Google earlier this week announced the monster buyout of YouTube for 1.65 billion dollars. Yes, that figure is correct, its higher than the brand value of Starbucks and Nissan combined. Google has officially jumped the shark.
The problem is the value just isnt there with YouTube. Sure, everyone knows what YouTube is, but of everyone that […]
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Google Jumps The Shark
October 11th, 2006 · No Comments
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The Immigration Debate and You
May 16th, 2006 · No Comments
The President was on TV last night telling us all about what he is going to do about the immigration problem.
I will tell you the real answer and that is that nothing is going to change. It is not in our best interest to change it currently on a financial basis, and in case you […]
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Gas prices are cheap, not expensive: It’s all relative.
May 12th, 2006 · No Comments
I have spent the last few months immersed like everyone else in the thought that gas is just too expensive, how will I ever survive. This weekend I took a long car trip and it occured to me just how cheap gas really is. Now I feel like an idiot for falling for the media’s story […]
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Google Releases Calendar: Be afraid Microsoft, be very afraid.
April 14th, 2006 · No Comments
Today Google releases it’s calendar program and it seems to work rather well at first glance, features include being able to share calendar listings with friends, a tight integration with Google’s Gmail email, a built-in search tool to find events, and cell phone text messaging notifications while on the go.
With calendar, Google leaves very little […]
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