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Aaron Ricadela / InformationWeek:
In Depth: Google Discloses Plans For Long-Awaited Office Suite, First Components Due This Week — Google will try to capitalize on collaboration options that Microsoft Office is lacking. But Microsoft has its own plan to shore up the vulnerability. — For such sharp rivals …
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Google Launches Hosted Communications Services — New Google Apps for Your Domain Available Now for Easy Email, Calendaring, and More — Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced the launch of Google Apps for Your Domain (http://www.google.com/a), a set of hosted applications for organizations …
Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life:
Google Apps for Your Domain vs. Office Live — It looks like the big news this morning is that Google just announed Google Apps for your Domain. From the press release Google Launches Hosted Communications Services we learn … If this sounds familiar to you, that's because it is.
Laurie J. Flynn / New York Times:
Google to Offer Services for Businesses — Further extending its efforts beyond search technology, Google plans to announce Monday that it will offer software providing a range of online services for business users. — The company, which has gradually been adding to its arsenal of services …
Eric Auchard / Reuters:
Google expands into business software market — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc. (Nasdaq:GOOG - news) is making a concerted move beyond search and advertising into the business software market, starting with a set of Web programs for e-mail, scheduling and communications, it said on Sunday.
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Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed:Thoughts on Google Apps
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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:Google sticks its toe into enterprise waters (is Google hiding from bloggers?)
Steve / Steve Gillmor's GestureLab:Beam me up, Sergey — Some chickens may start coming home …
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Lisa Leff / Associated Press:
Google, eBay form advertising alliance — SAN FRANCISCO - In a deal between two of the Internet's most prominent properties, Google will begin selling advertising for Web auctioneer eBay outside the United States and help buyers quickly ring an online merchant to do business.
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Russell Shaw / IP Telephony, VoIP, Broadband:
My take on the Google-eBay deal: Google Talk isn't interested in Internet telephony's full potential — While I believe it is a smart move for Google to work with Skype-owner eBay for click-to-call functionality within ads that run on Google, there's another side to this deal that I'm wondering …
Greg Sterling / Screenwerk:
eBay-Google Deal: More PPCall Clarity — The WSJ and NY Times articles were a little vague on details re the implementation of the eBay and Google deal. I reached out to Google and Skype and just got off the phone with Skype. Here's more information: — The Google-eBay AdSense deal is international.
Bloomberg:
EBay Chooses Google to Run Ads on Sites Outside U.S. (Update1) — Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) — EBay Inc. chose Google Inc. to run advertising on its Web sites outside the U.S. to help counter slowing growth at its main online auction business. — The companies will also introduce ``click …
Andy Abramson / VoIP Watch:
Google To Sells Ads For eBay/Skype — It's early here on the left coast, but already the blogosphere is alive with commentary about the Google/eBay click to call deal. — Russell Shaw pins Google's ears back on the lab experiment called GoogleTalk saying this means it's not going to be a major factor, and he may be right.
Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:
Turn Your iPod into the Ultimate PowerPoint Accessory — This is the second in my series of posts on various gear that I find useful. — Many readers of this blog work in PR or marketing or for Web 2.0 related start-ups. This means you spend a lot of time preparing presentations in either Microsoft PowerPoint or Apple's Keynote.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Flickr To Launch Geo Tagging Today — Sometime Monday Flickr will add geo tagging functionality and search to its pictures. — Adding location information on Flickr is done through the Organizr, under the Organize tab. In addition to the "Your Sets" and "Your Groups" tabs in that area …
Dhiramshah / New Launches:
Philips Lumalive textile garments — Philips Research seems to be very keen on attracting the tech savvy attention at this year's IFA (Internationale Funkausstellung) with a world-first demonstration of the jackets and furniture that are set to change the face of global fashion.
Robert McMillan / PC World:
AOL 9.0 Accused of Behaving Like Badware — Anti-malware group says the software deceives users and interferes with computer use. — AOL's free Internet client software has earned the company a slap on the wrist from StopBadware.org, a consortium set up to combat malicious software.
WebWire:
Lynanda Finds a Way to Block Skype — Lynanda CS, an independent European IT solutions provider, announced a new methodology to detect and block Skype's traffic. As the increasing use of Skype in corporate environments is raising concerns among security administrators, such technology could see notable commercial application.
Jason D. O'Grady / The Apple Core:
Coming to an iPod near you: streaming and subscriptions — Apple hasn't released an updated iPod since October 2005 and anticipation is building as the market waits for the next development from the industry leader in portable music players. According to Business Week:
useit.com:
Use Old Words When Writing for Findability … "Speak the user's language" has been a primary usability guideline for more than 20 years. The fact that the Web is a linguistic environment further increases the importance of using the right vocabulary. — In addition, as my new book documents …
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Zend News:
Zend Technologies receives $20 Million in Series D Funding — Additional Funding To Be Used To Further Strengthen Open Source Software Development and Infrastructure Company's Leadership In The PHP Market — Zend Technologies, Inc., the PHP company, today announced that it has secured $20 million in series D funding.
