Tech Week in Review 8-6-09

This week, Google launched a new ad campaign that is aimed at pushing IT managers to switch to Google Apps. The billboards will run for a month and will be changed every day, updated with new information on the advantages of Google Apps. Google is going hard at Microsoft, linking to the Apps at Work website, which says:

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3 Ways To Increase Business Relevance Online

So you have just relaunched the new website online. Congratulations but don't think your work is done. The internet is a very big place and being found on the internet is more than just Googling for your business name.

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How Google Saved a School

In this video PBS Frontline profiles Intermediate School 339 of Community Technology in the Bronx, NY. At one point this inner city school was one of New York's lowest performing until technology was implemented.

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Google No. 1 Website In June, But Watch Out For Bing

Who's No. 1 in website traffic? No surprise -- its that 800-pound gorilla, Google, according to Compete.com. Google, with nearly 146 million unique visits, ranked No. 1 in June in the Compete 250, the company's monthly ranking of the top 250 websites. Yahoo! was second with 142 million visits and Facebook was third with 122 million.

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Google Grows Up

It’s probably a little incredulous to refer to a multi-billion dollar, massive organization like Google as ‘growing up’ but hear me out. One of the frequent criticisms of Google is that they have no strategy beyond search. Until now, I could see that, but as of today that argument should be officially dead with their announcement of [...]

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Microsoft Socks Google by Offering Free Web-based Software

Microsoft Corp will release a free version of Web-based Office software that users can access online. It looks like the ruler of paid software is competing head-on with rival Google for users and profit.

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Inside the Black Googler Network

Below is a video of Googler Bryan talking about his personal experiences as a member of the Black Googler Network (BGN), which is an employee resource group at the company. I am actually glad to see a resource like this at Google because their founders are real big on a diverse workforce.

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How to Become a Google News Source

Not long ago I was searching on ‘How to Become a Google News Source’  I came across an article by Dave Taylor and after reading through his instructions thought they were way too easy…there had to be some kind of catch.  After disputing it with myself for a few moments I figured I’d give his [...]

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Tech Week in Review – 7/10/09

Google Apps Finally Out of  Beta Google has probably been the longest running joke regarding apps being in beta forever, but budding geek comedians will now have to find someone else to pick on because Google has dropped the beta label from it’s Google Apps set of applications. These include Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs and Google [...]

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Google Chrome OS – A Lesson in World Domination

Early this morning, Google posted information on their official blog about their upcoming Google Chrome OS. Needless to say, many in the tech world lost it. Ever since Google’s “evil” plans for world domination were first set into motion so many years ago, many have wondered when they were going to drop the bomb and [...]

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