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February 1st, 2008
Brian Wallace

How the Microsoft / Yahoo Merger Could Affect Google Socially

No doubt by now you have heard the unsolicited bid that Microsoft has made of $45 billion ...

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December 2nd, 2007
Mark O

Would Google’s GDrive be rife with legal problems?

The internet is once again abuzz about one of the most speculated “non-Google products” ever. No, not the Google phone which apparently will make ...

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November 6th, 2007
Mark O

Is Google’s dominance in search under threat from the “upstarts”?

By Mark O'Neill An article in Newsweek magazine suggests that Google's position at the top of the search engines could be under serious threat ...

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October 17th, 2007
Mark O

YouTube makes its debut appearance in Google News

By Mark O'Neill Search Engine Watch is reporting that YouTube videos are starting to appear in Google News listings. Sure enough, ...

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September 21st, 2007
The Tutor

Mortgage lenders cut back on advertising but not on Google

As most of you have likely heard the real estate market here in the US is in a big down turn right now. So much so ...

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September 3rd, 2007
Peter Jalbert

Jotspot Wiki Might Be Coming to Google Office Soon

Evidence of an impending evolution of the Google Office suite started to float around the internet in the past few days. In the forums of ...

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July 16th, 2007
Peter Jalbert

Personalizing Google Maps

When Google Maps launched in 2005, it awed a lot of people because of the drag and drop capability that was then ...

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September 23rd, 2006
The Tutor

200×200px new AdSense format, with video

Spotted over at Blogoscoped, I have the option in my account as well:  ...

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September 19th, 2006
The Tutor

Murder. Powered by Google.

I wouldn't post this if I hadn't seen similar before (we love to watch FBI Files). In this case a University of Central England, Birmingham student ...

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September 18th, 2006
The Tutor

Google FORCED by Belgium to remove all Belgian news!

And after the one item was removed, everything was fine ;) Nathan Weinburg has the real story. Google edited again.

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September 17th, 2006
Peter Jalbert

Google Sleeps With The Enemy

Internet heavyweights Google and eBay have announced a new deal that will have many wondering whether Google is sleeping with the enemy. While the new deal ...

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May 10th, 2006
Peter Jalbert

Google Trends: A great SEO tool

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is just another web- and online-related undertaking becoming popular of late. This basically involves concepts in improving the likelihood that a website ...

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May 9th, 2006
Peter Jalbert

Google to sport a new look

Google hasn't had a major design change in the decade or so since it was first launched (as "Google Beta" of course). Lately, some rumours have ...

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April 18th, 2006
Peter Jalbert

Da Vinci Code Quest on Google

If you’ve always wanted to go sleuthing to solve mysteries, or perhaps rewrite history with your discoveries, then here’s your chance to get into the shoes ...

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April 14th, 2005
The Tutor

Don’t Listen to the Naysayers — Upload your Videos to Google Video

Google Video lets you search through transcripts of television content, and if what you are looking for is found it will show you the ...

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April 5th, 2005
The Tutor

Very Cool! Google’s Bird’s Eye View

Have you ever wished you could see what someplace looked like before you got there? A house? A hotel? A freeway exit? Google thought you might ...

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April 1st, 2005
The Tutor

Gmail Storage Limit Increased!

Google has increased its Gmail storage limit from 1GB to 2GB.

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March 23rd, 2005
The Tutor

Is Google Pulling the Deskbar in favor of the Toolbar?

NOTE: IT'S BACK UP AGAIN. I'LL KEEP THIS ENTRY UP FOR A LITTLE BIT OF THOSE WHO HAVE NOT READ THSI UPDATE. One of my readers ...

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March 15th, 2005
The Tutor

Google Offering Gmail Randomly without Invitations now!

It seems that Google is moving past the requirement that an invitation is necessary to create an account on Gmail! ...

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March 11th, 2005
The Tutor

I Say Use the Controversial Google Toolbar Beta 3

My thought on Toolbar Beta 3 and Autolinks come from a user perspective. I say use it! Downloading and installing Google Toolbar takes literally minutes.It will ...

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March 9th, 2005
The Tutor

Google Seeking Entry to the VoIP Market?

News reports today indicate Google may be interested in VoIP. Rumor has it that a team of Google big shots met this week with several ...

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March 7th, 2005
The Tutor

Google Desktop Search 1.0 Launched Today with New Features!

Google Desktop Search beta, already in wide use, has today been superseded with the launch of the first official version, 1.0

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