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WebTod writes: Gossip about the rich and powerful is something new? It comes with the territory….
Month: February 2006
Two Sources: Lycos May Have Laid Off Search Team
Two sources have confirmed that Lycos has laid off its search team, keeping just a skeleton crew to run the service. More as/if I know more…….
Two sources have confirmed that Lycos has laid off its search team, keeping just a skeleton crew to run the service. More as/if I know more….
Google, et al, Funds Fon
Google, Skype, and Sequoia, others, fund 21.7 million into FON. Will it work out?Glenn and Om has a take. So does Dirson. Glenn is skeptical. Speaking to Google's supposed interest in blanketing the world with WiFi, he points out: I argue strongly that Google will not become a Wi-Fi…
Google, Skype, and Sequoia, others, fund 21.7 million into FON. Will it work out?Glenn and Om has a take. So does Dirson. Glenn is skeptical. Speaking to Google’s supposed interest in blanketing the world with WiFi, he points out:
I argue strongly that Google will not become a Wi-Fi provider beyond San Francisco and Mountain View (at least not on any large scale) because their interest is high-margin businesses like advertising not low-margin ones like service provision.
Yes, but what if you need that distribution to run those high margin services over? More as the Superbowl buzz wears off.
Udpated: Google To Take on Navteq?
My partner Tim O'Reilly likes to call data the "Intel Inside" of Web 2.0 – the idea being that if you own great data, you can license it all over the place. His favorite example is Navteq, the mapping company that powers all sorts of applications, including loads of…
My partner Tim O’Reilly likes to call data the “Intel Inside” of Web 2.0 – the idea being that if you own great data, you can license it all over the place. His favorite example is Navteq, the mapping company that powers all sorts of applications, including loads of auto navigation systems.
But now Google is getting in on the game. From the Reuters piece:
Volkswagen AG of Germany’s American unit on Friday said it is working on a prototype vehicle which features Google Inc.’s satellite mapping software to give drivers a bird’s eye view of the road ahead.
And, when Google gets into your car, you think, well, Google itself will be far behind?
Hehehehehehe
Danny, you rock….
The Four Major Search Engines on Privacy
Cnet picked up where Adam and I left off. (I hate to be pissy, but would it kill them to credit Adam with the idea?) Another story on the topic is here. Also – BB finds that Google also is censored in Azerbaijan….
Cnet picked up where Adam and I left off. (I hate to be pissy, but would it kill them to credit Adam with the idea?) Another story on the topic is here.
Also – BB finds that Google also is censored in Azerbaijan.
Light Day
Traveling today, will catch up over the weekend. Headlines for your Friday morning: It's a trifecta in earnings – First Yahoo, then Google, now Amazon is down. ValleyWag has launched. This is Nick Denton's (Gawker) attempt to make the Valley worthy of public gossip. I'm not sure if the…
Traveling today, will catch up over the weekend. Headlines for your Friday morning:
It’s a trifecta in earnings – First Yahoo, then Google, now Amazon is down.
ValleyWag has launched. This is Nick Denton’s (Gawker) attempt to make the Valley worthy of public gossip. I’m not sure if the Valley is built with the same genes as Washington, LA, or NY. Should be interesting to watch.
Not content with just Google Video, CBS is going to sell its wares on its own site too.
ZoomInfo gets a people search patent.
Google’s infrastructure and index update, BigDaddy, explained.
As one…
Chris writes: As one of the few right-wing readers of BattelleMedia, it's my duty and privilege to make clear to you that the Bush administration being secretive about its domestic spying is *necessary*…….
Chris writes: As one of the few right-wing readers of BattelleMedia, it's my duty and privilege to make clear to you that the Bush administration being secretive about its domestic spying is *necessary*….
Google’s Submission to the Congressional Human Rights Caucus
This is the statement from Google counsel Andrew McLaughlin. It's pretty comprehensive. It reviews Google's approach, and states: "We believe that our continued engagement with China is the best (and perhaps only) way for Google to help bring the tremendous benefits of universal information access to all our users…
This is the statement from Google counsel Andrew McLaughlin. It’s pretty comprehensive. It reviews Google’s approach, and states:
“We believe that our continued engagement with China is the best (and perhaps only) way for Google to help bring the tremendous benefits of universal information access to all our users there.”
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Read MoreYou Don’t Need To Understand How We Work, Just Trust Us
From the Times: The Bush administration is rebuffing requests from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee for its classified legal opinions on President Bush's domestic spying program, setting up a confrontation in advance of a hearing scheduled for next week, administration and Congressional officials said Wednesday. The Justice Department…
From the Times: The Bush administration is rebuffing requests from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee for its classified legal opinions on President Bush’s domestic spying program, setting up a confrontation in advance of a hearing scheduled for next week, administration and Congressional officials said Wednesday.
The Justice Department is balking at the request so far, administration officials said, arguing that the legal opinions would add little to the public debate because the administration has already laid out its legal defense at length in several public settings.