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Google Gets into Monopoly/Property Game

16 Jun

News today from the interwebs suggests that Google is playing Monopoly by integrating property search functionality within Google Maps. ‘Wowzers’ said Findaproperty.com and others. Scrabble refused to comment. Its stuff is pretty well patented.

Google Wave (Bye Bye or Hello… Dunno)

21 May

From our Jake at C&M: reactions to Google innovations. See last section ref Google Wave. His posts always make me laugh.

The Biggest Thing Since Colour TV

21 May

That’s Google TV. Announced yesterday. Here’s what the Daily Rabid Mail had to say. Depending on your School of Futurology, this is neither a ‘lean back’ nor a ‘lean forward’ strategy. Most likely to be create a cluttered living room. So, if you’re thinking of combining with an iPad (and iPhone) then you’d better rush out and buy a new iNestofTables (some of which have natty built in magazine racks so you can also balance a copies of Wired and the TV Times, in tandem / real time).

No Such Thing as a Free Lunch with Ning

18 May

Super-Fly Social Networking platform ditches fremium model. We’re all gonna need to pay for it from this point on. Something to do with scale is the hunch. Hoping WordPress has critical mass, or this blog may not be around for long.

Twitter Launches Specific Services for Businesses

17 May

…allowing brands to manage their Twitter output / rationale in a more logical way, and opening the path to more explicit commercial offerings for the service. Check it here.

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