Sexy tool alert!

Thanks Google. Some nice real time updates on everything from Internet stats to media consumption.
Great for sound bites and the what not. No research necessary
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Why your blog isn’t quite yours…

Good stuff from our very own Ciaran Norris here. A warning, in truth, about how our (and our brands) social profiles / blogs etc really aren’t ours at all.
To paraphrase:
Rosemary Port (who is being sued for slagging off fashion model Liskula Cohen on her blog after Google handed over her details)  felt that Google had [...]

The other side of street view

As this essay over at Art Fag City so beautifully demonstrates, one of the wonders of Google Street Map is it’s ability to capture the most authentic and incredible moments. Read the whole thing here – and thanks to Richard Dance for the find.
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The rise of the netbook

Look away from some of the conventional battlefield of press and beta releases from Microsoft and Google, and there is evidence of a new force emerging in personal computing, which could change media consumption patterns in all sorts of unforeseen ways.

Netbooks represent the convergence of a number of different developements – the spread of wireless [...]

Bing/Wolfram Alpha PR Killer? Google reinvents email.

Google have jad a conference recently, called I/O. One of the products they showcased seeks to answer the question “What Might Email Look Like If It Were Invented Today?”. Not a question I’ve asked myself very often, but the guys behind Google Maps have been thinking about this for a while, and come up with [...]

How Google works

Google CEO Eric Schmidt
View more presentations from Mike Arauz.

Google CEO gives some insight into how he likes to think his company runs. At the risk of being sued to within an inch of something, it’s not the impression I have ever got from Google’s UK or European operations. But then again, maybe that’s a result [...]

Is your attention worth more than mine?

Really interesting article this. To summarise, it argues that the whole CPM measure is hugely flawed due to the fact it fails to differentiate between the value of the viewer. I.E, an advert viewed by an influencer is of much greater value than one being viewed by your grandma.
To paraphrase:
‘One of the most interesting ideas [...]