Posts Tagged ‘google’
Google Acquires Metaweb For Smarter Search Results
Two days ago, Marissa Mayer published an article in which she mentioned the wide range of meanings a simple search term like “jaguar” can have.? Now, Google’s taken a big step towards improving its grasp of language, with the company announcing this afternoon that it’s acquired Metaweb. Let’s address two points right now.? First, Google did not disclose the purchase price.? Second, we have no idea why news of this acquisition was sandwiched between Apple’s iPhone 4 press conference and the start of the weekend, when it seems unlikely to get a lot of coverage
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Google Acquires Metaweb For Smarter Search Results
YouTube Users Already Part of Google’s Rumored "Google Me" Social Network?
Over a year ago, Google announced that it would start requiring all people signing up for YouTube usernames to have a Google account. Now they’re going to start requiring all users of YouTube that signed up prior to that to connect their accounts to Google accounts as well
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YouTube Users Already Part of Google’s Rumored "Google Me" Social Network?
Report: Google Invested $100-$200 Million In Zynga
Google Games – along with the company’s social efforts – may stand a better chance of getting off the ground than most people thought.? Reports indicate that Google’s established ties with one of the top organizations in the social gaming space by investing $100-$200 million in Zynga. Neither company’s confirmed the move, and obviously there’s a big difference between $100 million and $200 million.? But Michael Arrington was able to write this weekend, “Google has quietly (secretly, one might say) invested somewhere between $100 million and $200 million in social gaming behemoth Zynga, we’ve confirmed from multiple sources.” If that sounds farfetched, remember that Google’s spending $700 million to acquire ITA Software , and that Hitwise identified gaming as the next big hole in Google’s product portfolio. Another factor to consider is that Zynga has been growing increasingly unhappy with Facebook’s policy changes and restrictions.
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Report: Google Invested $100-$200 Million In Zynga
