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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Google Likely To Buy Another Online Office App
June 15th, 2006 · No Comments
Gartner says Google is likely to acquire a Web-based presentation application, such as Thumbstacks.
Google Inc. is likely to acquire this year a Web-based presentation application, such as Thumbstacks, to add to its online spreadsheet and word processor, a market research firm said.
But even though Google is buying up Web-based capabilities found in Microsoft Corp.’s Office […]
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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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