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Google’s Flickr Killer

by Carlos Granier-Phelps

… or why Yahoo needs to buy a desktop photo managing app, pronto.
I’ve been using Flickr for a while now - I even have a Pro account (I previously used smugmug). I also use Picasa to manage my photos (having tried several versions of Adobe’s Photoshop Album). I like Picasa’s simplicity, instant image fix-ups, and [...]

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Google Media

by Carlos Granier-Phelps

Google Media
How Google will change the way you experience music, television and media in general.
Google, Google, everywhere
It seems you can find Google just about anywhere these days. Internet search? Check. Satellite mapping? Check. Photos? Check. Online shopping? Check and check. Advertising? Check. Web analytics? Check. Finance? Check. Video? Check. Music and television? Err, not yet, [...]

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What’s Google up to?

by Carlos Granier-Phelps

Google has been busy lately acquiring companies (blogger, picasa, keyhole) and developing software (gmail, desktop search). Where’s Google headed with all this and what else do they need to get there?
One common theme across the latest movements from Google (picasa, keyhole, desktop search) is Microsoft Windows. All these programs are Windows-only. Even the GMail notifier [...]

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