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Marissa Mayer's 2009 Resolution: Leave Google
Marissa Mayer's 2009 Resolution: Leave Google
What will Google be like without Marissa Mayer , the glamour nerd whose goofy laugh so neatly captures the search engine's adolescent awkwardness? We'll know soon. We hear the company's 19th employee is planning her goodbye. Top Googlers, overheard at a holiday party, chattered about ...
Official Google Mobile Blog: Vote for new Google mobile product features
Official Google Mobile Blog: Vote for new Google mobile product features
googlemobile.blogspot.com — Have you ever left a comment on the Google mobile blog about a new feature or platform... that you really wanted supported? Have you ever wanted to cast a vote for another reader's comment to make your opinion heard? Well now you can. While we do read ... (more) Official Google Mobile Blog: Vote for new Google mobile ...
Google Product Ideas
Google Product Ideas
googleproductideas.blogspot.com — "I wish I could just get attention and tell Google what I think of their mobile products..."... or "I have an awesome idea for a Google mobile product! Now if only I could show Google how cool this is..." ? At Google, we know we've got some really great ... (more) Google Product Ideas
Google’s iPhone app has a hidden menu
Google’s iPhone app has a hidden menu
venturebeat.com — In November, Google launched voice search capabilities for its native iPhone application. It took a fairly pointless... app and made it cool, interesting and useful. But alongside that update Google added a hidden menu, which it revealed today on the ... (more) Google’s iPhone app has a hidden menu
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Last Bytes: Steve Jobs' Health, Yahoo, and Google
Tech Observer — ... YP.com. But AT&T, YellowPages' parent, paid $100 million for YellowPages.com in 2006. [TechCrunch] Seems Kara Swisher's more antsy about getting a new CEO into Yahoo than its board is. [AllThingsD] Lots of hullabaloo  around a report by Gizmodo that Steve Jobs' health is in fact behind the cancellation of MacWorld appearance. Here's the original report. [Gizmodo] Marissa Mayer is planning to leave Google next year. Stop the presses. [Valleywag] Related Links First Bytes: Apple, Yahoo/Google, Blackberry, ...

Rumor: Marissa Mayer leaving Google?
D' Technology Weblog — Gawker report that Google VP Marissa Mayer will be leaving the company in 2009. In a recent interview Mayer seems to contradict these rumors when she talked about the future of search and Google. “We think that when you look at the winning search engine in 2020 and what traits it’s likely to have, we think the one thing that will be true is that it will understand more about you the user.” ...

Who’ll Leave Google First? Marissa Mayer or Matt Cutts?
Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim — At this time of year big news stories are hard to come by, so we’ll just have to go with a pretty juicy rumor. According to Valleywag, Google’s face of innovation, Marissa Mayer, could leave the company this year: Top Googlers, overheard at a holiday party, chattered about Mayer’s departure as a matter of if, not when. And in some ways, it’s surprising she’s stayed as long as she has. No real court would ever allow the above as evidence, but in the court of public opinion, a rumor like this may ...

Rumor: Mayer Leaving Google?
WebProNews Feed — ... What About the Future of Search? This is strictly rumor, but Valleywag is reporting the gossip that one of Google's more "famous" employees may be on the way out. That would be Vice President of Search Products & User Experience, Marissa Mayer. Owen Thomas at VW writes : Top Googlers, overheard at a holiday party, chattered about Mayer's departure as a matter of if, not when. And in some ways, it's surprising she's stayed as long as she has. ...

Has Chrome Pushed Google over the Evil Edge?
Google Watch — ... Some of them are a little geeky and obscure for my taste, but Chitu has a couple that stand out to me. One real quick: He predicts that Google's search guru Marissa Mayer will leave, which is timely considering ValleyWag's Owen Thomas furthered the rumor last night. ...

Marissa Mayer Sticking to Google Like Icing on a Cupcake
Gawker: valleywag — ... Last month, a Valleywag tipster overhead top Google executives openly discussing when Mayer would leave the company, which hired her straight out of grad school more than 10 years ago. Mayer has ...

Marissa Mayer, please don’t leave Google!
Josh Chandler's Blog — ... Now, of course I shouldn’t be that bothered about this unsubstianted rumour, particularly as it comes from the worst and most uninformative news site ever Valleywag.com, or should I say *ahem* valleywag.gawker.com, Owen Thomas, editor of Valleywag.com is the master of twisting words to his advantage, and the whole concept of Valleywag plays upon whispers and murmurs in Silcon Valley including the rumours of Marissa Mayer leaving and then expanded and turned into a “news” story. But Marissa, if you ever read this through all the noise of ...

Marissa Mayer: Google's Biggest Failure
Gawker: valleywag — ... denies rumors of her impending departure from Google — rumors which Valleywag first reported. Perhaps she has realized that without Google, she's nothing. Can you blame her for clinging to her job? ...

Marissa Mayer: Google's Biggest Failure
Valleywag — ... denies rumors of her impending departure from Google — rumors which Valleywag first reported. Perhaps she has realized that without Google, she's nothing. Can you blame her for clinging to her job? ...

Lesley Stahl Investigates Marissa Mayer's Matchless Fashion Sense
Valleywag — ... LESLEY: You know, The New York Times [actually, Valleywag -Ed.] recently created somewhat of a mini-storm by suggesting that you were thinking of leaving Google. And your job at Google is to think about what's next for Google. Are you beginning to think about what's next for Marissa? ...

Lesley Stahl Investigates Marissa Mayer's Matchless Fashion Sense
Gawker: valleywag — ... LESLEY: You know, The New York Times [actually, Valleywag -Ed.] recently created somewhat of a mini-storm by suggesting that you were thinking of leaving Google. And your job at Google is to think about what's next for Google. Are you beginning to think about what's next for Marissa? ...

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