Googleholic for October 26th 2007

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Googleholic for October 26th 2007

by Chris Gilmer Oct 26th 2007

In this issue of Googleholic we cover:

Oink is just like Google
Microsoft needed Facebook to survive
Twitter and Google Maps are helping with the Cali fires
Would Mozilla be around if it weren't for Google?
Take a stroll through the Googleplex
MySQL gets some Google
Google's Marketing dashboard
Donate to SoCal fires care of Google
How Google was named

Continue reading Friday's Googleholic...

Oink is just like Google
The founder of Oink sees the business as Google, providing links to potentially copyrighted material.

Microsoft needed Facebook to survive
Google didn't need the Facebook investment, but Microsoft sure did.

Twitter and Google Maps are helping with the Cali fires
Two important online resources for communicating about what is going on with the wildfires in California.

Would Mozilla be around if it weren't for Google?
The bulk of Mozilla's earnings come from Google.

Take a stroll through the Googleplex
What a nice way to end the week, taking a stroll through the home of Google.

MySQL gets some Google
Google has apparently dropped in a few lines of their code into MySQL through a contributor license agreement.

Google's Marketing dashboard
Google is working on a marketing dashboard for big brands that will help them integrate data from advertisers search, display and offline efforts.

Donate to SoCal fires care of Google
Google is offering up Checkout as a way to help out the efforts to fight the fires and do disaster recovery in Southern California.

How Google was named
Robert Scoble interviewed Marc Levoy, a Prof at Stanford and this interesting topic came up.

Last weeks Google news...

Make sure to check in for Tuesday's Googleholic Google News report.

If you have any tips, tricks, or anything Google, you can always drop us a line!

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

keeves said 10:20AM on 10-26-2007

This may have been mentioned before, but google maps UK now appears to have bus-stops on it, and time tables information provided bytransportdirect

christen said 10:33AM on 10-26-2007

i have been using google since its beta days..

http://www.xtremegadgets.net

Eric J. said 2:03PM on 10-26-2007

Has anyone blogged the new Gmail interface for Ipod Touch?

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