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Search Upstart Blekko Gains Traffic in fight with Google

Given the immense cost of developing search technology, launching a start-up in recent years to challenge Google has seemed a Quixotic quest. But could Google itself have opened the door to allow another competitor to flourish in the search space?

"Going Read More →

Judge Orders Apple, Samsung CEOs to talk turkey

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401 days ago Mike Swift 2 Comments

Judge Orders Apple, Samsung CEOs to talk turkey

As Silicon Valley's patent war continues to rage, a federal judge has ordered Apple CEO Tim Cook and Samsung CEO Gee-sung Choi to a face-to-face mediation session to try to settle their differences over smartphone technology. Federal Judge Lucy Koh, in Read More →

Chrome becomes World’s top Web Browser – for a day

1 2016

428 days ago Mike Swift 10 Comments

Chrome becomes World’s top Web Browser – for a day

Since it was launched in 2008, Google's Chrome browser has been steadily gaining share against Mozilla's Firefox and Microsoft's Internet Explorer. And for one day last week, Sunday March 18, Chrome was the most Read More →

Google’s statement on the Safari privacy breach

1 2016

461 days ago Mike Swift 2 Comments

Google’s statement on the Safari privacy breach

Google hasn't published an official response to the Wall Street Journal and Stanford researcher Jonathan Mayer's revelations that it bypassed the security features in Apple's Safari browser, changes that allowed Google advertising cookies to be set on the browser. But Read More →

Craig Silverstein, Google’s first employee, is moving on

1 2016

469 days ago Mike Swift 1 Comment

Craig Silverstein, Google’s first employee, is moving on

I'll miss Craig Silverstein, Google's first employee, who confirmed to me Thursday that he's leaving Google to work for the educational beacon Khan Academy. He was always a great interview, had a great sense of humor, and seemed to be Read More →

Facebook tops Orkut to become largest SN in Brazil

1 2016

492 days ago Mike Swift 3 Comments

Facebook tops Orkut to become largest SN in Brazil

Facebook has topped Google's Orkut to become the top social network in Brazil, the world's fifth largest country and Internet market, comScore will announce later today. That's a huge win for Facebook, because Brazil for years has been a stronghold Read More →

Search Upstart Blekko Gains Traffic in fight with Google

Judge Orders Apple, Samsung CEOs to talk turkey

Chrome becomes World’s top Web Browser – for a day

Google’s statement on the Safari privacy breach

Craig Silverstein, Google’s first employee, is moving on

Facebook tops Orkut to become largest SN in Brazil

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