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30 Dec 2010 21:44

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Tech: Web users like Facebook, Google, and…Bing?

  • facebook was the most-visited website this year. That is, of course, if you consider each Google offshoot site (Maps, Gmail) a separate website. If you count all Google properties, though, the search engine giant shoots up to #1, comprising 9.85% of all US visits. Some more weird bits: eBay was pushed out of the top ten by Bing (people actually use Bing?), and “facebook login” was the 2nd most-searched term of the year, which is odd, because it’s not like the login box on Facebook.com is terribly hard to find. source
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23 Dec 2010 14:12

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Biz: We hear Google bought this NYC building for over a billion dollars

  • See this building right here? It’s iconic in NYC – the former Port Authority building in the city. Guess who now owns it? That’s right, Google. In what could be the largest real estate deal in the U.S. this year, Google reportedly spent $1.9 billion on this building, which the company already uses for offices and data centers. Just to be meta, we grabbed the image using Street View. source
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08 Dec 2010 10:55

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Tech: CHROME OS NOTEBOOK DOESN’T HAVE CAPS LOCK (SAD FACE)

  • Look, Chrome OS is cool. The idea behind it is pretty rad, and it might actually make Microsoft irrelevant (finally). But this whole lack of CAPS LOCK THING WE CAN’T GET BEHIND. TO PROTEST THIS, WE’RE WRITING THE REST OF THIS POST IN CAPS LOCK, BECAUSE WE WANT TO SHOW HOW ALIVE THE IDEA OF HAVING A CAPS LOCK MAKES US. WE FEEL ALIVE. source
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06 Dec 2010 09:50

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Tech: Did Groupon make smart move by not selling to Google?

  • what Groupon, the quickly-growing deals site, reportedly declined a buyout offer from Google for a whopping $6 billion over the weekend. That’s a lot of money to turn down.
  • why The company’s CEO, Andrew Mason was concerned about the strategic direction under Google and what would happen to his loyal staff. So an IPO’s next. source
  • » A mixed record for startups: Some tech companies that have passed on the major buyout offers, like Facebook (which passed on a $1 billion buyout offer from Yahoo! way back in 2006), have only gotten much larger on their own. Other tech giants that missed the buyout opportunity – Yahoo! turned down an epic deal from Microsoft in 2008 and nosedived ever since. Other companies who have taken the buyout have had success stories (YouTube, which is a cornerstone of Google’s offerings) and precipitous declines (MySpace, which is trying to make a comeback; and Bebo, which sold to AOL and then lost nearly all of its value when it was sold again a couple years later). Which is to say, it’s too soon to know whether Groupon screwed up here.
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04 Dec 2010 00:42

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Tech: Groupon spurns Google, proving they have deep discounts, balls

  • shocking Google offers Groupon $6 billion to offer its daily deals under the Google Banner. It’s Google’s biggest buyout offer ever.
  • shockinger Groupon has reportedly walked away from the offer, ensuring that in a year they will be completely forgotten. Smart move, idiots. source
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02 Dec 2010 20:49

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Tech: Smelling a trend, Amazon invests in site kinda like Groupon

  • $6
    billion     the amount Google offered fast-growing deals site Groupon in a buyout offer last week
  • $175
    million     the amount Amazon invested in the similarly growing deals site Living Social earlier today source
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02 Dec 2010 10:32

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Tech: Google handles DecorMyEyes problem swiftly, brusquely

  • evil An online store called DecorMyEyes.com used negative feedback about itself to boost its own SEO rankings on Google. It encouraged it, even.
  • dumb The site agrees to talk to The New York Times, creating such bad PR that we can ensure nobody will ever shop there ever again. Great work, NYT.
  • smart Google then changed its algorithm, saying “being bad is, and hopefully will always be, bad for business in Google’s search results.” source
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30 Nov 2010 09:42

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Biz, Tech: European Union targets its frickin’ laser beam at Google’s head

  • Is Google acting anti-competitively? Does it use its search-engine prowess to favor its own services over those of competitors? Does the company’s market share (66 percent in the U.S., 80 percent in Europe) constitute a monopoly? Do sites like Foundem, eJustice.fr and Ciao (the latter owned by Microsoft) have bad luck with Google because of crappy information-thin design that completely wastes your time and has little relevance (which we’d argue with the first two) or because there are competitive issues afoot (which seems realistic with the last one)? The European Union is asking these questions themselves as part of an antitrust trial. Seems Google’s getting too big for its britches. source
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30 Nov 2010 00:34

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Tech: Posted without comment: Google adds 3D trees to Earth, Street View

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20 Nov 2010 20:09

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Tech: Groupon’s best deal so far: They may sell to Google

  • $3 billion potential Groupon sale price being bandied about source
  • » But the real question: Will Google get a discount if it signs up for Groupon and waits for the deal of the day to come up?
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