placed Google at the fingertips of one of Britain’s biggest builders.

‘Web 3.0,’ Apparently, Has Interchangeable Parts

If Eric Schmidt's right, the business world is in for another love-hate relationship around the bend: so-called Web 3.0. I say "so-called" because it's kinda silly. But Schmidt's interpretation of this hypothetical means, inherently, even more control for the consumer, and less for the seller/marketer/developer.

Palo Alto Becomes Facebookplex?

We’ve posted about Facebook’s skyrocketing ad rates, about its growing user base, and now there’s news about the company expanding in a physical sense, as well.  This only makes sense, I suppose, but it’s apparently having quite an effect on the surrounding city.

End Embargos on Company News

I get a lot of pitches and press releases these days. An intriguing media advisory crossed my in-box this afternoon about student use of social networks. I was all set to grab the PDF of the study and blog about it until I saw this on the release: “The report, available now for media only...is embargoed until Tuesday, August 14, at 12:01 a.m.”