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Chat Monetized: GChat Prompts Geo-Targeted AdWords

It’s neat to see this stuff in action… As a buddy and I planned a weekend meeting in gchat Google listened along and shot an ad at me: Smart or spooky? Both. And quite potentially powerful considering the amount of usage that chat has. Update: It probably didn’t hurt that in my email I had [...]

The Relief of Failure: Keyword Ranking is Free at Last

It’s the end of an era for me and many of the people who worked at MSI, formerly WebSourced and Keyword Ranking. From my conversations with folks from the most recent round of layoffs, which totaled 21 as far as I’ve learned, the feelings people had were primarily of relief, though a relief woven with [...]

MSFT “Streets and Trips” Photo-Van Driver Interview

I met up with Tech-Recipe’s incredible Davak at the Caribou near UNC’s campus to go see Google’s Craig Silverstein speak. In the parking lot we saw the Microsoft Live Local truck and I spoke briefly with Gary Ekstame of Facet Technologies, whose job it is to drive this truck around and snap photos of US [...]