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Bindu Reddy / Official Google Blog:
First Base — Today we're excited to announce Google Base, an extension of our existing content collection efforts like web crawl, Google Sitemaps, Google Print and Google Video. Google Base enables content owners to easily make their information searchable online.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google Base Launched. Yuck. — Google Blog officially announces the launch of Google Base. We previously anticipated the launch of Google Base (along with everyone else) in late October. — Bottom Line: This is not a very interesting application in its current form.
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Gary Price / Search Engine Watch Blog:
Poking At Google Base — Well, Google Base is here. I think the most telling thing about Google Base for me will not be today, tomorrow, or even next month but five or six months from now, when we can see what kind of content is being added, how much content is being added …
John Battelle / John Battelle's Searchblog:
ALL YOUR BASE ARE GOOGLE, THE LAUNCH — It's happening: Google Base is launching. (Check the Google Blog for a post, I am sure there will be one.) I plan to talk to Google about this, though what with leaving for London and all, I may not be able to. Suffice to say, this is a major undertaking …
John Markoff / New York Times:
Google Aims for the Classified Ads Business — SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15 - Google is poised to enter the highly competitive classified advertisement business, posing a threat to online and traditional businesses in that field. — On Tuesday evening, Google, the dominant Web search site …
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Watch:
Google Base Live, Accepting Content — Google Base, which some people got an early glimpse at last month, is now live (or supposed to be) for anyone to play with. So what's in it, and what's it all mean? — I'll dive into it below, but let me preface this by saying I've been very …
Brian Benzinger / Solution Watch:
Google Base is now live — Google Base has finally launched and is ready to help you let the world find your content. You can store pretty much anything (free) from recipes, reviews, jobs, vehicles, you name it and allow anyone to come across it. I went to TechCrunch and saw the latest headline saying Google Base has launched.
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David Berlind / Between the Lines:
The DRM grinch who stole Christmas — Are you hoping that Santa will put a portable audio player in your stocking this year? Or, are you thinking about stuffing someone else's stocking with one. Then all I have to say to you is buyer beware. As these devices become more mainstream …
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press.nokia.com:
Nokia to extend leadership in enterprise mobility with acquisition of Intellisync — Combined product portfolios will provide more choice for carriers and businesses — New York, USA - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Intellisync (NASDAQ: SYNC) today announced they have signed a definitive agreement …
Fred / A VC:
Google Is Lame — While I am venting about Google this morning, I may as well share a feeling I've had lately about Google. — They are lame. — Not in their core search product which remains the single greatest web service in existence. — But in many of their recent initiatives …
John Borland / CNET News.com:
Build-it-yourself cell phones — Surj Patel is building his own cell phone, bit by soldered bit. — It's not easy. It starts with parts that cost around $400. Then Patel and his partner, Deva Seetharam, have to write code to run on the tiny Linux-based computer that he's hoping will serve as the brains of his new phone.
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Wall Street Journal:
Top Web Sites Build Up Ad Backlog, Raise Rates — Prime Spots Are Sold Out — Months Ahead as Marketers — Shift Dollars From TV, Print — As marketers shift dollars from TV and print media to the Internet, more Web sites are hanging "sold out" signs on their most coveted pages and dramatically raising ad rates.
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Loren Baker / Search Engine Journal:
Yahoo Publisher Network Debuts RSS Feed Ads — Yahoo Publisher Network Debuts RSS Feed Ads — Yahoo Publisher Network, which is in beta testing, has added RSS feed advertising, available for Wordpress and MovableType powered blogs, to its selection of site and blog monetization and publishing tools.
gamecloud.com:
Urban Video Game Academy Interview — Co-founder Roderick Woodruff talks about their program to get more minorities in game development — The video and PC game industry is still primarily a white male world to work in but with more and more games using minorities as both characters and themes …
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Joseph Blancato / warcry.com:
Editorials: Piracy on the Rise in the U.S. and U.K., says Research Firm — We received a press release from XTN Data today, stating that despite the inception of legitimate peer to peer file sharing programs, piracy was still on the rise. According to the release, 52 million people …
