googleblog.blogspot.com - 11/20/2008
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googleblog.blogspot.com —
In July we launched Lively in Google Labs
because we wanted users to be able to interact...
with their friends and express themselves online in new ways. Google has always been supportive of this kind of experimentation because we believe it's the best ...
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Official Google Blog: Lively no more
googleblog.blogspot.com - 11/21/2008
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googleblog.blogspot.com —
Have you ever wanted to mark up Google
search results? Maybe you're an avid hiker and the...
trail map site you always go to is in the 4th or 5th position and you want to move it to the top. Or perhaps it's not there at all and you'd like to add it. Or ...
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Official Google Blog: SearchWiki: make search your own
daringfireball.net - 11/20/2008
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daringfireball.net —
Google’s just-released and much-publicized update to their Google
Mobile iPhone app features some very clever interaction design...
for the voice search feature. There is an on-screen button you can tap to initiate a voice search manually, but, as ...
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★ Google Mobile Uses Private iPhone APIs
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Google to close 3D virtual space Lively
The Inquisitr » Technology —
Google is to shut its 3D virtual world Google Lively less than 6 months after launching it.
Lively launched with a bang back in July with talk that it could become a Second Life killer. However limited support, poor uptake not helped by only being available to Windows users, and a general disinterest in the product has seen some speculating about its future for a while.
According to a post on the Google Blog, Google refers to Lively as a kind of experimentation, but says that “not every bet is going to pay off.”
That’s why, despite all the virtual high fives and ...
Google Lively sentenced to death
Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk —
It's only a few months since Google announced Lively, an avatar-based system and one of those 20% projects from Google Labs. Well, it looked more like a knock-off of IMVU, and IMVU's boss Cary Rosenzweig said Google had tried to buy the company then hired away one of its co-founders. Whatever the background, Google ...
Google's Lively is Dead
AppScout —
Google's a funny company. In certain sense, it's cautious, maintaining a good portion of its product base in beta. By the same token, Google is one of the most daring company's around, launching initiatives in areas ranging from word processing to space travel. It's hard to say exactly where Lively fits into the equation.
The app was a leap for Google--it was an attempt at designing a virtual world, but at the same time, Lively didn't really offer all that much innovation beyond what's already available from sites such as Second Life and There.com. No doubt that's why Lively has failed to ...
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Google Kills Lively
techcrunch.com 11/20/2008 — Even Google is getting into the downsizing spirit. It just announced that it is killing Lively, its browser-baseed virtual worlds that could be embedded into other Websites. Lively launched just last July.
Lively just never took off, and was ...
Google Kills Its Second Life-like Lively [Virtual Death]
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Google Lively Is Dead-ly
readwriteweb.com 11/20/2008 — In an economic environment where a number of companies are stumbling, it's important to remember that sometimes even Google makes bad decisions. Such would be the case with Lively , a browser-based virtual world environment - and purported Second ...
Google buries Lively
venturebeat.com 11/20/2008 — Lively by Google , the search giant’s product for creating 3D virtual worlds on the web , will be shutting down at the end of the year .
This news isn’t exactly a big surprise — despite creative director Kevin Hanna’s ...
Google shutting down virtual world 'Lively'
news.cnet.com 11/20/2008 — A scene from 'Lively,' the virtual world Google launched in July and which it said Wednesday it is closing at the end of the year. (Credit: Google)
Once thought to be its answer to virtual worlds like Second Life , Google's Lively launched ...
Google to shut down Lively, its interactive 3D world
arstechnica.com 11/20/2008 — Google launched its Lively project in July as a customizable, interactive world that website owners could us to foster a new kind of interactivity with their visitors. Lively never received much adoption for a variety of reasons, though, and Google ...
Virtual worlds: Not so Lively
blogs.zdnet.com 11/20/2008 — Google Labs has killed its virtual world experiment dubbed Lively in a mere five months. What does Google’s move say about virtual worlds?
While the death of Lively puns are unavoidable (Techmeme), I’ve been pondering the virtual world thing for ...
Defending Google
buzzmachine.com 11/17/2008 — Tuesday night, I’m joining in an NPR Intelligence Squared debate - Oxford format - on the motion, Google violates its “don’t be evil” motto . I’m speaking against - surprise, surprise. Esther Dyson and and Jim Harper of ...
Google SearchWiki
battellemedia.com 11/21/2008 —
So here we go - Google is jumping into the social media search world. "SearchWiki" is Google's answer to the question "Why can't I make search work the way I want it to work, and share/learn from others doing the same thing?"
But one wonders ...
Debating the Vices and Virtues of Google
bits.blogs.nytimes.com 11/21/2008 — A public debate on whether Google violates its motto "Don't be evil" moves quickly to considering whether the search company is guilty of the Seven Deadly Sins.
Google shutting down 'Lively' —
CNET News.com 11/20/2008
The search giant's virtual world project, launched during the summer, never really got off the ground. Google has decided to shutter the initiative at year's end.
P&G, Google cooperate on targeting customers —
SFGate: Technology 11/20/2008
P&G;, Google work together on targeting customers The world's largest consumer products company and the online search leader are working together to learn more about each other and about targeting customers. Procter & Gamble Co. said Wednesday that it ...
Baidu.com takes heat over medical supply ads —
SFGate: Technology 11/20/2008
Baidu.com has been the star of China's Internet world. But now the search engine called "China's Google" is scrambling to rescue its reputation after state TV accused it of letting unlicensed suppliers of medical products pay for higher rankings on ...
Google torches own brand Sadville —
The Register 11/20/2008
'Lively' wasn't Could it be there isn't a pot of gold at the end of the Sadville rainbow? Google doesn't think so, and will shutter its "virtual world" Lively after less than six months.…