Longtime readers will note I do not post on the Google doodles, which honestly, I don't much like (hey, I know folks love em, but I'm allowed to dissent). But I love this one. Today is the birthday of Louis Braille….
Longtime readers will note I do not post on the Google doodles, which honestly, I don’t much like (hey, I know folks love em, but I’m allowed to dissent). But I love this one. Today is the birthday of Louis Braille.
From Reuters. I have no doubt they are considering it. But I'm not so sure it will happen. Remember, they recently got divorced with regard to ad systems (MSFT used to use Yahoo's Overture service), and it's not clear what MSFT brings to Yahoo's party that the company does…
This looks like a useful search engine for podcasting. From its FAQ: PODZINGER takes search a step further by searching the spoken words inside the podcast in order to find more specific and relevant results. The text-based search results include snippets from the audio to help you figure out…
This looks like a useful search engine for podcasting. From its FAQ:
PODZINGER takes search a step further by searching the spoken words inside the podcast in order to find more specific and relevant results. The text-based search results include snippets from the audio to help you figure out if the result is relevant. You can even click on the words to listen to the audio from that point.
Many readers have asked me – "Hey John, why so silent on the rumors that Google might 1/create a parallel Internet using portable containers and massive bandwidth (see Cringely here) and 2/connect them to cheap and powerful "Google Cubes" that do everything we wish Apple, Dell, and Tivo would…
Many readers have asked me – “Hey John, why so silent on the rumors that Google might 1/create a parallel Internet using portable containers and massive bandwidth (see Cringely here) and 2/connect them to cheap and powerful “Google Cubes” that do everything we wish Apple, Dell, and Tivo would do but for some reason are not?” (see more Cringely, Cnet, and the LA Times).
The simple reason: I find both hard to buy. Really hard to buy. Why? Well, it’s not like Apple, Dell, and tons of others don’t want to make the same thing (the cube, anyway), and it’s not like they haven’t thought it through. I know, I know, plenty of folks were playing in search when Google came along….so… I’ll keep watching, and thinking, but….well, it feels a bit like our the Google Rorschach effect at work….for now.
Update: Google has denied the PC angle, in any case.
Scoble gets down on his employer (MSFT) for taking down a Chinese blogger. Good for him….
About a year ago I was included in a 60 Minutes piece on Google, produced by Rome Hartman and reported by Leslie Stahl. It was a fun process, and as it turns out, they used a lot of my thoughts in the piece. I figured I'd be lucky if…
About a year ago I was included in a 60 Minutes piece on Google, produced by Rome Hartman and reported by Leslie Stahl. It was a fun process, and as it turns out, they used a lot of my thoughts in the piece. I figured I’d be lucky if they boiled me down to one not so stupid sounding bite, but instead, I was on for nearly as much time as the Google founders. Go figure. (My mom was ecstatic).
One year later, Rome Hartman has been elevated to Executive Producer of all of CBS News, and that Google piece won an Emmy. I’d like to thank my family, my readers, my….wait, you mean they don’t give statues to the people *in* the piece?! Sheesh.
No ads on the Google search homepage, period. That's been the Google mantra. But what about….Google Belarus? Astute Searchblog reader Michael Estes came across this recently, and I have to say, if this is the future, I'll take the past! Update: You know, I really should have asked first,…
No ads on the Google search homepage, period. That’s been the Google mantra. But what about….Google Belarus? Astute Searchblog reader Michael Estes came across this recently, and I have to say, if this is the future, I’ll take the past!
Update: You know, I really should have asked first, but….I figured, no way would someone be able to get away with having “google.by” who wasn’t, well, Google. I was wrong. From Google PR:
This site (http://google.by) is not owned, operated or controlled by Google.
We are aware of this site and our legal counsel is investigating the matter.
Piper analyst Safa Rashtchy says GOOG will hit 600. The report is not online. But here it is for ya (PDF download)….
Then read Burnham's posts covering the year that was, 2005. Start here, then go here (best performing), here (worst) and here (IPOs)……..
Retrievr: An experimental service that lets you search images by drawing a sketch. I only wish it worked better. Clearly a proof of concept only. Thanks Research Buzz……
