Hot LInks
Danny schools Scoble and shows us our own Gphone hype timeline.
Google and MSFT hold hands on fair use.
Other Quick Updates
I am traveling today and won’t be posting much, quick news:
Bloglines has updated. (RWW)
So has Yahoo Mail (TC)
Oh, and Orkut (Vbeat)
Go Speed Racer! (A pal of mine is working on this film)
Catching Up
It’s still hard to type with this splint, but I have been reading what I missed over the past few days, here’s what I find worthy:
Ars: Microsoft testing ad supported Office suite.
BB: No fly lists work, really, govt claims, but how is a secret….I love this line of thinking.
Google phone fantasies won’t die (Digg)
Om: Answers.com loses 28% of its traffic due to Google moving butt cheek one way or another.
Notes from a lunch with Google’s Susan Wojcicki, I was invited but was traveling, Philipp has the story.
I really can’t wait to fly Virgin America. (Radar)
Searchable database of tech events, since I know you guys go to a lot of em…(ResearchBuzz)
Ask swaps allegiances – aQuantive over Doubleclick, ie, Microsoft over Google. (NextNet)
First Voice Post: Thoughts on Web 2, Google and Auction Game Theory
HP is sponsoring the technology to make it possible for FM authors to post by voice. This is very cool given my hand situation. Thanks HP!
Here’s the post:
That, This, The Other
News and insights I’ve seen over the past few days:
First, Google hit a new high Friday.
Second, BB on Weinberger on the telcos. Delaminate, baby!
Third, online spending is up again. Another study says so.
Jantsch notes that Intuit has a “follow me home” service to understand its customers better. Great idea.
Ars on Google on MSFT Vista integration. This is not going to go away soon.
Microsoft clears a hurdle to approval of its aQuantive acquisition.
Another Google wall of ideas.
Friday Updates
Microsoft alters its approach to desktop search in Vista, but Google says it’s not enough. (WaPo, Ars)
Blinkx tries a video Adsense. (b2)
More steps in the development of a cultural grammar for video. (ars)
Business.com in play? My sources say it’s just rumors, but those tend to push into reality.
Matt has a deep take on Powerset.
Robert likes ClipBlast
SearchMob RoundUp
From the Feeds
BoingBoing rounds up *very* interesting reader input on the implications of Street View.
Google and Ebay: gearing up for audio ads.
Sk*rt - “Digg for chicks.”
Ask’s commercial leaked by TC.
Whitacre still stirring the pot, though he does not have a company pot to piss in anymore (he’s retired from AT&T)…
Joi: Media companies are driving the boom.
Clip and Sling. Hell yes, this is what I’ve been talking about for years.
From the Feeds
What seems interesting as I catch up tonight:
Revealing The Sources Of Google News
Schmidt Calls Viacom’s $1B Lawsuit “Just A Mistake”
Where 2.0: Microsoft Adds to the 3D Web
Live Search Books: Now with In-Copyright Content
Google Maps zoom: here’s the device and vehicle behind it
The future of the music business…again
TiVo prepping a “mass appeal” HD DVR priced below Series 3
Chad … I Am Your Father … [D5]
Google Street View: would it be more/less evil if it were CIA or NSA?
