GigaOm's Om Malik recently wrote a great post about how data without soul is meaningless. Essentially, in a world where everything is quantified to the n-th degree, being solely dependent on numbers often obscures our ability to make reasoned...
Nobody sees a real reason why this should be implemented,” Google’s North Europe Communications Chief Kay Oberbeck (pictured at right) told GigaOm. It’s a proposed piece of legislation that seems absurd on its face and only becomes more self...
Peter Corbett, CEO of iStrategyLabs, first shared the documents in a Gigaom post. Facebook's premium ads are getting a facelift. The company has been testing several soon-to-be-announced ad units, which leaked documents claim will produce more...
Image Credit: GigaOM Google’s near field communications payment system, Google Wallet, has officially launched. While Google’s compatible devices and available payment options remain limited, Google has indicated that more options are on their way.
GigaOM first broke the story and confirmed the deal has been done, adding that Facebook may be the biggest benefactor of the deal. Microsoft will acquire Skype for $8.5 billion in a move that is the biggest acquisition of the company's history.
GigaOM Search Industry News TechCrunch Interview: Marissa Mayer Reveals The Two Pillars Of Google's Local Strategy - TechCrunch Google's Marissa Mayer Talks Location Strategy - Fast Company Apple Allegedly at Center of Employee Compensation...
Logitech Makes a Measly $5M From Google TV - GigaOM Here's a roundup of today's other search news and headlines from around the web. Search Industry News Patents Search in Google's Sidebar - Google Operating System
Google Tweaks Android Rankings to Reward Engagement - GigaOM Search Industry News Google-ITA decision may be just days away: source - Reuters Google Said To Have High Level Mole At Twitter, Makes Massive Counteroffers To Retain Employees - TechCrunch
To round up the news picks, investment news from social platform Facebook who has acquired Friendster patents for $40 million, GigaOM reported. An overview of some of today's search, advertising and tech news.
According to GigaOm, "Foursquare users who check in to more than three of the locations in the guide get a special badge. Call it layers or context or whatever you want. The bottom line is that Foursquare is launching a new content service with the...
In an interview with GigaOm, Skype CEO Josh Silverman said "There is a huge demand for us to build Skype into other people's experiences. As GigaOm reminds us, one third of Skype calls are video calls - a clear signal for growth.
Google is looking to reshape and boost its social media strategy through the hire of a "Head of social", GigaOm reported, citing a recruiting letter the website obtained. In order to do so, Google has already mandated an executive recruitment firm...
Facebook Search: Already Bigger Than Ask, AOL (gigaom.com) According to comScore qSearch, Americans conducted 15.4 billion "core searches" in March 2010, with Google accounting for 65.1 percent search market share.
According to new research from GigaOM Pro, online video viewers tend to be young, rich early adopters. Written by TDG analyst Michael Greeson, the report surveyed a cross-section of 2,000 consumers to determine who's watching online video and how.
gigaom.com) The Official Gmail Blog has officially warned users to "Confirm your Buzz settings. Image via CrunchBase Todd Jackson, Product Manager, posted the following warning yesterday afternoon: "Shortly after launching Google Buzz, we quickly...
The Deadline Is Tomorrow But Google Fiber Is Already Changing Towns (gigaom.com) More than 190,000 individuals and 600 communities submitted applications. Since Google announced its plans to build experimental, ultra high-speed broadband networks...
If you think about what this means, the online Web sent about that much data in 2004, writes GigaOM, which was 30 years after the first e-mail was sent. This is an extension of its existing AdSense for Mobile program, and is no surprise.
Then, Kevin Kelleher at GigaOm said that certain social sites are ruining the whole social networking . Today's Top Story: David Szetela Reading the Tea Leaves: Interpreting Keyword Reports PROFITABLE PPC Once enough data has accumulated, it's...
Then, Kevin Kelleher at GigaOm said that certain social sites are ruining the whole social networking industry because their nicheiness has gone just a little too far in his not-so-humble opinion. I don't know if everyone is in a bad mood over the...
Om Malik of GigaOM says, “Almost a year ago, writing for GigaOM, Robert Young posted a piece that billed Google as a media company and eventually more a destination in the classic media sense. I've looked through the news articles and blog posts...
