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Google acquires Zingku

Google has made yet another acquisition, this time extending into the mobile space with Zingku. Zingku is a mobile social network. Simply put, the service gives users the ability to send and receive text and picture messages between friends. It is a ...

Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo!: A year of acquisitions

How many companies did the web's big three--Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft--acquire in 2005? At least 26. SEO by the Sea has done his homework and written great analyses of Google's acquisitions (four in 2005) and Yahoo's (12!) and Read/WriteWeb ...

Googleholic for May 29th 2007

In this issue of Googleholic we cover: Lost in Google's translation Google Analytics downage Google Maps at street level Google + Linux = Bye bye Microsoft? GPS on the golf course care of Google Could Facebook be Google's next ...

EU approves Google, DoubleClick deal

European regulators have approved Google's plan to buy online advertising giant DoubleClick. The acquisition, which has been in the works for the better part of a year will solidify Google's dominance in the advertising field. Right now Google makes ...

Googleholic for March 27th 2007

In this issue of Googleholic we cover: Is Google the king of media Google is itching Indian acquisitions And the winners are... YouTube video awards Adjusting Google's personalized homepages Google Base Gadgets More Google Keyboard ...

Google Docs API now provides OCR service

If you're not a developer, you're probably not aware that Google Docs has an API available for various document-related services. Recently Google added a new feature that allows developers to create applications that will pass an image-based (.png, ...

Meetro denies Google rumors

This may not mean it ain't so, since companies deny rumors all the time only to later prove them right, but Meetro is insisting that reports of a Google deal to acquire the service are not true. In an interview with Randy Morin, Meetro's Wendell ...

Googleholic for August 31st 2007

In this issue of Googleholic we cover: Google Chocolate mashup Yahoo ups the anti in email apps Google explains privacy Google Phone gossip timeline Brainteasers for getting a job at Google Supporting charities through acquisitions ...

Google acquires SketchUp 3D drawing app

Another day, another Google acquisition. Just in time for Pi Day, Google has scooped up @Last Software, makers of SketchUp, a 3D drawing app for Windows and Mac OS X. The @Last web site describes SketchUp as a "deceptively simple, amazingly ...

With AdMob purchase, there's really no escaping Google advertising now

Anyone who owns an iPhone or iPod touch is all too familiar with AdMob. Their tiny "don't mind me, I'm not really all that intrusive" ads power truckloads of freebies in the App Store. While you might not love AdMob, someone does. That someone is ...

Google's YouTube acquisition is official

Wow. It's not every day that all the big rumors turn out to be true. Google has just officially announced its acquisition of YouTube for $1.65 billion in stock. The press release wastes no time in attempting to reassure fearful users--the press ...

What's Google up to with Android?

I'm not even going to pretend to understand everything Google does. After all, like Yahoo! before it, Google is rapidly becoming something of a conglomerate, with tentacles reaching into everything from blogging to photo-editing. The latest ...

Google to Acquire Postini, for added security

Another company prepares to enter the Googleplex, this time it's going to help out Google Apps users with security, archiving and policy enforcement. The acquisition of Postini announced this morning will help Google deliver their hosted ...

Googleholic for December 21 2007

In this issue of Googleholic we cover: It's Christmas at iGoogle Cricket Scores FTC clears DoubleClick acquisition Illegal gambling fines Security not the biggest concern with Streetview Trojans in text ads Win a Google Mini OSX ...

Googleholic for December 15th, 2006

In this issue of Googleholic we cover: Google's Solar Trees Google's new employee stock option auction plan Suing a Blogger over a ranking in Google Search page design patent granted to Google Google is on the hunt for voiceover ...

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So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do. Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game. The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...

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