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The Future of Jaiku Finally Revealed
The Future of Jaiku Finally Revealed
Remember Jaiku, the would-be Twitter competitor that Google acquired way back in 2007? We sort of wondered what had happened to it, but with Twitter growing leaps and bounds since then, it has more or less disappeared from our minds. Tonight, Google has finally announced what they are planning ...
Google Code Blog: Changes for Jaiku and Farewell to Dodgeball and Mashup Editor
google-code-updates.blogspot.com — Google has long believed that thoughtful iteration is the best way to build useful products for our... users. As part of that process, we are always looking for ways to better focus our teams on the products that can have the most impact. As we ... (more) Google Code Blog: Changes for Jaiku and Farewell to ...
Google Ends Google Video Uploads, Shutters Notebook, Catalog Search, Dodgeball & Jaiku
searchengineland.com — Google’s announced they’re closing or ceasing development of a variety of products as part of an already... continuing move to keep efforts focused on other products with greater usage. These include an end to video uploads to Google Video , closure of ... (more) Google Ends Google Video Uploads, Shutters Notebook, ...
Why Google Employees Quit
Why Google Employees Quit
techcrunch.com — In 2008 Google HR set up a private Google Group to ask former employees why they left... the company. We’ve been forwarded what appears to be authentic posts to the thread by a number of ex-Googlers, which we reprint below minus identifying ... (more) Why Google Employees Quit
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