Sure, there are privacy issues. And yes, the company sometimes looks like a monopoly. But it has now made a cake weighing at least 125 pounds, which leads me to ask: how can you not love Google?
Google Guys Get Another Jet
There’s probably no truth to the following theories: Google’s starting its own airline; Google has a clandestine arrangement with NASA to set up data centers on the moon; the founders plan to hire their own Tattoo to shout "The plane! The plane!" for their own bored billionaire amusement.
Google Wants To Accelerate Brands
Even though Google doesn’t want to be an advertising agency, the goals they have for their clients mimic what Madison Avenue tries to accomplish each day.
Google and Personalized Search
Another way that Google has changed the playing field as far as search engine optimization is through Personalized Search.
YouTube Now On Google Earth
Google Earth has added a new feature that allows YouTube videos to be embedded at geographical locations. Users can now view videos of famous tourist attractions or other places they may want to visit.
Analysts: Privacy Won’t Stop Google, DoubleClick
The whispering campaign favoring Google’s acquisition of DoubleClick has begun, as a number of antitrust observers predict FTC approval of the deal.
Google Patent Moves It Closer To GoogleNet
A mobile datacenter patent has been issued to Google based on its December 2003 filing, giving the company a technology similar to that of Sun’s Project Blackbox.
Google Video Units – Genius or Desperation?
As described at Google’s AdSense blog and in this New York Times story, Google is rolling out ad-supported video to all members of the search engine’s AdSense program — something the company launched as a limited beta trial back in May.
Google, Why Jaiku and not Twitter?
It would be interesting to be a fly on the wall over at Twitter HQ today, now that Google has acquired Jaiku — a mobile social-networking app that from all descriptions is pretty similar to Twitter (disclosure: I haven’t actually used Jaiku, but I do use Twitter sporadically).
After all, Twitter is the one that has been getting all the geek cred from the Robert Scobles of the world, and from the sounds of it Twitter’s app has a far bigger reach.
Google Nears Settlement In Gmail Dispute
Independent International Investment Research (IIIR) is near to a settlement with Google regarding its claim to the Gmail trademark in the United States, according to a request for extension filed by IIIR at the US Patent and Trademark Office.