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Brandon Bailey Brandon Bailey (156 Posts)

Brandon Bailey covers Google, Facebook and Yahoo for the San Jose Mercury News, reporting on the business and culture of the Internet.


More replacements for Google Reader

Still worrying about the impending demise of Google Reader?  If you've been using the popular service to keep track of all your favorite blogs and websites, you may be glad to hear there’s more news about replacement options this week Read More →

Facebook’s foxes get more love

Facebook’s extremely photogenic family of wild foxes are getting more attention. An official of the National Wildlife Federation stopped by the Facebook campus last week after hearing that a mother fox and three pups had taken up residence at the company’s Read More →

Facebook’s latest mystery: another upcoming product launch

You've got to hand it to the marketing folks at Facebook - they know how to pique the tech press's interest in upcoming product announcements. The latest such launch is coming June 20, according to an invitation sent by old-fashioned U.S. Read More →

Have you noticed more ads on your smartphone?

Does it seem like you’re seeing more ads on your smartphone these days? You’re not alone. The mobile advertising business is booming, according to a new report by the research firm eMarketer, which says advertisers aren’t just buying more Read More →

Looks like Google’s buying Waze for $1.3 billion

After earlier flirtations with Facebook and reportedly even Apple, it looks like the crowd-sourced mapping startup Waze is about to be acquired by Google, in a deal valued at a whopping “more than” $1 billion. That’s the word over Read More →

Google’s Schmidt and Cohen on Wikileaks, cyber-threats and self-driving cars

There’s no love lost between Google chairman Eric Schmidt and Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.  And riding in one of Google’s driverless cars can be a hair-raising experience. “I’ve been in it and it just freaks you out,” Schmidt said of the Read More →
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