Guess I was wrong. A reader sent me a cancellation notice, Google is now no longer trying to poach the party goers at EBay's fest. I bet some senior folks on both sides must have traded a few curtly worded emails…. Update: Holy sh8t, check this out: EBay Inc….
Update: Holy sh8t, check this out:
EBay Inc. has pulled all of its advertising from Google Inc.’s U.S. network in what is widely seen as punishment for trying to crash eBay’s user conference in Boston this week.
From Ars: One of the few survivors from the dotcom bubble that we know today as "Web 1.0" has now announced that it is moving firmly into the Web 2.0 world. The online auction site eBay announced at the eBay Developer conference in Boston that it has opened up…
One of the few survivors from the dotcom bubble that we know today as “Web 1.0” has now announced that it is moving firmly into the Web 2.0 world. The online auction site eBay announced at the eBay Developer conference in Boston that it has opened up its three core businesses—eBay, PayPal, and Skype—to third-party developers. These new application programming interfaces (APIs) are being released as part of a limited beta program: attendees at the eBay developer conference will get preferred access.
Reuters: Top online video service YouTube will soon test a new video identification technology with two of the world's largest media companies, Time Warner Inc. and Walt Disney Co.. The technology, developed by engineers at YouTube-owner Google Inc., will help content owners such as movie and TV studios identify…
Top online video service YouTube will soon test a new video identification technology with two of the world’s largest media companies, Time Warner Inc. and Walt Disney Co..
The technology, developed by engineers at YouTube-owner Google Inc., will help content owners such as movie and TV studios identify videos uploaded to the site without the copyright owner’s permission, legal, marketing and strategy executives at YouTube told Reuters in an interview on Monday.
Read MoreGoogle is most definitely a cat, not a dog, when it comes to brands. The image of Google is rather feline – it sits there unruffled, not really *needing you*, but then it jumps in your lap when you least expect it. Google is not a brand that, well,…
That’s why this news came as something of a surprise to me.
In short, Google is going after eBay’s core, and it’s doing it by throwing a party. My goodness.
Read MoreGary found a study that shows online shoppers will pay extra to protect their privacy. We value it, no doubt….
Larry reports from an Engadget story about the silly things scared executives will do: We can't say that we'd recommend a CEO steal property from Google in order to prove a point, but the head honcho of Macmillan Publishers pushed his superego aside and did just that at a…
We can’t say that we’d recommend a CEO steal property from Google in order to prove a point, but the head honcho of Macmillan Publishers pushed his superego aside and did just that at a recent BookExpo America in NYC. It’s no secret that a number of publishers have been up in arms about Google’s approach to digitizing their works, but Richard Charkin went so far as to recruit a colleague and swipe a pair of laptops from a Google Books kiosk at the event. About an hour later, the booth attendants actually noticed the missing goods and presumably began to panic, and the haughty executive then had the nerve to return the machines to their rightful owners whilst dropping the “hope you enjoyed a taste of your own medicine” line.
An interesting interview with the founder of Relona, "designed to help Yahoo/Ask/MSN catch-up with Google." It's a pretty audacious claim, but fun to read….
'nuff said….
I can't stop thinking about this, mainly because I'm convinced it's a key turning point in how mankind interacts with computers. Yeah, it's joints after midnight stuff, and it's only six pm on a Tuesday night, but what the hell. I'll put a place holder here and get back…
Readers of this site and others like it are already well versed in the ongoing conversation around the “Google OS.” While that’s a fascinating topic, it’s one layer below what is presenting itself to us on an almost daily basis now – the interface level. The Web is the OS. Fine. So what does the UI look like?
You'll love what Philippe has done. Check this out: Google now (well, depending on if you use 'iGoogle') and Lisa, the precursor to the Mac, then: Brilliant, Philippe (thanks, Brandon)….
