readwriteweb.com - 11/25/2008
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Late last week Google unveiled the first major change to its search interface since the introduction of multi-media ("Universal") results into the search results page. They called it Google SearchWiki .
It's a big deal, it's awkward, it's frightening, it's brave, it's already both loved and ...
webguild.org - 11/24/2008
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webguild.org —
Google has been quietly laying off staff and
up to 10,000 jobs could be on the chopping
block according to sources. Since August, hundreds of employees have been laid off and there are reports that about 500 of them were recruiters for Google. By law, ...
(more)
Google Layoffs - 10,000 Workers Affected
news.cnet.com - 11/26/2008
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news.cnet.com —
Google acknowledged breaking the official rules of Apple's
iPhone software development kit when it created the latest
version of the Google Mobile application for the iPhone, but denied a more serious charge. A Google spokesman confirmed Tuesday ...
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Google admits breaking App Store rules
google.com - 11/25/2008
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google.com —
Welcome to the new Google Mobile Help Forum!
In this community you can find answers to your
mobile questions and help others find the answers to theirs. Please check out our posting guidelines before you start posting. Quick tip: to help us and ...
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Google Mobile - Google Mobile Help
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Microsoft, Not Google, Has the Real Search Wiki
Google Watch —
... lets users reorder and comment on searches, but as ReadWriteWeb's Marshall Kirkpatrick notes, it's not really a wiki. It doesn't let people work on searches together. The people commenting are still walled off from one another. ...
Some Things Google Should Change about SearchWiki to Make It Usable
Profy —
... Many bloggers have expressed their unhappiness with Google SearchWiki with the most vocal voice probably belonging to ReadWriteWeb’s Marshall Kirkpatrick who seems to be mostly concerned about the fact that SearchWiki is not actually any wiki at all and the name should not contain “wiki” because Google’s idea is not about collaborative editing and group thinking. But while he seems to be way too focused on the wiki-not wiki issue around WikiSearch, he has also mentioned that WikiSearch has serious problems with usability. ...
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