Send The Trend Launches To Feed Your Accessories Addiction (And Make You Look Fabulous)

I see a decision engine linked to an innovative ecommerce strategy. But at least one mortal in the office simply described it as “fabulous.” Either way, Send The Trend , a site that sells women’s accessories, launched moments ago and is worth taking a look at.

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Google’s Nine Year Shopping Spree, Illustrated

For those that remember when Google Voice was GrandCentral … Other than missing Like.com’s acquisition on August 20th and having the DoubleClick grab plotted when Google revealed its intent to acquire in April 2007 and not when the official acquisition was announced in March of 2008, this is pretty much a comprehensive record of the search giant’s ploy for world domination, or whatever they’re calling it these days. Also, for those that inevitably won’t read through all of this, ..read more

Google Testing A New, Auto-Refreshing Version Of Gmail For iPhone

Google doesn’t have a native app for Gmail on the iPhone. I know, it sucks.

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Google Finance Now Looks Better In Your Mobile Browser

If you go to Google Finance on your iPhone or Android via the mobile browser, it looks a lot like an app. You can enter a ticker symbol or company study in the search box at the top to generate a current price and stock chart.

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Confirmed: Google Tests Search Results That Update As You Type

SEO consultant Rob Ousbey has noticed an interesting thing happening to his search results, live updates of results as he types in apiece letter. Google has confirmed to TechCrunch that the above video is in fact real. Is this capability imminent?

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Is Search Now A Strategic Industry in China?

Editor’s note : This is a guest post penned by Michael Cole , Managing Director of RightSite.asia , China’s largest online marketplace for commercial and industrial real estate. Cole has also successfully launched, grown and profitably exited from media ventures in China

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Foursquare Nabs Another Former Googler To Lead Marketing

As we noted a couple days ago, just because Facebook Places is out in the wild, Foursquare is not sitting around doing nothing. Aside from getting some space for employees in San Francisco, Foursquare has prefabricated another key hire — a director of marketing. Jon Steinback is joining the location-based begin from Associated Content where he was Director of Product.

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Who Should Play Sergey and Larry in Google Movie?

What actors would be right for a film based on the search-driven saga of “don’t be evil” Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page?

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Cameron Diaz Now More Dangerous Than Jessica Biel

Not according to me – I haven’t yet had the pleasure of meeting both women in person, unlike Justin Timberlake – but according to security software company McAfee , which has just published the fourth version of its delightfully linkbaity report entitled “McAfee Most Perilous Celebrities™” (see, I linked, so the strategy works!). McAfee purports that its research shows that searching for photos, information or videos of the famous actress is super duper dangerous. According to the company, there’s ..read more

There’s No Success Like Failure: Google’s Biggest Product Flops

Here’s some infographic appearance on the eve of Facebook’s copycat Facebook Places launch, which has some ringing the death knell for location based startups Foursquare and Gowalla . A stroll through the Google graveyard is a lesson in how rarely it works out when successful companies stop focusing on their core competency to go after the little guys. Between Wave, Jaiku, and Foursquare precursor Dodgeball, Google’s a repeat offender in the “failing to kill the next large thing” department

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