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Paul, I Agree

I know I give Google it's (fair) ration of crap from day to day, regardless of those of you who feel I'm a Google apologist. Well, you can't win both sides of that argument, all you can do is be honest to what comes to mind. Right? And when…

I know I give Google it’s (fair) ration of crap from day to day, regardless of those of you who feel I’m a Google apologist. Well, you can’t win both sides of that argument, all you can do is be honest to what comes to mind. Right?

And when I read this from Paul, I have to say, I quite agree.

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Updated: Goodness.

Sometimes, sounding arrogant isn't intentional. It's just in the bloodstream, or it's casually tossed off without thinking how it might sound. Read this excerpt from a very interesting Merc story on Google's internal communications regarding stock options: Google is proud of the innovative products it regularly releases to the…

Sometimes, sounding arrogant isn’t intentional. It’s just in the bloodstream, or it’s casually tossed off without thinking how it might sound. Read this excerpt from a very interesting Merc story on Google’s internal communications regarding stock options:

Google is proud of the innovative products it regularly releases to the public, from the ever-more-targeted Internet search results to an automatic Web-based airport-ride finder.

But the coolest stuff is often reserved for Google employees. And they’re about to get access to a killer tool, otherwise known as the “supersecret Google is about to buy Yahoo” alert.

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Next Up for Big G: Web Conferencing

Matt has the news on the acquisition of Marratech's software, from the Google Blog: As a company, we thrive on casual interactions and spontaneous collaboration. So we're excited about acquiring Marratech's video conferencing software, which will enable from-the-desktop participation for Googlers in videoconference meetings wherever there's an Internet connection….

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Matt has the news on the acquisition of Marratech‘s software, from the Google Blog:

As a company, we thrive on casual interactions and spontaneous collaboration. So we’re excited about acquiring Marratech’s video conferencing software, which will enable from-the-desktop participation for Googlers in videoconference meetings wherever there’s an Internet connection.

We look forward to learning from the extraordinary ingenuity of Marratech’s engineers as they focus on desktop conferencing research and development in Sweden, where they will continue to be located.

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WHOPPER ACQUISITION CORP

I love it. Companies often create cute names for corporations they create to facilitate transactions. The one Google came up with for DoubleClick? "WHOPPER ACQUISITION CORP" Reviewing the merger agreement now……

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I love it. Companies often create cute names for corporations they create to facilitate transactions. The one Google came up with for DoubleClick?

“WHOPPER ACQUISITION CORP”

Reviewing the merger agreement now…

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Query? Who Needs A Query?

Not us. Not with Google. SEL has a good overview of Google's news (referenced in the last post): Google is rolling out two features today that subtly but meaningfully enhance the level of personalization offered to anyone with a Google account. And while they're tied to your search behavior,…

Not us. Not with Google. SEL has a good overview of Google’s news (referenced in the last post):

Google is rolling out two features today that subtly but meaningfully enhance the level of personalization offered to anyone with a Google account. And while they’re tied to your search behavior, they don’t directly alter the standard search results you see, even if you’ve enabled personalization by searching while signed in to Google account.

The first feature allows you to add a “recommendations” tab to a Google personalized home page….The second feature is a new button for the Google Toolbar called “picks for you.” Clicking this button displays one of 50 new sites every day, chosen for you based on your search history and what others have searched for. Clicking the button successively displays each new pick in turn.

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See, This Is the Strategy

Have something in the wings, in case you don't win the acquisition game. This case is small – StumbleUpon. But from sources I've talked to, Google had built an entire Doubleclick killer, in case it did not win there. Huh….

Have something in the wings, in case you don’t win the acquisition game. This case is small – StumbleUpon. But from sources I’ve talked to, Google had built an entire Doubleclick killer, in case it did not win there. Huh.

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Well, That’s No Secret

Google phones by year's end. Wait, Eric, aren't you on Apple's board?!…

Google phones by year’s end. Wait, Eric, aren’t you on Apple’s board?!

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Oh, Goody!

Today two books came in from Amazon. Both are written by Douglas Hofstadter. One is, of course, Godel, Escher, Bach, the classic which I read while a pup at Wired. I clearly read it stoned – it's time to read it sober. The other is his new book -…

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Today two books came in from Amazon. Both are written by Douglas Hofstadter. One is, of course, Godel, Escher, Bach, the classic which I read while a pup at Wired. I clearly read it stoned – it’s time to read it sober. The other is his new book – I Am A Strange Loop. To get them, click on the image. I’m stoked. My posts might get a bit…stranger over the next few weeks…

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Help Me With Jeff Weiner

Tomorrow I am interviewing Jeff Weiner, Executive Vice President, Network Division of Yahoo. Jeff and I have had a great relationship for years now, he was a key source for the book and a very smart guy to bounce just about anything off of. Today with Eric you all…

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Tomorrow I am interviewing Jeff Weiner, Executive Vice President, Network Division of Yahoo. Jeff and I have had a great relationship for years now, he was a key source for the book and a very smart guy to bounce just about anything off of. Today with Eric you all really made me much smarter, and I’d love your help with Jeff as well. Jeff ran the integration of all the Yahoo search properties and only recently left those duties to take a senior role in the entire Yahoo network – what is now known as the audience division. So, what do you want to know about Yahoo?

I can tell you what I want to know. First, because it’s news, Yahoo announced earnings today (Google announces Thurs.). Now, folks were expecting a win, given what Terry Semel said earlier about the early lift of Panama (see here). In short, he said he was “all smiles.” But….Wall St. gave Yahoo’s earnings a frown today – it’s down nearly 8% in after hours trading. Why? Because despite the Panama expectations, earnings dropped 11% year over year. Now, Yahoo warned the Street that the lift would not hit till Q2, but the Street wanted a surprise to the upside, and it did not get one.

So I will ask him about that.

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Bezos at Web 2 Expo….S3 Data

Jeff Bezos just gave out some first look data on his S3 web scale storage business. It's pretty impressive, if hard to fully grok. He said that S3 has scaled to 5 billion objects stored since inception. His presentation on how S3 and EC2 work together was pretty impressive….at…

Jeff Bezos just gave out some first look data on his S3 web scale storage business. It’s pretty impressive, if hard to fully grok. He said that S3 has scaled to 5 billion objects stored since inception. His presentation on how S3 and EC2 work together was pretty impressive….at FM we’re scaling servers and dealing with spiky conditions and man, EC2 sure sounds good…

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