Tag Archives: Google

Gmail Contacts finally becomes useful

If you’re a Gmail user like me, 2008 seemed like a lost year.  Google did give us the Google Labs features, many of which were nice tweaks, but there wasn’t a significant improvement to the core application.  2009, as you … Continue reading

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Tim O'Reilly discusses web 2.0 and cloud computing

Image via Wikipedia Over the last few months I’ve been asked, a lot, by some smart folks on how web 2.0 and cloud computing are defined, and what their impact will be on technology as a whole.  Since both terms … Continue reading

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Google Insights is one sweet analytics tool

Image by Tamar Weinberg via Flickr A couple of days ago, Google rolled out a new service called Google Insights for Search. The basic premise is that you can enter a search term, and Google will report back all kinds … Continue reading

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The Powerset acquisition and what it means for Microsoft's enterprise software business

Since the rumor about Microsoft’s $100M acquisition broke last week (now no longer a rumor, but a fact), I’ve had several people ask me on my take of where Microsoft is headed with this new tool in its search toolbox. … Continue reading

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Udi Manber explains Google Search Quality

Image by dfarber via Flickr Last month I pointed to an article at Popular Mechanics in which Udi Manber talked about Google’s approach to search integrity. Manber just followed up with a post on the official Google blog regarding the … Continue reading

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