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It’s back…Social Media Revolution 2 (Refresh)

May 7th, 2010

When I started this blog back on September 25, 2009 my first post was a simple “welcome” message with a YouTube video clip produced by Erik Qualman author of the blog called Socialnomics. Interestingly enough, YouTube subsequently removed that video for copyright issues. The video was titled Social Media Revolution, and it was a series of very interesting facts and stats that demonstrated the massive change social media is making on our lives. A good introduction to the reason I started this blog.

Well Mr. Qualman is back at it again with his latest creation, Social Media Revolution 2 (Refresh). In this latest creation Qualman has included some pretty interesting and powerful social media stats, such as;

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Posted in Facebook, Google, Twitter, YouTube

Tags: Apple Digital Media Facebook Google Internet iPhone Mobile Social Gaming Social Media Twitter YouTube

The real scoop on Google’s Nexus One

January 6th, 2010

As I’m sure everyone has seen, Google has entered the mobile phone business. While the Silicon Valley giant has historically resided in the mobile operating system or applications space, their launch earlier this week of the Google Nexus One moves them into a very real player in the mobile personal devices marketplace.

Many technology pundits have hinted for some time that Google may have Apple envy and the launch of the Google Nexus One seems to prove it.

How deep does this envy go? Check out this video:

All kidding aside, the early reports on the Google Nexus One are quite positive. Not only does the hardware capabilities surpass those of the iPhone, but the Android operating system and Google applications are really impressive. That said, creating a huge application marketplace and ecosystem that Apple has done may be out of reach for the Mountain View Googlers.

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Posted in Apple, Google, Mobile

Tags: Android Apple Google iPhone Mobile Personal Device

A picture is worth a 1,000 words with Google Goggles

December 10th, 2009

Earlier this week at their Search Event in Mountain View, Google announced and demoed a new project at Google Labs called Google Goggles. While the name is pretty funny, the product will blow you away. Albeit in beta mode right now, Google Goggles promises to really take visual search to a whole new level. Initially planned for Android mobile phones first, the new Google Goggles app is as easy as point, take a picture and search.

As shown in the image above, by simply taking a picture of your object of search interest the Goggles app returns to you a number of relevant search results. The example demonstrated on-stage at the Google Search Event, by Google VP of Engineering Vic Gundotra, shows how the app works with a particular bottle of wine which showed that the particular bottle has a hint of apricots. Check out the brief demo of Google Goggles below:

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Posted in Google, Search

Tags: Google Search

Google launches Real-Time Search and Living Stories

December 8th, 2009

Over the past 2 days Google has launched two new search and content products. Somewhat under the radar, these two new products have the potential to be quite powerful in driving traffic for the Silicon Valley tech firm. Known for their excellence in product development, Google had announced the launch of real-time search integration as well as a new project called Living Stories. We have some brief background and video clips on both of the new products below.

Real-Time Search
Yesterday, the search giant released its long anticipated integration of real-time search into its results page. As we reported earlier, real-time search is a new initiative at Google to integrate real-time streams from sources like Twitter and Facebook into your search results. As you can see in the video clip below, the real-time results feed streams content relevant to your search query in a new window on your search results page.

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Posted in Google

Tags: Android Content Google iPhone Search

Google’s Street View uncovers Pompeii ruins

December 4th, 2009

Google’s growing Street View service has been covering the globe. They have been expanding their mapping coverage of the world in many ingenious ways as we wrote about a few months back. The Street View service within Google Maps lets users virtually stroll through city streets in a 3D-like environment. Typically used to see what your destination looks like before you even get there, now the service has taken on a new capability – uncovering historical places.

The latest brilliant installment is the walk through the ancient ruins of Pompeii.

The ancient Roman city located near Naples, Italy is one of the worlds most amazing sites. The ruined and partially buried city was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., and was rediscovered in 1738 by workers building a summer palace for the King of Naples, Charles of Bourbon. Pompeii was excavated in the late 19th century and is considered one of the most important archaeological finds of all time.

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Posted in Google

Tags: Google Location Based Services Search

Google unveils Chrome OS an operating system like no other

November 19th, 2009

Google unveiled their highly anticipated Chrome OS this morning. Google’s Chrome OS is effectively an operating system for the internet. Instead of having a web browser that sits on top of your operating system, Google has built a web browser that is an operating system by itself. Google demonstrated their new internet-based operating system at a press event earlier today.

The new operating system promise to deliver a truly unique computing experience. While still not scheduled for public release, Google did share with the press today some of the new features Chrome OS will have. Plus, they released a short video that walks you through the idea behind the Chrome OS project and what you can expect for the new operating system.

The new Google Chrome OS has some totally new features for an operating system that don’t exist today in the competitive marketplace. Such as;

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Posted in Google

Tags: Google Internet

Google acquires AdMob for $750 million

November 9th, 2009

Headlining a busy day in Silicon Valley for acquisitions, Google has just announced its has pu google rchased AdMob for $750 million in stock. AdMob is a leading startup in the mobile advertising space effectively delivering a Google-like service on a mobile platform. The move by Google expands their advertising reach past the desktop and into the handheld market. Google has created a microsite which highlights the acquisition and their strategy for mobile advertising - which the following graphic demonstrating the synergy between the two companies offerings.

On Google’s official blog, Susan Wojcicki, Vice President, Product Management and Vic Gundotra, Vice President, Engineering outline some of the benefits they expected to deliver with this new move. For publishers of mobiles sites and apps, the deal promise a new suite of tools which enable a greater reach to monetize their content. For advertisers, the deal promises more targeted reach and exposure to users on the go.

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Posted in Google

Tags: Google Mobile

Google runs Droid ad on homepage

November 6th, 2009

Google, the undisputed king of internet advertising, has always maintained a clean ad-free homepage – until now. Under the famous Google-themed logo and search function is the “New! The Droid is on sale now. Learn more.” link.

This link takes you to a landing page where you can learn more about Google’s Droid features as well as order your Droid phone directly from Verizon.

Not a big deal for a little link on the homepage right? It really wouldn’t be other than the fact that Google has quite famously declared in the past that the Google homepage would remain ad free, compared to other portals. Google has run promotions in the past on their homepage, for instance in October, 2008, Google promoted the T-Mobile G1 — the first Android-based phone on the homepage. Plus, the release of the Droid is a big play against the Apple iPhone.

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