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Google vs. eBay: Round 6?
Here’s the blow-by-blow so far: 2006: eBay owns PayPal. Google starts Google Checkout (June 2006). eBay bans Google Checkout (July 2006).
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Mobile Gaming Revenue To Grow 50 Percent
As publishers release more content, worldwide mobile gaming revenue will grow from $2.9 billion in 2006 to $9.6 billion in 2011, according to Gartner, Inc.
Google Files Net Neutrality Pleas With FCC
While the world seems to be waking up to a larger, more powerful Google than they anticipated, the company's heft can work to the consumer's advantage, especially in matters of government influence (da gov'ment does seem to prefer corporations over its citizens). On Friday, Google filed 47 pages worth of comments with the FCC about Net Neutrality.
Clusty Mobile Is Made Available
I’m always suspicious when a company claims to have made its product or service available for mobiles. Is the new version different than the regular offering? And is it something I’d even want to access from my cell phone? In regards to Clusty Mobile, a search site, the answer to that first question is “yes.”
Online Advertising To Reach $35 Billion
U.S. online advertising spending will almost double by the year 2012, with search and display advertising accounting for most of the expenditures.
Adobe PR’s Nightmare
Last night when picking up burritos at Tres Amigos in Half Moon Bay with Patrick someone came up to me (sorry, didn’t get remember his name and even if I had, I’d keep it secret to protect the innocent) and asked “are you Robert Scoble?” He recognized me from my blog. Turns out he’s an engineer on Adobe’s Flex team. We small talked a bit.
