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With Google Flights, they continue to spread into… everything

With Google Flights, they continue to spread into… everything

In 2007, I did a seminar about data collection. I told a room of people that Google is not in...

With initial developer API released for Google+, FarmVille can’t be too far behind

With initial developer API released for Google+, FarmVille can’t be too far behind

Google's first entry into social gaming wasn't spectacular. By allowing a handful of partners to develop, they were only able...

Android takes to the sky in Boeing’s new Dreamliner

Android takes to the sky in Boeing’s new Dreamliner

Boeing's long-delayed 787 Dreamliner has finally finished flight testing and is ready for delivery. Airlines looking to add the 787...

Google takes another deep stab at Yelp by buying Zagat

Google takes another deep stab at Yelp by buying Zagat

When Yelp denied Google's $500 million bid to buy them in 2009, many believed that the location/reviews company was positioned...

AOL and Yahoo! are run very differently from Microsoft and Google

AOL and Yahoo! are run very differently from Microsoft and Google

It's a matter of class. Apple and Google have traveled different paths on their road to success. Both have overcome...

Google Chrome extension lets you +1 anything on the internet

Google Chrome extension lets you +1 anything on the internet

When the Google +1 button first rolled out earlier this year, it made a little bit of a splash from...

Android, iOS approach 70% combined smartphone market share

Android, iOS approach 70% combined smartphone market share

The drive towards domination of the smartphone market continues for Apple and Google as they approach a combined 70% choke...

Google vs Apple: Who’s winning the tech industry land grab?

Google vs Apple: Who’s winning the tech industry land grab?

In the news, people are well aware of the iOS vs Android war. Both operating systems and the companies behind...

Google makes changes to their search algorithm an average of once every 17.5 hours

Google makes changes to their search algorithm an average of once every 17.5 hours

With several hundred signals that are read and processed by their search algorithm, we've always known that Google puts a...

Nintendo gives up, defers to Google

Nintendo gives up, defers to Google

Companies are often no longer the experts about their own products. The internet has allowed us to find information like...

In mobile search, there can be only Google (for now)

In mobile search, there can be only Google (for now)

Every month, StatCounter comes out with their ranking reports that are combed over by bloggers to find trends, see changes,...

Google+ and Facebook are perceived the same by users

Google+ and Facebook are perceived the same by users

How different is Google+ from Facebook? It turns out, they’re not that different. A recent eye-tracking study has revealed that...