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Google Apps marketplace begins to take shape
Google launched a brand new applications marketplace last week called Google Apps Marketplace. It works in a similar fashion to the wildly successful Salesforce.com AppExchange. It gives Google Docs... Read more...
Spring Design releases multimedia eBook reader
Spring Design announced this week they have released a brand new, dual-screen multimedia eBook Reader they have dubbed Alex. Alex features a 6" EPD (Electronic Paper Display) screen and a full color... Read more...
Google sticks it to Microsoft with DocVerse purchase
Last week Google purchased DocVerse, a tool that lets multiple users share and edit Microsoft Office documents online. The purchase gives Google a way to bring Office users under the Google Docs... Read more...
Ballmer discusses Bing's place in the market
Yesterday at the Search Engine Marketing Expo, in Santa Clara, Calif., Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was interviewed by Danny Sullivan, Editor in Chief at Search Engine Land, chief sponsors of the... Read more...
Google adds Nearby option
Google announced on its blog recently that it has added a Nearby filtering option. It lets you sort results by your geographic location. This can be your default location or a custom location (if you... Read more...
Google Aardvark purchase has expert finder potential
While everyone was off discussing Google Buzz last week, Google made a potentially interesting purchase when it scooped up the social search tool, Aardvark. One thing that has always been difficult... Read more...
Google introduces Google Buzz
Google created quite a stir this week when it introduced a new social networking tool it has dubbed Google Buzz. In a blog post on the Official Google Blog, Todd Jackson, the product manager for... Read more...
Seesmic's acquisition of Ping.fm opens door to more social networks
Ping.fm was acquired last week by Seesmic, which said it plans to incorporate the Ping functionality into all of its applications. Ping.fm lets its half-million users update posts on more than 50... Read more...
Chrome: We're number three
Google's Chrome browser passed Apple's Safari to become the third-most widely used browser, after just 16 months, according to Net Applications, an Internet market research firm. The company did not... Read more...
New data suggests Google search in a league of its own
Bing has been a good story throughout 2009 and it's helped raise Microsoft's reputation a bit, but a recent look at the numbers by Comscore in November suggests that, even though folks like to think... Read more...
