Official Google Mac Blog
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Virtual world tipping point: Is there an enterprise use? | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com
"Google has entered the virtual world game with a project called Lively and Second Life and IBM have pulled off a few interoperability experiments. Add it up and we may be seeing a little tipping point for virtual worlds. There may be even a few corporate uses in the future."
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Hands-on: Google's Lively social 3D world is 20 percent done
"If Lively grows some legs during its Google Labs beta phase, the company can monetize it in obvious ways down the road by embedding text and video advertising in the rooms. Site owners can probably get a slice of the pie as well, giving them an incentive to try the platform. For now, however, Lively is a clunky beta."
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With Lively, Google tries its own 'Second Life' | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone - CNET
"Google on Tuesday plans to unveil an online 3D social arena called Lively, the Internet giant's take on Second Life. But Google wants it to be part of your first life. Second Life requires users to download and install a separate "client" software package that taps into the online world. Lively also requires a download and installation--Windows only for now--but then people can use Internet Explorer or Firefox to enter the virtual world."
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Q&A: Google's open-source balancing act | Underexposed - CNET News.com
"Google consumes a lot of open-source software for its own highly profitable business. But as he oversees the search powerhouse's open-source work, DiBona has to ensure that the company reciprocates. It can't be all take and no give."
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Prime minister Brown backs Google - The INQUIRER
'In a speech that read like a tacit disapproval of convicted monopolist Microsoft, Brown banged on before an audience of business bigwigs about the stupidity of protectionism. He said the model of openness integral to the internet and enshrined by the likes of Google was an example to be replicated on the international stage, in politics and economics. "You stand for an open and non-protectionist economy," he said. "The only way the net and the new technology can work is if there is openness and we are not protectionist".'
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Pursuit of Yahoo Shows Microsoft Needs a Franchise - New York Times
"Two weeks after walking away from takeover talks with Yahoo, Microsoft made clear on Sunday that it still needed to create an Internet powerhouse that could rival Google — and that its interest in Yahoo had not waned."
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Google Moves to Friend More Web Site Operators
"Unveiled as a preview on select Web sites May 12, Friend Connect represents an effort by Google, a company that is not associated with a particular social network, to socialize the Internet for users. Ideally, the service will let users add profile information, photographs and other personal nuggets to participating Web sites."
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How Google’s Checkbook Stymied Microsoft - Bits - Technology - New York Times Blog
"As it turned out, Google was very much the spoiler in the deal. But its most effective weapon was not threats or coercion, but its very effective, and unconventional, use of its own checkbook."
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Google, IBM Join Forces To Dominate 'Cloud Computing' -- Network Computing -- InformationWeek
"IBM and Google plan to exploit their common technological world view and considerable talent to build a worldwide network, or cloud, of servers from which consumers and businesses will tap everything from online soccer schedules to advanced engineering applications."
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Google Beefs Up Presentations' Power - Google Blog - InformationWeek
"Google (NSDQ: GOOG)'s online PowerPoint application, called Presentations, just met with some great new -- and much needed -- features. First is the addition of speaker notes, which is something I sorely missed about two weeks ago when I was putting together a presentation. Google also added the ability to embed YouTube videos into Presentations, and its Gears roll-out now expands to Presentations as well."
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Xoopit turns Gmail into a gorgeous media browser | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone
"Today a new service called Xoopit is opening up in private beta to Gmail users who are looking to not only sort through the deluge of photos, videos, and other files that make their way into your in-box, but add ways to share that media with social networks you're already using."
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Google Docs getting offline access | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone
"Google Docs' word processor is finally getting offline access. Using the free Google Gears extension, users will soon be able to read and edit their files even when they have no Internet connection."
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