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Verizon makes a big mistake, picks MicrosoftYesterday

Google, Yahoo and Microsoft were competing for a mobile search deal that would give the winner some good exposure through the Verizon network. Unfortunately for Verizon, they didn’t choose Google — something that would have given users a level of comfort, and a better user experience out of the box. “The ultimate goal in mobility [...]

Google launches Picasa for the Mac!January 5

Last week I blogged about a piece of information that was handed to me: “… A Mac version of Picasa will be launched this year at Macworld …” It turns out that Google did indeed launch Picasa at this year’s Macworld Expo, and it looks great. I haven’t had a chance to try it out [...]

Google testing Timeline view in main resultsJanuary 4

One of Google’s “experiments” is apparently being tested out in the main Google search results — Timeline View. This unique view shows search results over time — making it great for searching for things that can be visualized over time. This is the first time anything found in Google Experimental has made its way out [...]

Android on netbooks is BIG money for GoogleJanuary 2

The guys at VentureBeat succeeded (after only a couple hours) in getting Google’s Android operating system to work on an Asus EEEPC 1000H. During their experiment, they stumbled across some interesting tidbits in the code that pretty much spills the beans on Google’s plan for Android on “mobile internet devices” or MID’s. MID [...]

Welcome to 2009: Google’s Marissa Mayer to call it quits?January 1

Marissa Mayer, one of Google’s oldest employees (that is, in years of service), may be considering a departure to what Gawker thinks is a more suiting position at Stanford. Currently, she works at Google as Vice President of Search Product and User Experience — meaning she’s pretty much in charge of making users happy, [...]