greatergreaterwashington.org - 12/16/2008
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By Michael Perkins Three years after the launch of Google Transit , which gives directions using transit on Google Maps, and after constant requests by riders and bloggers, WMATA's Director of Customer Service, Brett Tyler, announced their decision that participating in Google Transit is ...
googleblog.blogspot.com - 12/19/2008
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Many of us use Google Image Search to
find imagery of people, clip art for presentations, diagrams...
for reports, and of course symbols and patterns for artistic inspiration. Unfortunately, searching for the perfect image can be challenging if the ...
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Official Google Blog: New search-by-style options for ...
googledocs.blogspot.com - 12/20/2008
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Friday, December 19, 2008 12:38 PM If you
often work with Google Docs, you probably want more...
ways to access your docs quickly. A recent example is the handy Docs gadget in Gmail that shows a list of your recently accessed Google Docs right from ...
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Official Google Docs Blog: Access Google Docs from your ...
gizmodo.com - 12/22/2008
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In holidays past, when money flowed like hot
Santa tears and melted gum drops , Googlers looked...
forward to cash bonuses that topped $20,000. This year, they're getting $180 worth of "dogfood" —a G1. Updated 1:05PM Yep, they're all getting ...
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Google to Employees: No Christmas Bonus, Here's a G1 ...
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The State of Transit Routing
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... However, not even the allure of widely admired Google Transit can induce transit authorities to share their prized data. The Director of Customer Service of the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority (WMATA) plainly states that working with Google is "not in our best interest from a business perspective." ...
Washington Metro To Google Transit: Take a Walk [GigaOM]
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... service. “We decided that forming a partnership with Google was not in our best interest from a business perspective,” Brett Tyler, WMATA’s Director of Customer Servicetold Michael Perkins who blogs at Greater Greater Washington. It is not clear if WMATA wants Google to pay them for the information. Many commuters aren’t too thrilled with WMATA’s decision, mostly because they think the transit authority’s website is not quite user friendly. At present, 13 major US transit agencies currently share data with ...
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