They'll never admit this and they go out of their way to deny it without denying it but Facebook does not want to be at the mercy of another company, whether it's Apple or Google, etc. With that in mind, in recent weeks, the …

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They'll never admit this and they go out of their way to deny it without denying it but Facebook does not want to be at the mercy of another company, whether it's Apple or Google, etc. With that in mind, in recent weeks, the …

Today, there is anew gang of four, as Google chairman Eric Schmidt puts it. They are Google (of course), Apple, Amazon and Facebook, and they are behind the consumer revolution on the Internet today. Not only are all four …

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But fancy new software isn't the only thing Google's been working on: they've also just announced their new flagship Android device, the Samsung-made Galaxy Nexus. I got to spend a solid chunk of time with both the new …

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We got an early peek at the report, which suggests content and AdSense-related jobs are on the rise again after a drop last quarter, following Google's Panda update. Categories like 'ghostwriting' (up 22 percent), 'blogs' (up …

Today, there is anew gang of four, as Google chairman Eric Schmidt puts it. They are Google (of course), Apple, Amazon and Facebook, and they are behind the consumer revolution on the Internet today. Not only are all four …

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