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What if... you could have your doodle on the Google homepage for a day?
via Official Google Blog by Karen on February 12, 2008
Posted by Marissa Mayer, Vice President of Search Products & User Experience, and Dennis Hwang, Webmaster Manager and Chief Google DoodlerToday, we're excited to announce the Doodle 4 Google competition.Every once in awhile, we redesign the logo (a.k.a. Google Doodle) on our homepage to commemorate special birthdays and events. Dennis Hwang draws these Google Doodles (check out this cool...
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Google May Buy Balloon Company
via TechCrunch by Duncan Riley on February 20, 2008
Google is considering working with, or buying Space Data Corp, a company that provides wireless services via Balloon, according to the Wall Street Journal.Space Data Corp targets areas without existing internet access, such as rural areas and highways, providing wireless and internet services to truckers and rural folk. The company currently launches 20 balloons a day, and a single balloon can...
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Unbelievable photo of one of the world's last uncontacted tribes
via TED | TEDBlog by (author unknown) on May 29, 2008
... are dying -- then you might find this photo as heart-stopping as I did.It's so surreal, I thought at first it must be a hoax. But Reuters just picked the story up, and I'm going to assume they did my fact-checking for me. The photo shows members of one of the world’s last uncontacted tribes, who were spotted and photographed from the air in a remote corner of the Amazon rainforest n...
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Better Google Reader
via FPettit.com by Franklin on June 02, 2008
Better GReader is a Firefox extension by Gina Trapani of Lifehacker. This Firefox extension combines many Google ReaderGreasemonkey extensions into one easy installable package.I updated to the newest version 0.2.5 that includes a Greasemonkey script with enhancement to the feed icons.The addon uses each sites favicon as the feed icon. Pretty cool. You can download the Greasemonkey script only...
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Thoughts on Startups
via PaulStamatiou.com by Paul Stamatiou on February 25, 2008
One of my secret passions in recent years has been learning about startups - how they run, what they need, how they reach their audience, the value-prop they offer and so on. Some people have a thing for GTD but I have a crush on startups. Why do I love them so? Take for example Markus Frind, the founder of the dating site Plenty of Fish. He is the sole employee of the company and single-handedly...
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Comic for May 30, 2008
via Dilbert Daily Strip by (author unknown) on May 29, 2008
Shared by: Marcelo Adamatti, Gerd, edeleon, ab_aditya, Leo K, Foad Sa., DanielWildt,
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How Cloud & Utility Computing Are Different
via GigaOM by Guest Column on February 28, 2008
Written by Geva Perry, chief marketing officer at GigaSpace Technologies.We are witnessing a seismic shift in information technology — the kind that comes around every decade or so. It is so massive that it affects not only business models, but the underlying architecture of how we develop, deploy, run and deliver applications. This shift has given a new relevance to ideas such as cloud...
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Amazon Offering User Generated Video Hosting and Monetization
via TechCrunch by Duncan Riley on February 28, 2008
Amazon has quietly entered the video hosting and monetization game with Your Video Widget.Your Video Widget allows any registered Amazon Affiliate to upload a video and then select products that can be displayed as the video progresses (demo above). Video content can be anything from a product review through to a holiday video, but there are some restrictions; users can not include a URL in the...
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Comic for June 5, 2008
via Dilbert Daily Strip by (author unknown) on June 04, 2008
Shared by: Gerd, DanielWildt, mario r, Just Mohit, badpazzword,
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