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Why Google Fiber? Moat-widening Endeavor & Future of Computing.

Tech Zulu Event

With Fiber, Google has 2 primary objectives: 1) Billionaire celebrity investor Warren Buffet explains the first reason most eloquently: “In business, I look for economic castles protected by unbreachable moats” Fiber is a moat-widening endeavor. 2) Fiber is a means to Google’s vision of the future of computing.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur (3/11) – Ability to Pivot

Both Sides of the Table

Google had no clue that they were going to make so much money in sponsored search. They came to me 2 years ago with their company, GumGum , and were trying to raise an A round of capital. They had also raised money from Howard Morgan at First Round Capital who if you check out his bio you will see is legendary.

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GumGum Makes Images Profitable for Publishers

Tech Zulu Event

Think about how many images are on the web. Early on GumGum began to experiment with overlaying rich media ads through Flash with photos until technology progressed and they moved over to Javascript. million dollars from some of the biggest funds (First Round Capital, NEA and GRP), is precisely because they solved such a huge problem.

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How to Block Unwanted Bots from Your Website with.htaccess

SoCal Delicious

Those bots retrieve a copyof your web page so that they can include relevant terms from that page in their search index. Not all bots are benign however.Some bots go through your website looking for web forms and email addresses to send you spam. You need to be able to check your sites raw web logs. htaccess overrides" enabled.If

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