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Google losing ground; Zukerberg losing half of Facebook?

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Small Town Guy, Apr 12, 2011.

  1. Steak Snabler

    Steak Snabler Well-Known Member

    Apropos of nothing, but the guy quoted in the penultimate graph of the Google/Bing piece has an unfortunate surname:

     
  2. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

    That's a name right out of "Fletch."
     
  3. Buck

    Buck Well-Known Member

    First off, the quote is ridiculous:
    "After years of referring to Google as 'the search giant,' it looks as if there is a serious contender for that title--and we could be heading towards an era dominated by two search superpowers."

    We're talking about a window of 10 years or less. Of course things are bound to change. Just because Google has been the dominant search engine of this decade doesn't mean that will last forever.

    The projection relies on the same rate of growth for Bing and the same rate of decline for Google, which is unlikely. If Bing's usage has really increased by 5 percent per month, that's an amazing run, but it would be a hard pace to keep up.

    Bing's growth is dependent at least in part on use of IE as a browser. What declines in IE use? How does that factor into projections?
     
  4. Steak Snabler

    Steak Snabler Well-Known Member

    Evidently, his name is "Foremski."

    http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/

    Hope that typo didn't make The Atlantic's print edition ...
     
  5. Flip Wilson

    Flip Wilson Well-Known Member

    Story in today's New York Times about these twin guys who supposedly worked with their Harvard classmate Zuckerberg on something similar to Facebook called UConnect. Zuckerberg kept putting off his work with them and ended up developing TheFacebook. The twins sued and their case was settled in 2008 with them getting some cash and a bunch of shares of stock that are now worth $200 million. They want their agreement to settle wiped out and want to re-open the case and get even more money now. Judge basically said hell no.
     
  6. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    Thanks... We saw the movie. :D
     
  7. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    I would suggest you make a $5 investment and see the movie. It will further explain who "these twin guys" are. But yeah, seeing them get drop-kicked yesterday was kind of fun.

    EDIT: Dammit, Mizzou.
     
  8. TigerVols

    TigerVols Well-Known Member


    Gotta be the reason; who on Earth goes to the net to use Bing to find anything?

    But this would also help explain why Google feels the need to develop its own phone and computer operating systems, in order to head off Microsoft at the pass, so to speak.
     
  9. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    I searched on Bing once, accidentally. Once.

    Horrid.
     
  10. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    The movie is based on a book which is mostly fiction and based on one person's story. And that person isn't Zuckerberg or a Winklevoss.
     
  11. sgreenwell

    sgreenwell Well-Known Member

    And also: Why would you want a convicted felon to suddenly have 75 percent control of Facebook? I can understand not liking Zuckerberg, but he seems like the lesser of two evils, or at least the most competent of the two evils involved here.
     
  12. Flip Wilson

    Flip Wilson Well-Known Member

    No desire to see the movie. I was just trying to summarize what the Times article said today. Nonetheless, appreciate the cheeky responses.
     
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