Disabled woman empowered by Google Glass
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What Google knows (infographic)
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Not surprising . . .
The smell of fear
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Google buys Waze for $1.3 Billion!!! Rewind Facebook buys Instagram for a $1 billion!!! Reset These companies aren’t worth anywhere near a billion dollars. I love them and they simply aren’t worth the multiples that are being paid . Why then, did they get acquired for those prices? Fear Facebook and Google are betting on the...
I’ve been invited to join Google’s #glassexplorers program!!!
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I can’t tell you how excited I am to be apart of the #glassexplorers program. #geekOUT!!!
@michaelmyers You’re invited to join our #glassexplorers program. Woohoo! Make sure to follow us – we’ll DM in the coming weeks.
— Project Glass (@projectglass) March 30, 2013
New video from Google showing how Project Glass could fit into your life
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“M” is for Mobile Marissa
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On July 16th, 2012 Marissa Mayer took over as CEO of Yahoo! and I have to confess, I didn’t have much hope for her. Not because of her, but because of the current state of Yahoo!. I’m not talking the value of the stock or the employee base. I’m talking about the fact that no one could tell me what Yahoo! was. Are they an email company? Are they a search company? Are they a news...
Project Glass by Google (video)
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More information about this project can be found here g.co/projectglass. Think augmented reality + smartphone interface(s) into a pair of glasses. Cool stuff. Enjoy!
The death of the long tail and it’s impact on discoverablity (infographic)
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If you don’t know what the long tail is it would be good to read this book. The book written by @chr1sa outlines several important things but has a tremendous impact on Google’s search. ~1/3rd of searches on Google are terms that had never been seen before. The last section of the long tail generates a significant amount of revenue for Rhapsody. 30% if memory serves. Needless to say...
Additional ways to contextualize maps
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If you’ve read this blog for any length of time (and I hope you have and If you have I owe you $5), you know that I love maps. I believe that maps are incredible ways to show information and could be a great way to know someone. I’m  a huge fan of using Google Maps on the iPhone to find good what I’m looking for. The accuracy is amazing and getting better in the rural areas...
Google’s GoMo helps small business get on zee mobile
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