26 Jun 2008

Say Goodbye to Spam in Orkut Scrapbooks

Orkut is beautiful, again. Google has added a new spam filter in Orkut that should save your scrapbooks from all junk scraps. (posted on 26 Jun 2008 by Digital Inspiration)

24 Jun 2008

Google's Council Bluffs Data Center - Phase 2

The Omaha Newstand reports that wheels are in motion to provide the infrastructure for phase 2 of the Google data center in Council Bluffs Iowa. The city council is meeting to consider the resolutions for the creation of a utilities corridor south of... (posted on 24 Jun 2008 by Data Center Links)

19 Jun 2008

Google to revive Jaiku micro-blog with Social Network smarts?

I like Jaiku, though I suspect many of you have never heard of this smart micro-blogging platform. But if there's any truth in recent talk, you might be seeing a lot more of Jaiku... (posted on 19 Jun 2008 by Blah, Blah! Technology)

17 Jun 2008

Lessons learned from visiting Google’s offices

I had an opportunity to visit a friend of mine who works at one of Google’s satellite office (not the main GooglePlex in Mountain View). It was an eye-opening experience on several levels: the number of people still working late at night, the numerous... (posted on 17 Jun 2008 by Web Informant)

16 Jun 2008

Google Should Seriously Consider Decoding TinyURLs of Twitter

When someone posts a link on Twitter, it is automatically converted into a short URL often powered by tinyurl.com. Human visitors can click the tinyurl link to visit the underlying website but that may or may not be the case with Google spiders. (posted on 16 Jun 2008 by Digital Inspiration)

15 Jun 2008

Could Google help Twitter scale?

I had a thought on Twitter a few days ago: Could a Google acquisition of Twitter help the service scale? Or is it not an infrastructure issue but more a platform issue? Twitter has suffered from serious downtime over the last few weeks, trying to keep... (posted on 15 Jun 2008 by Bandwidth Blog)

12 Jun 2008

Yahoo Caves In! Partners With Google For Ads

  Finally Yahoo decided to cave in and has decided to partner with Google to display relevant alongside its search results in the US and Canada. This surely is the beginning of the end of the ambitious Panama project. If you remember Yahoo had announced... (posted on 12 Jun 2008 by DailyApps)

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