Google Will Save the World
freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com 3/17/2009 — Nearly two years ago, I blogged about my fear of global pandemic and how I thought Google might be the thing that saves us by providing an early warning system. Since that time, Google.org has instituted a system that provides real-time measurement of flu queries. (By the way, Google flu trends ...

GMail Problems Illustrate that Google Rules the World
businesspundit.com 2/24/2009 — The top topic on Twitter this morning was that Gmail was down Were you a member of the panicked masses who could not handle today’s GMail problems? I certainly was. I spent hours obsessively refreshing the GMail site, refusing to believe that GMail– my GMail–wasn’t ...

The Ultimate Google Killer?
tbm.thebigmoney.com 3/11/2009 — Google's utility and power has remade the way we think, acquire knowledge, and live in the world, unleashing the power of the Web in ways we never thought possible ten years ago. But it has always fallen short of its most ambitious goal: getting a ...

Google Voice to Offer Free Calls, Centralized Number
fundmymutualfund.com 3/16/2009 — Disclosure: I'm currently short Google (GOOG) stock for a short period of time Google (GOOG) is taking another step towards taking control of more and more of your life. I wonder when the company makes the switch from "friendly giant" to "Microsoft ...

How Google’s PowerMeter Will Affect the Smart Meter Industry
earth2tech.com 2/11/2009 — Google, with its billions in annual revenue and its constant noise about open standards and free access to information, is hard to ignore when it crashes into an unsuspecting industry. As cell phone companies, publishers, advertisers and software makers have all seen over the years, when ...

Google Voice: Flawed But Still Great
cbsnews.com 3/13/2009 — Google's new Google Voice has a few rough edges but -- for many users -- it could be a life changing experience.

Official Google Blog: Powering a Google search
googleblog.blogspot.com 1/12/2009 — Not long ago, answering a query meant traveling to the reference desk of your local library. Today, search engines enable us to access immense quantities of useful information in an instant, without leaving home. Tools like email, online books and ...

Second Circuit and the whole of the law on confusion
likelihoodofconfusion.com 4/7/2009 — This is big, but stay calm. Though I hardly can. I took some heat a little while ago for suggesting, contrary to my generally skeptical view of what constitutes trademark use in commerce (a legal premise of infringement), that there’s something very flabby about the argument that the use ...

The trend is your friend, even in this market
thecuriousinvestor.com 3/12/2009 — A reader of my last post on Google’s current stock performance , took issue with my statement: It is interesting to note that, in the area marked in the above graph, all short term indicators were overwhelmingly positive just before Google’s swift and violent correction over the last ...

Google PowerMeter Could Boost Business in Other Sectors
businesspundit.com 2/11/2009 — PC Magazine has an interesting article on how the Google PowerMeter is more than just a handy way to go green. It could be the catalyst for a home automation movement (remember those lights that turned on and off when you clapped?): Google’s PowerMeter, which will enable consumers to see ...