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Google buys old Port Authority, NYC fiber hub for $1.9 billion

Google buys old Port Authority, NYC fiber hub for $1.9 billion
Even for Google, $1.9 billion for an NYC landmark 50% bigger than the Empire State Building is hardly loose pocket change.
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The Most Popular BitTorrent Searches of 2010

The Most Popular BitTorrent Searches of 2010
Noting that both Google and Bing have released their year-end “top search” lists, TorrentFreak has released its ” BitTorrent Zeitgeist 2010 ,” its list of this year’s most searched for words and phrases on a top BitTorrent index, KickassTorrents . It’s not a complete picture of all torrents, of …

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Cityville: This is why Google needs to change the game

Cityville: This is why Google needs to change the game
Google doesn’t need Cityville, but Cityville represents one of Google’s major weaknesses. Does anyone want to open a franchise in my town?
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Google Social Researcher Jumps Ship for Facebook

Google Social Researcher Jumps Ship for Facebook
Paul Adams, a senior user experience researcher at Google who was the company’s research lead for social, announced today he will be joining Facebook next year. The move is especially interesting because Adams had prepared an influential slide deck about the shortcomings of today’s social networks that was widely …

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Google Fiber delays naming test cities

Google Fiber delays naming test cities
Google said last week that it is not quite ready to decide where it will build Google Fiber — an experimental, ultra-high-speed broadband network that will provide Internet connections that are 100 times faster than the connections most Americans get from their phone and cable companies today.
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Google Extends Free Phone Call Offer for US Gmail Users

Google Extends Free Phone Call Offer for US Gmail Users
Gmail users in the U.S can continue call phones in North America and Canada for free after the new year, Google said in a blog post on Monday.
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Google Calls Cable Guy

Google Calls Cable Guy
Google has turned to one ofcable’s original broadband gurus — MiloMedin — to run its experimental fiber project.
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Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus: Google!

Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus: Google!
Datamation: “To the best of my knowledge, Santa Claus and Google have never been seen in the same room. Coincidence? I think not.”
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Google completes deal for New York office building

Google completes deal for New York office building
Search-engine giant shells out an estimated $1.8 billion for property
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New Google TV sets facing delays: reports

New Google TV sets facing delays: reports
by Staff Writers Washington (AFP) Dec 20, 2010 Google has asked several television makers to delay their launch of sets featuring Google TV, which merges online content with traditional TV programming, newspapers reported on Monday.
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