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Google’s Happiness Problem

Google’s Happiness Problem

Posted by on Jun 8, 2011 in Culture, Social Media, Technology | 8 comments

I remember when Google was amazing. But recently, I find that Google isn’t my first stop. There are just so many choices, and so many of them that seem to know me better than Google does.

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The future is offline

The future is offline

Posted by on May 11, 2011 in Culture, Features | 4 comments

One of the battles for our computing hearts and minds isn't over mobile or networked anything. It's over something so prosaic, so ordinary, so retro, it feels like a faded clipping from a family scrapbook: the offline world.

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Google’s museum is in eye of the beholder

Google’s museum is in eye of the beholder

Posted by on Feb 2, 2011 in Museum of Next | 3 comments

The next exhibit in the Museum of Next may be its next museum. Take the tour at Art Project, now online. Google has scanned...

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Google Buzzted

Google Buzzted

Posted by on Feb 11, 2010 in Technology | 0 comments

Google set the tech press on fire this week with the launch of a new feature called Buzz integrated with its popular web mail service Gmail.

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When Is A Glitch Just A Glitch?

Posted by on May 15, 2009 in Business, Culture, Technology | 0 comments

A few weeks back Amazon got blasted by gay rights groups when it was discovered that gay and lesbian book titles were...

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Ask The Audience!

Posted by on May 5, 2009 in Business, Business Models, Journalism, People, Power & Policy, Social Media | 2 comments

The Senate Commerce Committee announced announced the lineup for their hearing about the future of journalism.  The list of...

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Obama’s citizen participation: How directed will it be?

Posted by on Jan 30, 2009 in Causes, Leadership, Power & Policy | 2 comments

President Obama has pledged to run a more open, participatory and collaborative government, and coming off a political...

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Google Newspaper

Posted by on Jan 21, 2009 in Business, Business Models, Innovation, Journalism, Social Media | 0 comments

Google announced yesterday that it will close its business that sells advertising space in newspapers, saying the effort...

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Should Google Save The News Industry?

Posted by on Jan 8, 2009 in Business, Innovation, Journalism, Social Media, Technology | 0 comments

In an article posted online yesterday, Google CEO Eric Schmidt told Adam Lashinsky of Fortune Magazine that he wished he...

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What do our search terms say about us?

Posted by on Dec 18, 2008 in Brands, Skills | 0 comments

The annual list of what the world searches for online has been released.  No real surprises — Britney Spears and...

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Towards a ‘Findable’ Government

Posted by on Dec 11, 2008 in Innovation, People, Power & Policy | 1 comment

During a recent presentation at the New America Foundation, Google chief executive Eric Schmidt said “The vast majority...

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A newspaper whines about Google. I hear crickets.

A newspaper whines about Google. I hear crickets.

Posted by on Nov 21, 2008 in Business, Social Media | 3 comments

Brian spotted an editorial in the Seattle Times published yesterday (Nov. 20, 2008), noting the dominance of Google in online...

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