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Google Cleaning Out Their Closets

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Google has from late last year embarked on an in-house cleaning project. In November 2011, Google’s spring clean saw a number of services shut down like Knol, Friend Connect and Google Wave. Google at the moment is shutting down iGoogle, Google Video, Chatback, Google Mini, and the Symbian Search App.

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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

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[asymmetry, real-time, curated RSS / link-sharing]. ask microsoft, aol/time warner & google]. Google acquired YouTube for $1.65 MySpace vowed not to create anymore big successes off of their backs that Google could then acquire. In May 2007 there were fears that Google was becoming a monopoly.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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[asymmetry, real-time, curated RSS / link-sharing]. ask microsoft, aol/time warner & google]. Fox bought MySpace for $580 million and then did a deal with Google worth more than the purchase price to serve up ads. Google acquired YouTube for $1.65 Facebook went on become larger than even Google and Yahoo!