Google Maps goes crowd source

Apr 20, 2011
Google announced yesterday that it will soon roll out a feature that crowd sources the Google Maps feature. It's called Google Map Maker and it...

Searches on Yahoo kept in database

Apr 19, 2011
If you go to Yahoo to search for anything (which you would do after you've already searched on Google, Bing and Blekko?), those search records will...

Let's face it: wind powered search is coming

Apr 19, 2011
That's the conclusion I'm drawing, anyway, from news that Google is investing heavily in another wind farm. We've talked before about Big Goog's...

Panda eats Ciao?

Apr 18, 2011
Here's another story on the same front. Ciao.co.uk is a site owned by Microsoft that has been at the front of some legal action against Google in...

Demand Media attacked by Panda?

Apr 18, 2011
Panda is the code name for Google's recent big algorithm change aimed at wiping search spam off its search results. The idea is that when you...

Don't Forget Bob and Got the Wrong Bob

Apr 15, 2011
These are two new features on Gmail that are kind of cool. Have you ever started to type out an email to someone, let's say their name is Bob, and...

Google has rough day on Wall Street

Apr 15, 2011
We almost never talk about Wall Street in this memo but I'm making an exception to talk about what happened with The Goog yesterday. Revenue was up...

For public good, not for profit.

Online advertising passes print

Apr 14, 2011
Not that we needed many more indicators of the trend in print but pixels are raking in more money than ink, according to a new report by the...

Apple adding Do Not Track to next Safari

Apr 14, 2011
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the next version of the Apple operating system, code name Lion, will feature a Do Not Track feature baked...

Latest chapter in Google - Microsoft soap opera

Apr 12, 2011
Will Steve Ballmer recover from amnesia in time to fist fight Larry Page's evil twin atop the water tower?...