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Google Acquires Metaweb To Make Search Smarter

Google Acquires Metaweb To Make Search Smarter – I’m almost getting sick of noting every time Google buys a company I really like. This one worries me a bit, as a lot of their work involves open data, and I … Continue reading

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Aardvark

I’ve had this draft post about Aardvark for about two weeks now. Now that they’ve been acquired by Google, I guess it’s about time to finally publish it. I first heard about Aardvark via the Seattle Tech Startups mailing list … Continue reading

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On the US Gov’t “Going Google”

On the US Gov’t “Going Google” – very true. Google has had great success, and thus they are a problem.

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MapDotNet : Blog : Google voice recognition software used in street data collection process?

Last week Google replaced thier base maps in the US, no longer using data from TeleAtlas. The new data isn’t from OpenStreetMap either. I think we are finally starting to figure out where it all came from: MapDotNet : Blog … Continue reading

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Why Facebook Shouldn’t Fear OpenSocial

Why Facebook Shouldn’t Fear OpenSocial – I’m supposed to be studying, so of course it’s a good time to do some blogging. Anyhow, I agree with Josh that the idea that the competition now being Facebook vs OpenSocial is silly. … Continue reading

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Official Google Maps API Blog: Microformats in Google Maps

Official Google Maps API Blog: Microformats in Google Maps – they could do a lot more, but it’s a good start.

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Acquisitions

I think there are two web companies in the last few years that I’ve really wrote here about how great I thought they were, JotSpot and Feedburner. Now 2/2 acquired by Google… of course, let’s hope this purchase goes better … Continue reading

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Google Webmaster Tools – Webmaster Tools

Google Webmaster Tools – Webmaster Tools – this will now show you all links that Google knows of to your own pages. Some things I noticed there is a lot of spam, especially search result pages and wikipedia clones Google’s … Continue reading

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Official Google Blog: Spot On

Official Google Blog: Spot On – Google has bought JotSpot; this is big news to me (and far, far more interesting than YouTube). I’ve considered applying to work at JotSpot in the past, but one of the reasons I didn’t … Continue reading

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Google Code – Updates: New GData API: Google Base

Google Code – Updates: New GData API: Google Base – two of my biggest hopes – Google opening up Google Base, and more wide adoption of APIs based around OpenSearch – all at once. This could be big.

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