Monthly Archives: April 2008

Google cause for Openness succeeds in the wireless auctions

Posted on April 4, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Google did not actually want the spectrum licenses, that ultimately went to Verizon and AT&T. Google’s objective was to secure a bid that met the $4.6 Bn price tag that would enforce the regulations they had lobbied for open applications … Continue reading →

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Record labels adapt to new order

Posted on April 3, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

MySpace has struck a deal with Universal Music, Sony BMG and Warner Music to create a joint venture for a Music Site. EMI is reported to be still in negotiations. The labels would take a minority stake at the spin-off … Continue reading →

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Google and Virgin to conquer Mars

Posted on April 1, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Just the same day Google announces the invention of the web time machine, these guys announce a JV with Virgin to establish a permanent settlement in Mars in the next 20 years. The JV is called Virgle, and they are recruiting … Continue reading →

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Google invents the time machine

Posted on April 1, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Google Australia announced today a search service able to search pages in the future. The service is called Gday. Gday relies on a technology named MATE™ (Machine Automated Temporal Extrapolation). Excerpt from Google: “Google spiders crawl publicly available web information … Continue reading →

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Music existed long before the record industry, and it will live long after it’s dead

Posted on April 1, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

“…music existed long before the record industry was born, and it will live long after it’s dead”. This was a wise comment in the agitated discussion that followed Mike Arrington post The Music Industry’s New Extortion Scheme. I can only … Continue reading →

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