Google CEO Eric Schmidt recently did an interview with Michael Arrington over at TechCrunch.
This should really be an eye-opener, I thought.  We’ll really get some interesting insights from the TOP DOG over at the world’s number ONE internet search company.
Then I read the following quote from Schmidt and I quickly realized that the gates are [...]

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“Screw you! … Mike, you are such a troll … I’ve had it with Mike Arrington, he’s the most trollish person I’ve ever worked with.”
Leo Laporte from Gilmore Gang goes off on Mike Arrington of TechCrunch after Leo got angry at him for implying that his opinion of the Pre was biased by the fact [...]

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Microsoft has surprised us all by making its new Bing search engine available a little early.  No need to wait until June 3, just head on over and go Bing yourself now.
Initially, the Bing engine looks appealing and is very easy-to-use.  In fact, the graphics alone are quite impressive.
It looks like we will be treated [...]

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Google is buying Twitter.
No they’re not.
Yes, they are.
Well, maybe.
That’s basically how the blogosphere looks this morning.
Earlier today, TechCrunch reported that Google was in “late stage talks” to buy Twitter.  Quote:
“Google is in late stage negotiations to acquire Twitter.”
Not so fast.  They later posted that the talks were actually just “early stage” talks.  Then, Kara Swisher [...]

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OK, it’s time for me to admit something.
I’m a bit of a tech, gadget, and internet marketing nut.  There are times, however, when a news item appears that flies just over my head a bit.
Such was the case today when Amazon added something called Hadoop to its Amazon Web Services lineup.
What is Hadoop?  That’s where [...]

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Here’s another new and depressing way to keep tabs on the latest employers to slash jobs.  Telonu is launching a new Layoff Tracker widget that can be added to any blog or website.
The Layoff Tracker widget actually pulls all of its data from other news sources, so there really isn’t anything unique about the info.  [...]

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An article that ran in the UK’s Telegraph had this to say over the weekend:
Facebook is planning to exploit the vast amount of personal information it holds on its 150m members by creating one of the world’s largest market research databases.
In an attempt to finally [monetize] the social networking site, once valued at [...]

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The Richter Scales have done it again. The jolly singers who brought us classics such as “Here Comes Another Bubble” and “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” appeared at TechCruch’s annual “Crunchies” awards and debuted another instant classic.
I would love to be one of these guys.  How great is this gig?  Go [...]

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TwitBlogs, the latest venture from former TechCrunch UK writer Sam Sethi, is officially open for business…but can it be trusted?  More on that in a moment.
TwitBlogs was built for Twitter users who don’t want to be limited to 140 characters.  In fact, you don’t even need to create an account on this service. You can [...]

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Doesn’t all this ‘make money online’ stuff make your head spin sometimes?  Why not take a break and place a few fake bets?
Greek startup AskMarkets lets users create and participate in non-cash prediction markets of any kind.  There is no real money involved whatsoever, but it’s fun to play along.
Prediction markets work like a stock [...]

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