Major Print Publishers Gang Up to Pre-Empt Apple, Already Make Mistakes

Kit Eaton — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:04:38 -0500

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Kit Eaton — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:27:55 -0500

@Corvida. Indeed... undeniably neat concepts. I just wish someone would buy Google's execs some nice books on "how to design beautiful UIs" for Christmas.

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Kit Eaton — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:27:33 -0500

@Maria, Thom. Absolutely--FB and Twitter are two slightly different flavors of the same fruit, and Google certainly made sure to choose the right taste. But don't be too quick to dismiss Facebook's "newsiness" quotient: Discussions about which film/TV show you watched last night are potentially just as interesting to many Googlers as "real" news. Facebook actually promotes itself as being the leader in real-time status updates too.

Twitter Really Works: Makes $6.5 Million in Sales for Dell

Kit Eaton — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:00:12 -0500

All you doubting Thomases can shut up now: Lifecasting/social net Twitter really does work as a marketing tool, as confirmed by PC retail leviathan Dell.

How Much Is That Google in the Window Threatening Foursquare's Local Business Game?

Kit Eaton — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:42:21 -0500

We already know Google wants to be everything for everyone in search. Now they're extending that goal into the real world, sticking physical tags on the windows of actual businesses from its online Favorite Places catalog. Should Foursquare be worried about Google's intrusion?

Facebook Limits Google Live Search, But It Might Backfire

Kit Eaton — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:22:44 -0500

A big surprise was buried in Google's real time search cavalcade yesterday: The teeny, tiny role that Facebook played in the news.

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Kit Eaton — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:48:01 -0500

@Chris. Good points. The career-damage thing from Facebook photos though... that needs *society* to be educated as a whole. One's private life is one's private life, and for companies to pretend that isn't the case, and their employees are 100% corporate grey-suits 24/7/365 is a sad reflection on overly-corporate and prudish thinking.

Google Unveils Real Time Search, Translation, Image Searching, Goggles...Awkwardly

Kit Eaton — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:55:35 -0500

Google called a high-profile press conference today, and used it to unveil not one big feature, but a number of current and future tweaks to its service. The list was impressive, so we've rounded up some of the cleverest tech for you. But man, Google needs to hone its presentation style.

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@Mommy: Get Me Twoddler so I Can Twitter You at Work #babytweetstoo

Kit Eaton — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:57:24 -0500

Everything will soon be connected to the social net--we've said it before, but if you're a social network denier then here's proof positive: Now your tiny baby can status update too. It's all thanks to Twitter, Arduino, and some creative thinking.

Foursquare Makes Geotagging Generous, Points to Charity's AR Future

Kit Eaton — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:01:10 -0500