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"Google is all about solving the world’s most difficult problems — specifically, those problems that prevent Google from owning every last piece of the world." Abit over-the-top harsh I suppose (as doubtless intended). But there is an element of G…

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Google apparently moderating the pace of its datacenter buildout.

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A thoughtful piece on Google's digitization of books.

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I would need some time to really digest and think about the details but looks to be a rather thorough presentation about Google's business model and opportunities.

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This may apply less to Google, but most Web 2.0 companies are very lightly staffed for their transaction volume. My observation is that many are not really prepared to deal well with issues that require a human to individually resolve.

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Typically good post by Nick Carr about how essentially everything on the Internet complements Google's core ad business and makes it more money as a result. "Google wants information to be free because as the cost of information falls it makes mor…

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I'm not sure the issue with Knol is so much that content created by a single expert can't be good, but that a lot of the Knol content is non-expert, indifferently assembled, or self-promotional/spammy.

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A lot of the complaints in this article would seem to apply to the Web and search in general, rather than specific to Google. "Google's hidden algorithms have the power to make or break reputations and fortunes, to shape public debates, and to cha…

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I can't say that this either surprises or bothers me. But Google really needs to add cloud bookmarking to its portfolio.

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"While I have never much liked Microsoft’s thuggish tendencies and think it’ll use particularly sneaky techniques here since they’re smarting over really blowing their attempted takeover of Yahoo, with true repercussions still to come, such pressu…

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Well wortht the read--even if it's fairly long. (That's a joke as you'll see after reading the piece."Over the past few years I’ve had an uncomfortable sense that someone, or something, has been tinkering with my brain, remapping the neural circui…

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"To cut to the chase, if you read old books you get a sense for how thin the searchable veneer of the web is on our world." I've been doing some historical research lately for a book I'm working on and this point has really struck me as well.

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Seems like a hopeful starting point for some playing around with historical maps that I'd like to do.

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Some interesting speculation. Two comments: I'm not at all sure there IS any meaningful synergy between eBay and Skype. Google makes sense as a potential buyer but they sure haven't done much w Grand Central.

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I've read similar stories with respect to Flickr. This is another face of the data transportability issue in addition to the security one.

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