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Google Buzz: Why, Why, Why?

By Mark Evans | Published: February 14, 2010
Google Buzz’s launch earlier this week has attracted as much attention about the “why” as the “what”. Among the leading “why” questions: 1. Why did Google launch Buzz? Is it merely to establish a better foothold in the social media universe given Google has a low presence? Does Google see a problem that it can tackle [...]
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Google Here, Google Everywhere

By Mark Evans | Published: February 12, 2010
I started using Google Chrome recently. Although it’s an extension-free version, it’s very good – fast and with a cool search feature that also doubles as the place where URL addresses appear. It’s yet another Google tool with my digital toolbox, along with search (regular, blog and image), GMail, Google Reader, Google Maps and YouTube. [...]
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Google Buzz’s Biggest Challenge: Digital Turf

By Mark Evans | Published: February 10, 2010
I haven’t been able to try Google Buzz yet but here are some more thoughts from the outside looking in. The decision to use GMail as the platform to establish a foothold within social media is smart – probably the second best thing Google could have done aside from buying Twitter. The idea of creating a [...]
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Head’s Up, Twitter; Google’s Coming!

By Mark Evans | Published: February 9, 2010
The blogosphere is abuzz about Google’s plans to integrate a “Twitter-Killer” into GMail – and there are already people such as Robert Scoble boldly suggesting it’s not going to happen. Twitter is the dominant micro-blogging service, having forced Pownce (remember them?) to go away while a score of such as StatusNet and Plurk quietly toil away [...]
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Could a Google Backlash Materialize?

By Mark Evans | Published: January 10, 2010
The Globe & Mail’s business section had an interesting feature story yesterday about how Google taking “aim at everything” – a thesis driven home recently with the launch of the Nexus mobile phone. With Google seemingly everywhere and anywhere, it starts to beg the question about whether trying to all things to all people is too [...]
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Is There Anything Google Won’t Buy or Offer?

By Mark Evans | Published: December 18, 2009
According to TechCrunch, Google is looking to buy Yelp for $500-million, a move that would boost Google’s presence in the local search and directory business. Maybe it’s just me but over the past few months, Google’s strategy to take over the world is becoming more evident. If it’s not acquisitions (60 and counting), it’s new (and [...]
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