When near the Googleplex this summer, there's a must-see attraction: the Mountain View Kwik-E Mart, ready and waiting to serve you on your way to the Simpsons movie premiere this week. Homer's favorite pink donuts are available by the box for only $8.50. At "ten for the price of ten," who can resist the maniacal sugar high? Take your kids.
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Several months ago, I ran a complete review of easily available search widgets for my Typepad blog. At the time, Technorati provided superior results and ease of use. Today I've replaced my Technorati search with Lijit.
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I logged in to Facebook today to find a number of 'application invitations' on my requests page. Based on this small sample, it's apparent that I am unlikely to adopt the apps that are either (a) advanced navel-gazing or (b) gushy new random friend-making. Instead, I was drawn to those applets that enabled me to leverage or deepen the existing connections on my Facebook network, or that hinted of secondary platforms. It's also clear that if you were to actually accept all of the invites, your profile page would be cluttered and unreadable beyond belief.
Here's the ad-hoc review of the F8-inspired applications that I was invited to this morning, and my gut reactions:
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